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

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES PASSEN SIE AUF. LTC Dieter Loechel, German Army, accentuates the finer points of his native language. O9 IIEIHLDVU l-DV -75 bhe Department of Foreign Languages helps you along your way by preparing you -the Army's new leaders -forthe challenges of an increasingly interdependent, but culturally diverse world. Our foreign language offerings cover virtually all global areas of strategic interest to our country. Our courses provide you with basic conversational skills and cultural awareness. And, if you continue your studies with us, we also give you knowledge ofthe media, the military and the history of countries whose languages we teach you to understand. I am proud of our language laboratories and facilities which let you develop your skills at your own pace and bring today's news telecasts from Paris, Berlin, Cairo, Moscow, and Rio into our classrooms. lam prouder still of our faculty. Our collection of young officers, who all have command experience and many of whom have held key posi- tions as Foreign Area Officers: our integrated officers from France, Brazil, Germany, and Mexico, and our well qualified tenured faculty, civilian and military, bring special talents and experience that enrich your classes with us. We are all proud of how faryou have come and appreciate the opportunity we have had of walking part of the way with you. We know that you will guide the steps of your soldiers aright as it is now time to do. 'fjijijf stirs? f 1? uqhzv AP' rwdxiyipn san ..,,. J. 3 J DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Front Row: MAJ Michael Seidl, MAJ Gerhard Hartig, LTC Dieter Loechel, DR lngeborg Kohn, LTC Robert McBride, MAJ Sylvia Moran, MRS Pierce, MAJ Thomas Mitchell, MAJ Sterling Ingram, MAJ John Ward. Second Row: MAJ Robert liempfe, MAJ Michael Linehan, LTC Silva Ubiratan, MRS Charlene Correa, Clfl' Thomas Keith, MAJ Phillip Pierson, MAJ Gerardo Wohlburg, PROF Martha Gallagher, LTC Teddy Seel, COL Michel Lauthier. Third Row: MAJ William Alewine, CPT Phillip Battaglia, CPTJames Brown, CPT Chris Pilecki, CPT Humberto Rodriguez, CRI' David Wilson, CPT Timothy Monahan, MAJ David Robles, MAJ Joel Anderson. Fourth Row: CPT Edward Dorman, MR Ben Sicca, MRS Janet Nuss, MRS Linda Asmann, CPT Casey Neff, Cl7l'James Nielson, LTC WalterCrawford. Back Row: DR Alina Hunt, LTC Stephen Larocca, COL William Held, COL Edward Thomas, DR Samuel Saldivar, DR Sheila Ackerlind, DR Vladimir Gorshenin. ,pf-i usnm a ' -

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erhaps this 728th anniversary of Dante's birth presents the perfect occasion to celebrate Virgil, Dante's sure guide through Hell and Purgatory. Virgil, whom Dante called my leader, you my master and my teacher, made certain that Dante learned from the course he pursued. Virgil encouraged Dante to think and reflect, to read the alien environment imaginatively, to exercise his curiosity in search of knowledge, to express his thoughts clearly. Along his remarkable and dangerous way Dante had to engage in all ofthose intellectual activities. Virgil guided his every step. And what a text Dante studied under Virgil's lead! He observed the punishments of people in Hell and noted the behavior that had placed them in their hopeless, painful circumstances. Likewise, climbing the mountain on the island of Purgatory, he saw the souls who had repented too late. Within Purgatory itself he saw souls expiating their sins of character, faults that they had carelessly allowed to mar their lives. Unable to accompany Dante into Paradise, Virgil accom- plished, nonetheless, as much as he could. Dante would be forever wiser, more skillful, more open to the complexity ofhis world, more aware of the responsibility that accompanied his privileged insight. Qzsf gm DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH. Front Row: CPT April Hayne, CPT Lester Knotts, CPT Suzann Voigt, CPT Robert Gibson, COL John Calabro, COL Anthony Hartle, COL Joseph Cox, COL Terence Freeman, COL Peter Stromberg, LTC Paula Furr. Second Row: CPT Timothy Brotherton, CPT Jonathan Smidt, CPT Daniel Zupan, CPT Catherine Haight, LTC Paul Tipton, LTC Paul Christo- pher, MAJ Timothy Challans, LTC James Johnston, MAJ Jefferey Whitman. Third Row: MAJ Katharine Cloodland, CPT Arthur Lambert, MAJ Peter Fromm, MAJ Elliot Oruner, CPTJames Varner, CPT Stephen Rusiecki, CPT Edward Becker, CPT Stephen Zimmerman. Fourth Row: CPT Edward Mueller, CPT Jonathan Williams, CPT Joel Jebb, CPT Stephen Tryon, CPT Theodore Westhusing, CPT Patrick Kennedy, CPT Arthur Bilodeau, MAJ Denise Dawson. Back Row: CPT Stephen Luebke, CPT David Daigle, LTC James Foley, MAJ Stephen Parshley, LTC Mark Brigham. 26 Guiding the Way ENGLISH THE CIRCLE IN THE SPIRAL. CPT Timothy Brotherton and CDT ' Vanessa Hodge discuss publications. vs M Lu - D I Z 5 4 Z fi in Z 4: an COACH GAUTH IER l FROMSUNNYBRAZILTOGRAY IIIIEST POINT LTC Silva Ubiratan brings South American flavor to an early morning class

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GEGGRAPHY 84 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 'Che theme Guiding the Way is certainly appropriate in that it is through the guiding of your thoughts and attitudes today that we have helped prepare you for the future. The Department of Geography Sr Environmental Engineering has the mission to teach cadets to function and lead others in a world that is changing at an unprecedented pace. Events in Russia, China, the Baltic States, and the Persian Gulf highlight the need for our military forces to understand and operate in a complex environ- ment. Not only do you need to understand and work with people of differing cultures, you must be the stewards ofthe environment in which we live. Our courses covering the disciplines of geography, environmental science and engineering, and map- ping, charting, and geodesy, have prepared you for your mission. We are honored to have given guidance to the class of '95 - it is now up to you to Point the Way ! fiiffsa.. DEPARTMENT OF SCENVIRONIVIENTAL ENGINEERING. Wont Row: LTC William Doe, LTC Wendall Ring, COL John Grubbs, PROF Duke Winters, COL John Robertson, LTC Scott Loomer. Second Row: CPT Michael Jones, CPT Laurel Hummel, MAJ John Baker, CPT Laurie Cummings, CPT Mary Baker, MAJ Robert Morris, CPT Daniel Worth. Third Row: MAJ Thomas Koning, CPT Mark Corson, CPT Mark Inch, CPT Richard Peters, CPT Daniel Gilewitch, MAJ Todd Bacastow. Back Row: CPI' Glen DeWillie, CPT George Marguardt, CPT Bruce Gwilliam, CPT Gerald Walker, CPT Peter Baker. I 28 Guiding the Way