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Lt. Gen. William J. Lennox, Jr.,  Superintendent
Ltc. Kent Cassella, 
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, Senior Staff Writer
Spc. Benjamin Gruver, Staff Writer
Kathleen Eastwood,  Staff Writer

West Point preparing for housing privatization initiative 
The Department of the Army, in its goal toward a mission-focused military, is privatizing many of its current programs to increase the warfighting capacity of its Soldiers.

It's now or never
Department of Defense officials are accepting comments on the National Security Personnel System. DOD will take comments from the public for 30 days and then confer with employee unions about those comments for another 30 days.

O'Neill JROTC earns honors
The James I. O’Neill JROTC unit, known as the Buffalo Soldier Squadron, passed their first formal inspection Feb. 16.

Community turns out for 'Viva! Las Vegas'
The West Point Women’s Club held its annual fund-raiser, “Viva! Las Vegas,” Feb. 25 at the Thayer Hotel and, by all accounts, it was a resounding success.  

Model UN club wins national championship
Over the weekend of Feb. 19-20, the West Point Model United Nations team won the National Championship at the Harvard National Model United Nations Conference in Boston for the first time in its history.

Women's basketball heads into playoffs with confidence
Preseason polls aren’t always indicative of the passion in a team’s heart. Sixth place was the predicted finish for the 2004-05 Army women’s basketball team, but they’ve been proving the critics wrong every step of the way.

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.