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1 Table f Cntents 1. Add Events t Previus Registratin 2. Alumni Center & Gift Shp, Herbert Hall 3. Attendee List 4. Attire 5. Bus Transprtatin 6. Cancellatin Timeline (Reunin) 7. Cancellatins (Reunin Hw t) 8. Car Service 9. Class and West Pint Gear (Memrabilia) 10. Cnfirmatin f Registratin 11. Cntact Infrmatin 12. Dietary Restrictins 13. Entering West Pint 14. Ftball Game Day Infrmatin 15. Ftball Game Day Shuttle 16. Ftball Game Tickets 17. Handicapped Infrmatin 18. Lst & Fund 19. Map f West Pint 20. Menus 21. Parking Game Day 22. Parking Nn-Game Day 23. Places at West Pint Open t Graduates and their Guests t Visit 24. Register (Hw T & Imprtant Dates) 25. Registratin Fee 26. Reunin Events 27. Wheelchairs 1. Add Events t Previus Registratin After August 26 See the Alumni Events Team at a reunin check-in (times and lcatins listed n the schedule) Additinal events/guests will be added n a space available, first cme first served basis. alumni-events@wpag.rg yur name, class year, cadet cmpany at graduatin, and guest(s) name s we can have a name badge prepared fr yu upn yur arrival. Additinal events/guests will be added n a space available basis. 2. Alumni Center & Gift Shp, Herbert Hall Mnday-Thursday 10:00 am t 5:00 pm Friday befre ftball game 9:00 am t 5:00 pm Saturday (n game days) 8:00 am t 5:00 pm. Graduates attending the reunin will receive a 10% discunt n gift shp items. Please shw yur reunin name badge t the cashier. Page 1/11

2 3. Attendee List If yu wish t see which classmates have signed up fr the reunin, an Attendee List is available n the reunin website. This list is updated apprximately every tw weeks and shws just the main registrant, nt guests. T cnfirm yur attendance fr the reunin, see (Register (Hw T & Imprtant Dates)) belw. 4. Attire Thursday NYC Lunch Cruise: Dressy-casual. Dark r dressy jeans fr wmen are acceptable. Strngly recmmend n casual jeans, t-shirts, shrts, athletic shes r flip flps at any time. Thursday Glf Outing: Slacks r Bermuda style shrts, shirt with cllar; Sft Spikes Only Thursday Welcme Receptin: Casual Attire Friday Memrial Service and Ike Hall Events: Business Casual Friday Class Dinner: Business Casual Saturday Cadet Review: Business Casual. Wear yur class hat received at reunin check-in. Saturday Pre-Game Brunch and Ftball Game: Spirit Casual Sunday Brunch: Casual Cmfrtable walking shes and rain gear are suggested fr the entire reunin. Business Casual Attire: slacks with pen cllared shirt and sweater r sprts cat fr men; slacks with bluse, skirt and bluse, r pants suit fr wmen. Dressy Casual Attire: seasnal sprt cat r blazer and slacks, dress shirt, casual buttn-dwn shirt ptinal tie, pen-cllar r pl shirt fr men; dress, skirt and dressy tp, dressy pants utfit, nice jeans and dressy tp fr wmen. Casual Attire: khakis r gd jeans, carg r Bermuda shrts, pl shirt, turtleneck, casual buttn-dwn shirt and/r sweater fr men; sundress, lng r shrt skirt, khakis r gd jeans, shrts, pl shirt, turtleneck, casual buttn-dwn bluse fr wmen. 5. Bus Transprtatin Bus transprtatin is suggested fr htel guests wh dn t wish t drive back and frth. One ticket includes rund trip frm Westchester Marritt t West Pint and back t the htel. All buses will depart the htel at the same time, but buses will depart West Pint nce full. We will have multiple buses fr each bus mvement, please d nt leave yur belngings n the bus as yu may nt cme back t the same bus Check the final agenda fr all final departure times and lcatins. Friday Bus 2 chices fr departure t West Pint 7:00am Early Departure Bus 9:15am Late Departure Bus 4:00pm - All buses depart West Pint when full Saturday Bus 7:15am - All buses depart the htel 2 chices fr return t the htel Page 2/11

