President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the commencement speech for the United States Military Academy graduating cadets in West Point, New York, May 24, 2025.© Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP ...

They spend 47 grueling months on this fortress campus beside the Hudson River to join West Point’s storied alumni, called “The Long Gray Line” because of the gray uniforms cadets wear ...

On May 30, 1999, we watched the long, gray line of West Point cadets march into graduation, and our son, Stephen, was among the more than 900 men and women graduating as second lieutenants. Chief ...