The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River with a scenic view, 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. It is the oldest of the five American service academies and educates cadets for commissioning into the United States Army.
The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry and cavalry officers of the British and Indian Armies.
Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia. It was founded in 1839 as America's first state military college and is the oldest public senior military college in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles and unlike any other senior military college in the United States, VMI enrolls cadets only and awards bachelor's degrees exclusively. VMI offers its cadets strict military discipline combined with a physically and academically demanding environment. The institute grants degrees in 14 disciplines in engineering, science, and the liberal arts.
Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) is a coeducational military school for grades 5 through 12 and one academic postgraduate year, located in Woodstock, Virginia, United States.
William Henry Gilham was an American soldier, teacher, chemist, and author. A member of the faculty at Virginia Military Institute, in 1860, he wrote a military manual which was still in modern use 145 years later. He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and became president of Southern Fertilizing Company in Richmond after the War.
Garrison Barkley Coverdale was a United States Army Officer. General Coverdale is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.
Lieutenant General Hubert Reilly Harmon, after a distinguished combat career in World War II, was instrumental in developing plans for the establishment of the United States Air Force Academy. He was the first superintendent of the academy and was one of the persons most influential in establishing it as a successful educational institution.
Hargrave Military Academy (HMA) is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Chatham, Virginia. Hargrave is affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia emphasizing Christian values that focuses on a college and military preparatory program. The school serves boys from around the world for grade 7 through post-graduate (PG). Hargrave was named a National School of Character in 2016. Hargrave is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and nationally by AdvancEd, and is a member of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States and the National Association of Independent Schools. The school's campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
George Washington Cullum was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He worked as the supervising engineer on the building and repair of many fortifications across the country. Cullum served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily in the Western Theater and served as the 16th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. Following his retirement from the Army, he became a prominent figure in New York society, serving in many societies, and as vice president of the American Geographical Society. The society named the Cullum Geographical Medal after him.
Fred Winchester Sladen was career United States Army officer who rose to the rank of major general and became Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. He was a son of English-born Joseph A. Sladen (1841-1911) and Martha F. Winchester. The elder Sladen met with Cochise in the company of General Oliver Otis Howard, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the American Civil War.
Peter James Boylan Jr. is a retired major general of the United States Army. He currently resides in Milledgeville, Georgia with his wife.
Jesse McIlvane Carter was a United States Army Major General who served as Chief of the Militia Bureau.
Joseph Fulton "Joe" Ware Jr. was a flight test engineer at Clarence "Kelly" Johnson's famed Skunk Works in the Lockheed Corporation on the first two Air Force One's, the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, and many others from World War II and the Cold War, becoming Department Manager of Engineering Flight Test. He was the son of Joseph F. Ware Sr.
Howard Francis Stone is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He was Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College from August 24, 1981 to June 25, 1982. He later served as Chief of Staff of the United States European Command. Stone received a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy in 1955 and later earned an M.A. degree in public administration from the University of Oklahoma.
William Henry Reno is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 Personnel of The United States Army from 1990 to 1992. Born in Smithville, Oklahoma, he enlisted in the Army on August 23, 1954. Reno was subsequently appointed to the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1961 with a B.S. degree in military science. He later attended Princeton University, earning both an M.A. degree and an M.S. degree in civil engineering in 1967.
Major General Robert David Shadley is a retired general officer in the United States Army and served as the Director of Logistics, G-4, for the United States Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Prior to this assignment, he served as the 28th Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.
Clarence Edward "Mac" McKnight Jr. was a lieutenant general in the United States Army whose assignments included Director of the Command, Control and Communications Systems Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; deputy commandant and commandant of the Signal Training Centre and commanding general of Fort Gordon. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1952 with a B.S. degree in engineering. He later earned an M.S.E. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1961.
Fred Augustus Gorden is a retired major general in the United States Army. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1962 and was the first African-American to serve as Commandant of Cadets. Gorden also earned an M.A. degree in Spanish language and literature from Middlebury College in 1969.
Armour G. McDaniel, Sr. was an American military officer who served as a U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the 332nd Fighter Group's 301st Fighter Squadron, a Tuskegee Airmen unit. McDaniels was served as the Commandant of Cadets at Tuskegee Army Airfield. He fought in World War II and was briefly held as a prisoner of war in Nazi Germany.