3 12:00pm Befre the game Early Return Bus minutes after the game - Late Return Bus 6. Cancellatin Timeline (Reunin) Cancel after 8/26/18 and thrugh reunin: All refunds fr individual events & meals n a case-by-case basis decided after the reunin. Registratin fee nt refunded. Registratin packet and memrabilia will be mailed t yu after the reunin. 7. Cancellatins (Reunin Hw t) T cancel an event, a guest s attendance, r the reunin cmpletely - cntact the WPAOG Event Team: reunins@wpag.rg r Car Service Viscnti Limusine - 10% discunt ffered fr any Class Reunin grup that mentins it when arranging transprtatin Phne: r reservatins@viscntirides.cm Website: 9. Class and West Pint Gear (Memrabilia) Orders were due by June 22. Items are nt available t ship r fr pick-up until the reunin. T pick up yur items at the reunin, select Pick-Up as the shipping ptin n the check-ut page (drp dwn menu). Yu will receive yur items at the reunin. Memrabilia pick-up times and lcatins will be listed n the final reunin agenda psted n the reunin website and handed ut at reunin check-in. If yu are nt attending the reunin, select ship (grund) as the shipping ptin n the checkut page (drp dwn menu), and yur rder will be mailed t yu after the reunin. Items will nt mail until the week after the reunin. All reunins sales are final. Questins? Cntact the WPAOG Gift Shp directly, Cnfirmatin f Registratin When yu cmplete registratin by submitting yur credit card infrmatin, yu will receive a cnfirmatin message in yur web brwser. Yu will als receive this same cnfirmatin in an t the address yu used t register. Please keep this cnfirmatin fr yur recrds; hwever, yu will nt need it t check-in fr the reunin. The subject f the cnfirmatin is Class f 1973 Reunin September 6-9, 2018 and the sender is registratin@wpag.rg, s if yu are having truble lcating yur cnfirmatin, yu can d a search f these key wrds. If yu still can t find it, please the WPAOG Alumni Events team at alumni-events@wpag.rg and request it be sent again. Please mentin yur name and class year when writing t them. 11. Cntact Infrmatin Army Ticket Office: 877.TIX.ARMY r diat@usma.edu West Pint Glf Curse: Page 3/11

4 WPAOG Event Team (reunin questins): r West Pint Infrmatin phne line (weather call fr parade): Dietary Restrictins fr yu and yur guest(s) If yur allergy is nt listed, select Other and type yur allergies in the cmments sectin. The Alumni Events Team will review yur needs and cntact yu if we have any questins. Please see belw fr ntes n the different venues yu ll visit during the reunin: The Cadet Mess Hall is nt able t accmmdate any dietary restrictins. DCA Culinary Grup (meals served at Eisenhwer Hall and mst tailgates) is nt able t accmmdate severe allergies. The htel can accmmdate all dietary restrictins with advance ntice (by prperly filling ut the Dietary Restrictins sectin n the nline registratin frm). 13. Entering West Pint Starting June 7, 2016, visitrs 17 years f age and abve withut a valid (nt expired) Department f Defense issued identificatin card must reprt t the Visitr Cntrl Center at 2107 New Suth Pst Rad, West Pint N.Y t cnduct a NCIC-III backgrund check prir t entering the installatin in accrdance with DOD Directive All visitrs withut a valid DOD ID card must present a valid frm f identificatin t enter West Pint; click here t view the current list f apprved state driver s licenses. If yu d nt have an apprved license, yu will be required t shw anther valid frm f identificatin, such as a passprt, t enter pst. Fr mre infrmatin, please visit the West Pint Garrisn webpage: See belw (Parking Game Day and Parking Nn-Game Day) fr parking infrmatin. 14. Ftball Game Day Infrmatin (parking maps, pregame timeline, facts abut West Pint, etc.) All gates t Michie Stadium will pen 2 hurs prir t kickff. Items and behavir prhibited at Michie Stadium Artificial nisemakers Outside fd r drink Pets (With the exceptin f wrking service animals) Umbrellas Weapns Bags (As nted within the bag plicy listed nline) Diaper bags Hver bards Drnes Any items deemed inapprpriate, hazardus r unsafe by event staff 15. Ftball Game Day Shuttle Shuttle Bus Map & Inf Game day shuttles begin 4.5 hurs prir t kickff. Page 4/11

