United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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COMMANDANT UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Brigadier General Fred A. Gorden ADMINISTRATION 27

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i - - HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Office of the Commandant of Cadets West Point, New York 10996 24 May 1988 TO THE CLASS OF 1988 Each class that has graduated from the Military Academy has faced a world where conflict and peace seemed to exist unknowingly to each other. Our Army has always had to be prepared to assume both roles -as warriors and as peacekeepers. The most predictable part is that none is predictable. You and the soldiers under your command and trust must always be prepared when called on. This is the year of TRAINING in the Army. Use its goal to ready yourself, your soldiers, your unit. Your own personal development and growth will be the best example you can set for your soldiers. If you seek excellence, so will they. Your unit and its mission will be the test of your efforts. Make training exciting and demanding. Recall your days as an athlete and you will remember it wasn ' t true that practice makes per fect. Only PERFECT practice makes perfect! Congratulations and best wishes for future success. F. A. GORDEN Brigackdr General, USA Commandant of Cadets 26 ADMINISTRATION I

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OFFICE OF THE OEAN UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT, NEW YORK 10996 5000 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1988 Congratulations on this most significant accomplishment and happy occasion in celebrating both your graduation from the United States Military Academy and your introduction into the Officer Corps of the United States Army. You can be justly proud of your individual efforts. The task was not easy, the requirements were many, but you have overcome every hurdle in acquiring the solid intellectual foundation provided to graduates of the Long Gray Line. Your efforts have prepared you well to meet the immediate challenges of today, but perhaps more importantly, they have also provided the capability to continue the development of the critical intellectual skills that will be necessary to meet the complex challenges of tomorrow. Even now, as you pause to savor your achievements, your new profession will not allow you to dwell on the past. The Army you are joining is fast-paced and ever changing and will challenge you at each stage of ycpur development. Consider strongly the unique definition of education that describes it as that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Constantly seek professional and intellectual growth, search for lessons to be learned, and aspire to excellence in all your endeavors. I extend to you a heartfelt Godspeed as you begin your lifetime of service to the nation. Sincerely, U.S. Army Dean of the Academic Board 28 ADMINISTRATION