Pull out your calendars and Save the Date for our 2025 Founders Day Celebration!! More details are forthcoming. Please plan on attending! #GripHands #USMAAlumni #WPSONC #WestPointAlumni #WestPointFoundersDay

There's snow place like home #RockboundHighlandHome ❄️🏔️

Fellow Graduates and Friends - You are cordially invited to our 2025 Founders Day Event! Register by March 1st. Register at: sallyport.westpointaog.org/networks/event… A “snail mail” version is attached below.

Fellow Graduates and Friends - Join us at the All-Academy Happy Hour tonight, Thursday, Feb 20th from 6-8pm at Out of Bounds Craft Kitchen & Biergarten!   Enjoy a farm fresh menu with local handcrafted beers, wine & Craft Cocktails.  Hope to see you there!

Mark your calendars for our monthly All Academy Happy Hour on Friday, April 18th at “At Ease Brewing Co." in midtown Sacramento.  Founded by COL(R) Mike Conrad, USMA '79, At Ease  brews some of the finest quality beers in northern California.

Mark your calendars for our monthly All Academy Happy Hour on Thursday, May 22nd at Boxing donkey in Roseville.   Don't miss it!  When: Thursday, May 22nd, 5:30-8pm Where: The Boxing Donkey, 300 Lincoln Street, Roseville, CA Bring a friend!!  See you there!

July All-Academy Happy Hour at Brookside Restaurant & Bar. Grads in attendance: - Tony Gates ‘81 w/ wife Ann Grottveit - Mike Herman ‘79 - Bert Logan ‘76 w/ wife Bonnie - Larry Smith ‘62 #GripHands #AllAcademy

Fellow Graduates and Friends - Please plan to join us for August’s All-Academy Happy Hour!! It’s Thursday, August 21st from 6-8pm at Sacramento’s SacYard Community Tap House. I hope to see you there!

What a crass mass of brass and glass! 💍 Today, the Class of 2026 received their West Point class rings! Following tradition, firsties were greeted in Central Area by plebes ready with the “Ring Poop” chant, stalling firsties just a little before their Ring Weekend celebrations.

Pics from Thursday’s All-Academy Happy Hour at SacYard Community Tap House. West Point, Navy, Air Force, & Coast Guard were represented Old Grads there: - Hall ‘63 - Logan ‘76 & Bonnie - DePiazza ‘78 & Jannel Gurnsey - Gates ‘81 &Ann Grottveit - Wright ‘96 & Cari #griphands

The Sep All-Academy Happy Hour is Thursday, Sep 18th at 36Handles in El Dorado Hills.  This classic Irish pub features a menu w/ amazing light & healthy selections as well as the old standby classics like fish & chips. There’s something for everyone w/ 36 beers on tap

This morning’s All-Academy Breakfast at Black Bear Diner. In attendance: Tony Gates USMA ‘81 Larry Smith USMA ‘62 Bob Stuckey USNA ‘80 Alan Abbs USNA ‘91 Dan Christensen USNA ‘64 Brian Grubbs USNA ‘92 #AllAcademy #WPSONC

#OTD OCT 7, 1975 President Ford signed Public Law 94-106 opening enrollment to women at all US service academies. Today, NYSE 🏛 welcomed women service academy grads to ring the closing bell in celebration. Dorian Price '99 & Gretchen Cook '87 (USAFA) rang the bell. 📷: NYSE 🏛

🖤💛It’s Homecoming Weekend at West Point!🖤💛 Welcome back to the banks of the Hudson, #OldGrads! From the parade & tailgates to reconnecting with classmates & cheering on the Black Knights, this weekend is all about celebrating our shared pride, tradition & the #LongGrayLine.

WPAOG will be closed today October 13 and the office will reopen tomorrow October 14.

Fellow Graduates and Friends - Come join us for the October All-Academy Happy Hour! It’s Thursday, October 16th from 6-8 pm at Kathrin’s Biergarten in Rocklin. Kathrin’s Biergarten, 4810 Granite Drive, Rocklin. We will have reserved tables in the beer garden next to the stage.

Checking in Old Grads, this week is Veteran Buddy Check Week. Veteran Buddy Checks aim to enhance peer-to-peer connections, improve mental health, and increase access to VA and non-VA resources. Click here to learn more: bit.ly/4eT50Ar

The October All-Academy Happy Hour at Karin’s Biergarten was really well-attended. Here are the Old Grads who were there: - Tony Gates ‘81 and Ann - Larry Smith ‘62 - Mike Herman ‘79 and Deanna - Debi McCarthy ‘80 - Mark Williams ‘03 - Heather Caldwell ‘99 #GripHands

Please plan on joining us for November’s All-Academy Happy Hour!!  Bring yourself, your partner, a fellow alum, and your Old Grad war stories! See you there!

At the WPAOG Annual Meeting held on 18Nov25, 5 Directors & 6 Advisors at Large were elected. 🗳️ TY to all who voted! Your engagement and voice allows us to remain the most connected alumni body in the world! bit.ly/489PDSl