Poughkeepsie Journal

October 24, 2003

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The Pointer View is published weekly by the USMA Public Affairs Office,  Bldg. 600, West Point, N.Y. 10996, Comm. (845) 938-3883
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Lt. Gen. William J. Lennox, Jr.,  Superintendent
Lt. Col. James E. Whaley, 
Director, Public Affairs 
Joseph V. Tombrello, 
Chief, Command Information
Irene D. Brown, Editor, 938-3883 mailto: Irene.Brown@usma.edu
Jim Fox, Assistant Editor, 938-8365
Spc. Eric Bartelt, Leisure Editor
Spc. Nate Jastrzemski, Staff Writer Kathleen Eastwood,  Staff Writer

West Point grad helps rebuild Iraq clinic
A 101st Airborne lieutenant travels along a rutted road to the Avgani Primary Health Care Center, a postwar aid station he helped renovate. 1st Lt. Michael Lefler, a West Point Class of 2000 graduate, is the executive officer of Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Lennox argues case to keep post school
West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. William H. Lennox Jr., was among the officers and students arguing the case Oct. 16 against closing defense department schools.

2001 graduate dies during Iraq firefight
U.S. Military Academy Class of 2001 graduate, 1st Lt. David R. Bernstein, 24, of Phoenixville, P., died as a result of enemy forces ambushing his patrol using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. 

West Point's ADCO chief wins award
George Chagalis, director of the Army Center for Substance Abuse Programs, recently awarded West Point's ADCO chief, John Capen, the 2003 Employee Assistance Program Coordinator of the year award. The award recognizes "outstanding performance of duties in support of the Army substance abuse program at the installation level worldwide."

Facing challenges
John Morgan, a mathematician in West Point’s foreign language department, knows challenges well. He faces them everyday in the form of simple tasks like dressing, cooking and working. John Morgan is blind.

Army men, women run over Navy
Paced by sophomore Ashley Urick’s decisive victory, Army’s women’s cross country team placed seven runners in the Top 10 positions Oct. 17 en route to a dominating 18-41 triumph over arch-rival Navy here.

Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use, or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation, or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user, or patron. A confirmed violation or rejection of this policy of equal opportunity by an advertiser will result in the refusal to print advertising from that source.

This civilian enterprise newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, or USMA. The appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts and supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or the United States Military Academy of the firms, products or services advertised. The Pointer View is an unofficial publication authorized by AR360-1. Editorial content is prepared, edited and provided by the Public Affairs Office of USMA. The pointer View is printed by the Poughkeepsie Journal, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army, under exclusive contract with USMA. The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the USMA or the Army.

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