CAMP ILLUMINATION CADET FIELD TRAINING 2017
Contents General information Security notes Timeline Attire Parking directions Contact information ****ALL PARKING will be at West Point*** ***There is NO PARKING at Camp Buckner*** ***All visitors must first go to the VCC and then use Thayer Gate*** ***Please notify Cadet Danielle Jaksha at Danielle.Jaksha@USMA.edu or (858) 354-4497 if you are planning on attending***
General Information Only invited dates may attend Camp Illumination Camp Illumination occurs at Camp Buckner, but all parking is at West Point near the Parade Field There will be busses from Cullum Hall to Camp Buckner (see timeline for more information) All visitors must check in at the Visitors Control Center before 1745 to access West Point All visitors must have a valid state-issued ID card or a valid passport to access West Point Changing rooms are available in Cullum Hall starting at 1730. Busses will depart at 1900. Busses back to West Point depart at 2320.
Security Notes All visitors must go through the Visitors Control Center and the vehicle security screening at West Point to board the busses to Camp Buckner The Visitors Control Center closes at 1800. Be there by 1745. State-issued IDs or valid passports are required Large bags must be left in automobiles before boarding the bus Small bags (purses or wallets) are permitted, but will be searched before boarding the bus
Timeline Time Description Location Attire 1730 Changing rooms open Cullum Hall (USMA) Any 1800 Visitors Control Center closes Visitors Control Center Any 1830 Bus begins loading Cullum Hall (USMA) Semi-formal 1900 Bus departs to Camp Buckner Cullum Hall (USMA) Semi-formal 1930 Social hour begins Camp Buckner Semi-formal 2000 Hop begins Barth Hall Semi-formal 2200 Hop ends Barth Hall Semi-formal 2215 Fireworks begin Camp Buckner Semi-formal 2310 Fireworks end Camp Buckner Semi-formal 2315 Bus loads Buckner Parking Lot Semi-formal 2320 Bus departs Buckner Parking Lot Semi-formal 2330 Full accountability formation for cadets Company Areas India Whites 2340 Bus arrives back at West Point Cullum Hall (USMA) Semi-formal 0000 Changing rooms close Cullum Hall (USMA) Any
Parking Directions First, go to the Visitors Control Center. Next, proceed to the Clinton Field & Doubleday Field Parking Lots. Changing/bus staging will be in Cullum Hall. All bags (except purses and wallets) will be left in vehicles at West Point.
Visitors Control Center Go to the Visitors Control Center to check in before Thayer Gate: 2107 New South Post Road, Highland Falls, NY 10928
Thayer Gate The first of two gates at Thayer Road. The first inspects your ID, the second inspects your ID and vehicle: 1 Thayer Road, West Point, NY 10996.
Drive Down Thayer Road Stay on Thayer Road until it turns into Cullum Road, which you will continue straight on underneath Mahan Hall. Thayer Road will also travel underneath a stone overhead walkway. After the walkway, Cullum Hall is the first light-colored building on your right.
Cullum Hall Cullum Hall Search Cullum Hall, West Point, NY
Parking Lots Park in the first parking lot on your LEFT after the baseball field. Then return to Cullum Hall to change & load buses. Use the side door of Cullum Hall. After changing, bags and personal items will be left inside your personal vehicle. After you return to USMA, you may get your bags from your vehicle to change out of your semi-formal attire. Cullum Hall
Attire The Friday night Camp Illumination is a semi- formal event. Cadets will wear India Whites with Chapel Belt The civilian equivalent for men is a summer weight business suit or sport jacket, collared button down shirt with tie. Women, due to the warm weather, may wear a knee-length semi-formal dress, tea-length dress, or floor-length dress or gown. Flats and sandals are acceptable as you may be walking on a sandy beach. You will be dancing if you so choose. The following images are intended to offer guidelines...
Appropriate floor-length and tea-length dresses and gowns
Appropriate knee-length dresses
Appropriate strapless dresses
QUESTIONS ON ATTIRE? Please contact: Cynthia Hunter, Cadet Hostess 938-4681 cynthia.hunter@usma.edu Kathy Keirsey, Assistant Cadet Hostess 938-3104 kathleen.keirsey@usma.edu www.usma.edu/uscc/dca/hostess/hostess.htm
Contact Information If you have any questions or concerns about Camp Illumination, please feel free to contact either of the below cadets: Danielle Jaksha Danielle.Jaksha@usma.edu (858) 354-4497 Alex Werden Alexander.Werden@usma.edu (919) 360-2586