5 Game day shuttle buses are available frm all parking areas (all shuttle rutes) t the review. After the review, all shuttle rutes pick up behind the Review Stands fr apprximately 45 minutes, then nly the green shuttle rute will pick up and drp ff in the area f the Review Stands. After the game, shuttle buses take fans back t all f the parking areas fr minutes. 16. Ftball Game Tickets The Class f 1973 will be seated tgether in the End Zne f Michie Stadium in Sectin 20. Yu must purchase yur tickets by Friday, July 27, 2018 t guarantee seating with the Class. If yu are nt staying n pst, nr taking the bus frm the htel, yu will need a game day parking pass. See belw (Parking Game Day) fr rdering infrmatin. Persns with seasn tickets r anther type f ticket package can exchange their tickets fr tickets in the reunin area at n extra charge by cntacting the Army Ticket Office. Wheelchair accessible seating is available at the tp f sectins 8-11 and by calling the Army Ticket Office directly. If yu wish t sit with a specific fellw graduate(s), be sure t place yur rders tgether. Delivery: When rdering yur tickets yu will have the ptin t select yur preferred delivery methd: mail, will call, print at hme Mail: Tickets & parking passes are shipped 2-3 weeks prir t the game Will Call: pens 2.5 hurs prir t kick ff at Gate 3 f Michie Stadium. A picture ID is required when picking up tickets. Print At Hme: Yu will receive a secnd (first being yur ticket rder cnfirmatin) with the tickets attached as a PDF dcument. Yu must print ut the PDF attachment and bring it with yu t be scanned at the gates. Army Ticket Office: 877.TIX.ARMY ( ) 17. Handicapped Infrmatin NYC Lunch Cruise Can accmmdate a manual r mtrized wheelchair Restrms are ne level belw the main deck. Guests in wheelchairs will need t use the ship's manual wheelchair because they perate a chair climber t get t the restrms. The whle prcess takes abut 20 minutes. Game Day Parking: Handicapped parking accmmdatins are lcated in H Lt. A handicapped license plate, state registratin r handicapped parking pass is required t gain entrance t the area. In rder t park in H lt, yu must enter thrugh Stny Lnesme Gate. Handicapped parking is available thrugh the Army Ticket Office by calling the number belw. Seating/Tickets: Handicapped seating is available by calling the Army Ticket Office directly. Wheelchair accessible seating is available at the tp f sectins 8-11 and Shuttle: Handicap accessible buses will take yu frm H Lt t the parade grund, Michie Stadium (Handicapped: Gates 1 and 6 r Wheelchair: Gate 6), and then back t yur POV. If yu are attending the pre-game meal in the Cadet Mess Hall, a handicapped bus will pick Page 5/11

