The Register · Chapter IIThe Long Gray Linep. 02
Chapter IIThe 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.
- MMVJul. 2005Reception DayNew cadets report to West Point. Forty-seven months of transformation begin.
- MMVIPlebe YearBeast → Academic YearSurvival in the Hudson Highlands; first class colors hoisted on the Plain.
- MMVIIYearlingCamp Buckner & AbroadField training, language immersion, and summer details across the force.
- MMVIIICow YearAffirmationThe class affirms its commitment to commission and to one another. Ring weekend.
- MMIXMay 2009Graduation & CommissionThe class joins the Long Gray Line, commissioning as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Army.
- MMXIVMay 2014Five-Year ReunionFirst return to the Plain.
- MMXIXMay 2019Ten-Year ReunionA decade since R-Day.
- MMXXIVMay 2024Fifteen-Year ReunionFifteen years of service, leadership, and brotherhood.
- MMXXIX2029Twentieth ReunionForthcoming. Save the date — details to follow.
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