"All for the Corps…" West Point, NY.
Today is Army Graduation Day at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. It’ll be my fifth Army graduation I’ve covered since joining the staff at this newspaper, so obviously I’ve been thinking a lot about all the preparation that goes into an assignment like this. The ceremony is one of the two […]
"All the President’s Men…" June•2010
*Redford & Hoffman in the acclaimed 1976 Academy Award winning film by the same name…? No, not those two. In my case it’s been more like Presidents Clinton, Bush (Sr. & Jr.), Obama, and others including VP Cheney, Hillary, Eric Holder (current AG), Gates (current Sec. of Defense), as well as various other commanding generals […]
"Big – Dogs…" West Point Graduation Day. 22•May•10
President Barack Obama pauses onstage as he watches cadets approach the dais in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy for their 2010 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2010. President Obama delivered the commencement address as 1,002 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants […]
"Pomp…" 20•May•10
“Duty, Honor, Country…” Brigade Command Sergeant Major Richard S. Starks secures his saber in formation during the Superintendent’s Awards and Farewell Review at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Thursday, May 20, 2010. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON Yesterday was my first official Graduation Week event at the United States Military Academy (USMA) […]
"POTUS…" West Point, NY 1 Dec. 09
President Barack Obama enters Eisenhower Hall to deliver his national address at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. President Obama called for an additional 30,000 troops be sent to Afghanistan. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON President Obama. There is something so spectacularly special about drawing the assignment to photograph […]