6 up in Nrth Area by the handicap ramp utside the Cadet Mess Hall after the meal and drp ff at the Handicapped Entrance Gates 1 r 6 at Michie Stadium. Army Ticket Office: 877.TIX.ARMY ( ) Parking Nn Game Day: West Pint des nt issue handicap r special parking passes, s if nt taking the Class bus frm the htel please bring yur wn handicap placard in rder t access handicap parking spts. Handicapped parking spts are available with a permit r plates fr peple with disabilities. Spts are first-cme, first-served. If yu are a full time wheelchair user, please let the WPAOG Event Team knw by writing cmments in the Other Special Needs field n the nline registratin frm. If yu r a family member need a wheelchair during the reunin, please see belw Wheelchairs, t arrange fr ne 18. Lst & Fund If yu find an item at the reunin, please either take it t the frnt desk at the htel r t the WPAOG staff at the reunin check-in tables if yu have a Class Facebk page, please take a picture f the item and tell yur Class where yu are turning it in If yu lse an item, please check yur Class Facebk page and at the WPAOG reunin check-in table, r the htel s frnt desk Any items turned in t WPAOG that remain lst at the end f the reunin will be shipped back t the wner at their expense 19. Map f West Pint (t print) Dwnlad the WPAOG app if yu prefer t have an interactive map n yur phne r tablet. 20. Menus (fr times and lcatins see the agenda) Thursday, September 6 NYC Lunch Cruise: Lunch includes an appetizer, entrée, dessert, cffee, tea, and iced tea. Guests will rder an appetizer, entrée, and dessert frm the menu nce abard the ship. Cash bar will be available. Welcme Receptin: Crisp Rmaine, Baby Frisee and Endive with Caesar dressing, Garlic and Parmesan Cheese Crutns; Penne ala vdka; Grilled and Marinated Chicken Breast; Chilled Chimi Churi Marinated Shrimp; Marinated and Grilled Asparagus; Rasted Red and Yellw Peppers; Oven Rasted Tmates; Grilled Prtabell Mushrms; Fresh Garlic Bread and Olive Rlls; Individual Crème Brule; Cffee, Tea, Assrted Sft Drinks, and Bttled Water and Cash Bar. Friday, September 7 Lunch: Assrted Sandwiches, Assrted Salads, Pickles, Chips, Assrted Ckies, Brwnies, Iced Tea, Water, Cffee, and Ht Tea. Class Dinner: Market Fresh Sup f the Day; Quina, Baby Kale, Tmat, Lemn Vinaigrette; Market Salad, Baby Greens, Cucumber, Carrts, Almnds, Champagne Vinaigrette; Atlantic Salmn, English Pea, Crn, Fennel Relish; Grilled Flank Steak, Captain Lawrence IPA Demi, Onin Rings; Chicken Francaise with heirlm Tmat Bruschetta, Lemn Butter Sauce; Truffle Fingerling Ptat; Rasted Rt Vegetable; Assrted Mini Cupcakes; Cheesecake Lllipps; Page 6/11

7 Cffee, Tea, Assrted Drinks, and Bttled Water and Cash Bar. Saturday, September 8 Pre-Game Black Knight Brunch: Assrted Bagels; Assrted Breakfast Breads; Caesar Salad; Mzzarella & Grape Tmat Salad; Scrambled Eggs; Breakfast Ptates; Sausage Links; Penne ala Vdka; Chicken Scampi; Fruit Platter; Chef s Chice f Mini Desserts; Iced Tea, Orange Juice, Cffee, Decaf, and Ht Tea. Sunday, September 9 Breakfast Buffet: Fresh Fruit Juices; Seasnal Fruit & Berries; Assrted Mini Bagels; Assrted Muffins; Assrted Sliced Bread White, Wheat, Rye; Fresh Baked Crumb Cake; Assrted Cereals; Assrted Ygurt and Granla; Freshly Scrambled Eggs; Bacn; Cuntry Sausage; Rasted Ptates; Nutella, Butter, Margarine, Cream Cheese, Preserves and Hney; Cffee and Ht Tea. Brunch in Cadet Mess: Chicken Flrentine, Salmn Filet, Scrambled Eggs, Breakfast Frittata, Canadian Bacn; Cuntry Fried Steak, Biscuits and Gravy, Rasted Red Ptates, Mixed Vegetables, Belgian Waffles; syrup and fruit tpping, Assrted Breads, Marble Pund Cake, Fresh Fruit and Salad Bar, Ygurt and cereal, Orange Juice, Cffee, Assrted Drinks, Skim/Lw Fat Milk 21. Parking Game Day Parking passes are required fr every vehicle entering West Pint n game day. Advance parking purchase is available up t tw weeks prir t Game Day. If parking is purchased in advance f game day yu will receive a $5 discunt. Yu can rder a parking pass nline when yu rder yur ftball tickets r by calling the Army Ticket Office. Parking passes are als available as yu enter pst n game day. Parking attendants will direct yu t parking lts. Game day shuttle buses are available frm all parking areas t the review. See Ftball Game Day Shuttle abve fr mre infrmatin. Handicap parking is available in H Lt. Handicap accessible buses will take yu t the review, game, and then back t yur POV. Order a game-day handicap parking pass by calling the Army Ticket Office. RV and Bus Parking - If yu need RV r Bus parking please call the Army Ticket Office. Army Ticket Office: 877.TIX.ARMY ( ) 22. Parking Nn-Game Day Parking is extremely limited in the Central Pst area f West Pint, the vicinity f the academic buildings and barracks. Parking in this area requires a staff/faculty parking decal. On Mnday-Friday, parking is generally available in the fllwing areas: Visitr s Center (West Pint Museum Parking ff pst), Buffal Sldier Field, Herbert Alumni Center, K Lt (behind the cemetery in the ld PX parking lt), and in the vicinity f Gillis Field Huse. DO NOT park at Nrth Dck n Friday afternn, r yur vehicle will be twed at yur expense. Page 7/11

