The United States Military Academy at West Point was founded in 1802 and is one of the oldest 4 year institutions of higher learning in the United States, second only to Harvard University.
"The Mission of the United States Military Academy is to instruct and train the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate shall have the qualities and attributes essential to their progressive and continuing development throughout a lifetime career as an officer of the Regular Army."
Inherent in the mission of the United States Military Academy are these objectives:
To instill Discipline
To instill a high sense of Honor
To provide the knowledge and general education equivalent to that given by our leading universities, and particularly to develop the powers of analysis so that the mind may reason to a logical conclusion.
The United States Military Academy is located on the Hudson River 50 miles northwest of New York City next to Highland Falls, New York.
