West Point
Hudson River academy
West Point is the United States Military Academy, located on the Hudson River in New York.
The name comes from its position on a westward bend in the river.
Founded in 1802, it trains officers for the U.S.
Army.
He graduated from West Point.
The term often stands for military tradition and discipline more broadly.
Military academy student
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- armyOrganized land-based military
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- corpsMilitary unit or group
battalion · regiment · platoon · brigade · infantry · drill · tactics · warfare
Colonial uprising against Britain
- Hudson RiverMajor New York estuary
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- Continental ArmyColonial rebel military force
- Benedict ArnoldAmerican defector to Britain
George Washington · strategic · colonial · siege · independence · landmark · MacArthur · Eisenhower
Major New York estuary
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- HighlandsNamed elevated regions
- Hudson ValleyNew York river region
- Orange CountyCitrus-named jurisdiction
Designing functional systems scientifically
- physicsScience of matter and energy
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- humanitiesStudy of culture
ethics · tactics · physical education · cybersecurity · foreign languages · economics · political science · curriculum
cadet
Military academy student
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- armyOrganized land-based military
- commissionPayment for services rendered
corps · battalion · regiment · platoon · brigade · infantry · drill · tactics · warfare · combat
Revolutionary War
Colonial uprising against Britain
- Hudson RiverMajor New York estuary
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- Continental ArmyColonial rebel military force
George Washington · Benedict Arnold · strategic · colonial · siege · independence · landmark · MacArthur · Eisenhower · Grant
Hudson River
Major New York estuary
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- HighlandsNamed elevated regions
- Hudson ValleyNew York river region
engineering
Designing functional systems scientifically
- physicsScience of matter and energy
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
humanities · ethics · tactics · physical education · cybersecurity · foreign languages · economics · political science · curriculum · honor code
football
Field sport with goals
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- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases
- military academiesmilitary academy, Annapolis, Sandhurst, cadets, VMI
- New York EducationColumbia, Cornell, CUNY, SUNY, Syracuse
- Revolutionary FortsSaratoga, Fort Lee, redoubts, earthworks, breastworks
- Lee County IowaMontrose, county seat, Mississippi River
West PointHarvard
Prestigious Cambridge university
Yale · Princeton · Ivy League · Stanford · liberal arts college
West Pointconscientious objector
One refusing military service morally
pointed, west, points, pointer, western, pointing, midpoint, westward, standpoint