8 Please nte, there is a Central Pst Area (CPA) Express Shuttle Bus available Mnday-Friday frm 7:00am-6:00pm. The bus picks up and drps ff at Buffal Sldier Field (bus stp is lcated n the parking level just belw the Pst Office), library crner (Jeffersn Hall Library and Thayer Rd.), and behind the Superintendent s Review Stands (at the Parade Field and clsest stp t Eisenhwer Hall). Yu can track the CPA Shuttle Bus by dwnlading the Ride Systems App; click here fr mre infrmatin. West Pint des nt issue handicap r special parking passes, s please bring yur wn handicap placard in rder t access handicap parking spts. Handicapped parking spts are available with a permit r plates fr peple with disabilities. Spts are first-cme, first-served. 23. Places at West Pint Usually Open t Graduates and their Guests t Visit during the Reunin (hurs f peratin will be listed in the Academy Welcme Brchure yu ll receive when yu check in fr the reunin) Alumni Center & Gift Shp, Herbert Hall - Mn-Th , Fri , Sat AAFES PX (DD ID Card Hlders) AAFES Shppette (DD ID Card Hlders) Arvin Cadet Physical Develpment Center - Daily, Cadet Stre - Open t graduates and their guests Cemetery - Daily, dawn t dusk. Cullum Hall Frt Putnam Grant Hall Jeffersn Hall Kenna Hall f Army Sprts Museum & Gift Shp Visitrs Center & Gift Shp West Pint Club The Cadet Barracks, Cadet Mess, Academic Buildings, and Flirtatin Walk are ff limits. Reminder - All Graduates and their guests must wear their reunin name tag at all times while in the Cadet Area. 24. Register (Hw t & Imprtant Dates) Click n REGISTER at the tp f the reunin website r Online Registratin beside Step 3. Fill ut all infrmatin under Registrant s Infrmatin, especially required infrmatin anntated with *. Input 1 fr yur Registratin Fee categry: Graduate Registratin Fee r Widw Registratin Fee. Then, enter the number f guests ages 4 and up yu are bringing t the reunin. Input the number attending each reunin event If yu are bringing guests, fill ut yur guest(s) First and Last Names and West Pint Class Year (if applicable). If yu have mre than 5 guests, fill ut a wrd dcument r excel spreadsheet with yur guests names and uplad it using the link at the bttm. Once yu have cmpleted yur nline registratin frm, select cntinue. Page 8/11

