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Chapter II

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.

  1. MMV Jul. 2005 Reception Day New cadets report to West Point. Forty-seven months of transformation begin.
  2. MMVI Plebe Year Beast → Academic Year Survival in the Hudson Highlands; first class colors hoisted on the Plain.
  3. MMVII Yearling Camp Buckner & Abroad Field training, language immersion, and summer details across the force.
  4. MMVIII Cow Year Affirmation The class affirms its commitment to commission and to one another. Ring weekend.
  5. MMIX May 2009 Graduation & Commission The class joins the Long Gray Line, commissioning as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Army.
  6. MMXIV May 2014 Five-Year Reunion First return to the Plain.
  7. MMXIX May 2019 Ten-Year Reunion A decade since R-Day.
  8. MMXXIV May 2024 Fifteen-Year Reunion Fifteen years of service, leadership, and brotherhood.
  9. MMXXIX 2029 Twentieth Reunion Forthcoming. Save the date — details to follow.
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