The Register · Chapter II The Long Gray Line p. 02
Chapter II
The Long
The Long
Gray Line.
A register of forty-seven months at the Academy and the years that follow — entered, like a ledger, in the order it was lived.
- MMV Jul. 2005 Reception Day New cadets report to West Point. Forty-seven months of transformation begin.
- MMVI Plebe Year Beast → Academic Year Survival in the Hudson Highlands; first class colors hoisted on the Plain.
- MMVII Yearling Camp Buckner & Abroad Field training, language immersion, and summer details across the force.
- MMVIII Cow Year Affirmation The class affirms its commitment to commission and to one another. Ring weekend.
- MMIX May 2009 Graduation & Commission The class joins the Long Gray Line, commissioning as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Army.
- MMXIV May 2014 Five-Year Reunion First return to the Plain.
- MMXIX May 2019 Ten-Year Reunion A decade since R-Day.
- MMXXIV May 2024 Fifteen-Year Reunion Fifteen years of service, leadership, and brotherhood.
- MMXXIX 2029 Twentieth Reunion Forthcoming. Save the date — details to follow.
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