9 If yu have nt filled in all the required infrmatin (*) yu will nt prceed t the next page, and yu will get a pp up letting yu knw which fields yu still need t cmplete. Select OK, fill in the missing infrmatin, then select cntinue. Fill ut yur billing infrmatin and select submit. Yu will receive a cnfirmatin message in the next web brwser. Yu will als receive this same cnfirmatin in an t the address yu used t register. Please keep this cnfirmatin fr yur recrds; hwever, yu will nt need it t check-in fr the reunin. The transactin fr the reunin will lk like this n yur credit card statement: BLK*WPAOG - ALUMNI SUP CA Registratin clses Sunday, August 26 at 10:00pm EST. 25. Registratin Fee Graduate registratin fee cvers memrabilia and reunin verhead. Widw registratin fee cvers memrabilia. 1 registratin fee per grad/main registrant. There is a $5 fee fr each guest yu bring (Adult r child ages 4 and up) 26. Reunin Events (fr times and lcatins see the agenda) Thursday NYC Lunch Cruise Registratin fr this event is due by Sunday, August 26. There are n refunds f this event. This event takes place the same time as the Glf Outing. The bus departs the Westchester Marritt prmptly at 10:00 am and will drp everyne ff at Pier 61, Chelsea Pier. Thse nt riding the bus shuld meet the WPAOG staff member at 11:30 am at the entrance t the ship t btain yur cruise tickets. Yu can btain directins frm websites like Use 61 Chelsea Piers, New Yrk, New Yrk as yur destinatin. Parking is available at Chelsea Piers. Fr mre infrmatin, visit The Bateaux will begin barding at 11:30 am, and the ship leaves at 12:00 pm. The cruise ffers stunning Statue f Liberty views thrugh glass ceiling and walls. The cruise will run until 2:00 pm. After disembarking the bat, thse riding the bus will return t the buses at the entrance f Pier 61 (same place as drp-ff that mrning) and return t the Westchester Marritt; thse nt signed up fr the bus will be n their wn. In the rare event f extreme weather, this event may be held dckside. Thursday Glf Outing (transprtatin is n yur wn) Fee includes greens fee, carts, and prizes. Fill ut yur fursme preference at the bttm f the registratin website. There is a pay as yu g snack bar. Rental sets are available. Cntact Megan Shapir, West Pint Glf Curse Manager, megan.shapir@usma.edu r t make yur reservatin. Dress Cde: Slacks r Bermuda style shrts, shirt with cllar; Sft Spikes Only Page 9/11

10 Everyne will start at 12:30pm with a sht-gun start. Frmat f Play: Best Ball r Captain s Chice Prizes are gift certificates fr the West Pint Glf Curse Pr Shp fr best teams and individual flag prizes. There are n shwers available at the temprary club huse. Fr mre infrmatin n the West Pint Glf Curse, click here. Friday Free Time See abve Places Open t Graduates and their Guests t Visit as well as places t visit will be listed in a Welcme Brchure prvided at reunin check-in. Saturday Cadet Review The weather decisin is usually made tw (2) hurs prir t the review. If the review is cancelled due t inclement weather, it will be psted n West Pint s Facebk page ( West Pint The U.S. Military Academy ) and n the installatin s inf phne line, If the review is cancelled, the class pht will be taken in Ike Hall. Reunin buses will be delayed until 8:45am. Class Aides and WPAOG staff will ntify the frnt desk at the main htel f any changes. All ther activities will take place as scheduled n Saturday. Saturday Class Pht Pht will be taken in the Review Stands after the Cadet Review. Phts will be shipped after the reunin. Prices n the registratin frm include shipping and handling. The pht is 8 x32. The matted and framed pht is 14 x38. If the Cadet Review is cancelled due t inclement weather, the Class Pht will take place in Ike Hall. Saturday Class Pht Pht will be taken in the Review Stands after the Cadet Review. Phts will be shipped after the reunin. Prices n the registratin frm include shipping and handling. The pht is 8 x32. The matted and framed pht is 14 x38. If the Cadet Review is cancelled due t inclement weather, the Class Pht will take place in Ike Hall. Sunday Brunch in Cadet Mess Hall (transprtatin is n yur wn) Brunch is self-serve/buffet line frm 9:30 am t 12:30 pm. Cadet Mess Hall staff will direct grads/guests t a table. There are n tickets issued by the mess hall and n reserved tables. 27. Wheelchairs If yu r a guest requires a wheelchair r scter during the curse f the reunin weekend, please cntact ne f the cmpanies listed n the next page fr mre infrmatin. Page 10/11

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Class of th Reunion Details

Class of th Reunion Details Table f Cntents 1. Add Events t Previus Registratin 2. Alumni Center & Gift Shp, Herbert Hall 3. Attendee List 4. Attire 5. Bus Transprtatin 6. Cancellatin Timeline (Reunin) 7. Cancellatins (Reunin Hw