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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 Sunday, September 24 th See the Alumni Events Team at a reunin check-in (times and lcatins listed n agenda. Additinal events/guests will be added n a space available basis. 2. Alumni Center & Gift Shp, Herbert Hall Mnday-Thursday 10:00am t 5:00pm, Friday befre ftball game 9:00am t 5:00pm, and Saturday (n game days) 10:00am t 8:00pm. 3. Attendee List If yu wish t see which classmates have signed up fr the reunin, an Attendee List will be 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. Page 1/10

2 Thursday Glf Outing: Slacks r Bermuda style shrts, shirt with cllar; Sft Spikes Only Thursday Infrmal Mixer: Casual Friday Prayer Breakfast, Memrial Service, and Ike Hall Events: Business Casual Friday Class Dinner: Dressy Casual Saturday Cadet Review: Business Casual. Wear yur memrabilia tie. Saturday Pre-Game Meal, & 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 t West Pint. One ticket includes rund trip frm Hiltn Wdcliff Lake t West Pint and back t the Hiltn Wdcliff Lake. Please arrive 15 minutes prir t the departure t begin barding the buses. 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 Friday Bus 2 chices fr departure t West Pint 7:30am Early Departure Bus 9:30am Late Departure Bus All buses depart the West Pint after the business meeting at apprximately 4:00pm. Saturday Bus All buses depart the htel at 10:00am. 2 chices fr return t the htel 30 minutes after the end f the game Early Return Bus 60 minutes after the end f the game Late Return Bus 6. Cancellatin Timeline (Reunin) Thursday Bat Cruise: There will be n refunds after 10:00pm 8/28/17. Cancel after 9/17/17 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. Page 2/10

3 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 Upscale Lims recmmended by the Crwne Plaza Phne: upscalelims@gmail.cm Website: Viscnti Limusine Phne: r reservatins@viscntirides.cm Website: 9. Class and West Pint Gear (Memrabilia) Orders are due by July 7. Items will nt be available until the reunin. If attending the reunin and placing yur rder nline, when yu get t the Member Checkut screen, select In-Stre Pickup as yur Shipping Optin. In-stre pick up is the same as picking up at the reunin. Yu will receive yur items at the reunin (September 28-30). Refer t the reunin schedule fr memrabilia pick-up times. If nt attending the reunin, rders will be mailed after the reunin. 10. 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 1972 Reunin September 28 Octber 1, 2017 and the sender is alumni-events@wpag.rg, s if yu are having truble lcating yur cnfirmatin, yu can d a search f thse key wrds. If yu still can t find it, please the WPAOG Alumni Events team at reunins@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: WPAOG Event Team (reunin questins): reunins@wpag.rg 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 Events Team will review yur needs and cntact yu if we have any questins. 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 Page 3/10

4 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 Alchlic beverages Animals* Artificial nisemakers Bags/Backpacks ver 12 x12 x12 * (transparent bags ver 12x12x12 are allwed) Bttles, cans, r beverage cntainers f any kind (t include water)* Firearms, Knives, and Weapns f any kind Fd* Ftballs r thrwing bjects Laser Pinters Signs r flags n sticks r ples Smking Trespassing/Sliciting Umbrellas Nisemakers Prfanity * Exceptins will be made fr thse with medical requirements and/r special needs. Check fr link t bag plicy picture: Ftball Game Day Shuttle Shuttle Bus Map & Inf Game day shuttles begin 4.5 hurs prir t kickff. 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 1972 will be seated tgether in the Upper Level f Michie Stadium in Sectins U14- U15. Page 4/10

5 Yu must purchase yur tickets by Friday, July 28, 2017 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 r by clicking here. 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 be lcated behind the review stands 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 yu are 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 Page 5/10

