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 ...

Peter Wang, a member of this year's West Point class, was just 15 years old when he was among the 17 killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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 ...