6 fr peple with disabilities but nly in nn-designated CPA parking lts. 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 28 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: Antipasti Display (Prsciutt, Pepperni, Gena Salami, Capicla, Kalamata Olives, Artichke Hearts, Pepperncini, Fresh Mzzarella, Prvlne, Italian Bread, and Flavred Olive Oils), Dmestic and Internatinal Cheeses Display (Baby Swiss, Grgnzla, Sharp Cheddar, Smked Guda, Bursin, Brie, Camembert, Pepper Jack, Havarti, Mancheg, and Fntina Cheeses garnished with Fresh Fruits, Berries, Crstini, French Baguettes and Crackers), Eurpean Meats (Sliced Prsciutt, Capicla, Gena Salami, and Black Frest Ham), Fresh Cut and Whle Fruit (Baby Papaya, Figs, Cantalupe, Red and Black Grapes, Kiwi, Watermeln, Strawberries, Apricts, Pineapple, Hneydew Meln, and Mang), and there will be a Cash Bar. Friday, September 29 Prayer Breakfast: Orange, Grapefruit, Tmat, and Apple Juices; Assrted Breakfast Breads including; English Muffins, Muffins and Danish; Butter and Assrted Jams; Cffee, Decaffeinated Cffee, and Herbal Tea Lunch: Assrted Sandwiches, Assrted Salads, Pickles, Chips, Assrted Ckies, Brwnies, Iced Tea, Sda, Water, Cffee, and Ht Tea. Class Dinner: Warm Rlls and Butter, Caprese Salad, Fresh Field Green Salad with Assrted Dressings, Chilled Trtellini Pasta Salad, Grilled Balsamic Vegetables, Stuffed Chicken Rllatini with Mzzarella, Sage, Prsciutt, in a Barl Mushrm Sauce, Rsemary Rubbed Prk Lin, and Parmesan Crusted Swrdfish. Chclate Lava Cake, Assrted Sft Drinks, Cffee, Decaf, Herbal Tea, Cheesecake, Pastries and Chclate Dipped Strawberries, and Cash Bar. Page 6/10

7 Saturday, September 30 Pre-Game Meal: Manhattan Clam Chwder, Crackers, Turkey Burger, Lettuce, Tmat, Cheese Slice, Rast Crn, Baked French Fries, Rund Bun, Tssed Salad with Dressing, Black Bean Brwnies. Sunday, Octber 1 Brunch: Orange Juice, Assrted Cereal, Scrambled Eggs, Omelet w/ Cheese, Prk Bacn, Beef Tips Strganff, Salmn Amandine, Chicken Sausage Link, Salad Bar, Paprika Buttered Biled Ptates, Belgian Waffles, Syrup/Strawberry Tpping, Whipped Butter, Ygurt, Varius Cffee, Assrted Breads, Fresh Fruit Bar (include grapes & berries) 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. 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. 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 Page 7/10

8 available with a permit r plates fr peple with disabilities but nly in nn-designated CPA parking lts. Spts are first-cme, first-served. 23. Places at West Pint Open t Graduates and their Guests t Visit during the Reunin (will be given t yu at Reunin check-in, it s the Welcme Back brchure frm the Academy) Reminder - All Graduates and their guests must wear their reunin name tag at all times. 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 the number fr each Registratin Fee categry: Graduate (Main Registrant), Widw/Spuse, and Guests 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. 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 Register by Friday, July 7 at 12:00pm EST fr guaranteed reunin memrabilia at check-in. Registratin clses Sunday, September 17 at 10:30pm EST. 25. Registratin Fee Cvers memrabilia and reunin verhead. 1 registratin fee per grad/main registrant. There is a $40 fee fr Spuse/Widw, and 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 10:00pm n Mnday, August 28. There will be n refunds after this date. This event takes place the same time as the Glf Outing. The bus departs the Hiltn Wdcliff Lake prmptly at 10:00am and will drp everyne ff at Pier 61, Chelsea Pier. Thse nt riding the bus shuld meet the WPAOG staff member at 11:30am 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. Page 8/10

9 Parking is available at Chelsea Piers. Fr mre infrmatin, visit The Bateaux will begin barding at 11:30am, and the ship leaves at 12:00pm. The cruise ffers stunning Statue f Liberty views thrugh glass ceiling and walls. The cruise will run until 2:00pm. 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 Hiltn Wdcliff Lake; 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, prizes, and 2 drink tickets. 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 Plan t arrive NLT 10:30am t hit sme range balls and grab lunch at the snack bar. Everyne will start at 11:00am 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. Thursday Mixer Seating will be pen. Please see belw fr menu. Friday Dinner Seating will be by Cadet Cmpany 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 the Cadet Mess Hall. Reunin buses will be delayed 2 hurs. 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. Page 9/10

10 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 the Mess Hall. Saturday Pre-Game Meal The meal is in the Mess Hall and served 1:30pm-2:30pm. After the parade and class pht, g directly t the mess hall t yur designated wing and fill tables (12 peple per table) back t frnt. The meal is still served family-style, the way yu remember as a cadet. Listen t annuncements in the mess hall and help yur classmates and their guests find empty seats. The menu will be determined fur weeks befre the reunin. Sunday Brunch (transprtatin is n yur wn) Brunch is self-serve/buffet line frm 9:30am t 12:30pm. 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 belw fr mre infrmatin. Empire Medical Rte 9W, Haverstraw, NY Hme Health Pavilin Rte 9W, Newburgh, NY Hmepr Medical Supplies Hicks St, Brklyn, NY American Mbility Rentals 855.SCOOT.11 Page 10/10

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