Welcome to West Point: Inside the US Army's prestigious military academy
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- As the nation’s first military academy, West Point prepares young men and women to become officers in the U.S. Army.
There's a unique, free university in the US where students graduate not just with degrees but as officers of the US Army.
Instructed by Congress to train 4,400 cadets a year and up there in terms of academic rigour and student success with the likes of Harvard and Yale, West Point produces 1,000 second lieutenants a year.
In exchange for a free education at West Point, graduates are required to serve five years in the US Army and an additional three years in the reserves.
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They really got Cadet "English" to lead the tour for this channel lmao
That made me chuckle too 😂
top tier bants
Hello dear how are you doing
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This is actually quite incredible
Wow I honestly had no idea how incredible West Point actually is.
A remarkable institution, responsible for some remarkable men and women.
LMFAO!
You ain't lyin
I visited a town just across the river from there by train last month. Such a lovely area. Passed West Point at the stop before mines.
This is a very good idea. It installs ability and pride. To be an important part, and represent your country.
Your country doesn't have military academies? The US has 4 service academies and several more military colleges.
@@holden5478 We have five military academys in the UK, but we train different ways.
Great job Sebastian!
The architect of this installation is pristine! 🏰✨
Awesome!
What a place.
BEYOND THE STAR ⭐️
Thank You
It is a privilege to go on the grounds. I have visited often and enjoyed my time.
Great tour Cadet English. Good work.
I wanna know if the producers specifically asked for Cadet English. Haha.
messhall traditions are similar to a wardroom on ship. Find the highest ranking person and ask for permission to join the mess.
I'm Brazilian and one of my dreams was to study at West Point if I were us citizen. However, I am studying to enter the Brazilian military school and with my classification there, I can stay at West Point for 1 week.
WOW! I would love to attend, even for a week.
Incoming Cadet Candidate heading off to West Point this summer. You can actually pursue an international appointment to West Point. It's a very difficult process but if you hope to attend the Academy you can do it. It may not happen the first try, but the Academy looks very favorably on those who try and try again.
@@xanderschroeder6853 Are u seriously? Can you explain more about that Xander? It's one of my dremas and you are saying that it is possible.
@@ppedronogueira There's information online. Tem informacao online
⭐️⭐️West⭐️ Point ⭐️⭐️
I was always told the term “Cow” for 2nd class was related to the days when the first leave for a cadet was Xmas of their 2nd class year related to the saying “till the cows come home” for a long time and a yearling for the third class is just a term for a young cow. Otherwise good job by Cadet English.
Plebes are 1st year's.
Yucks are 2nd.
Cows are 3rd.
And Firsties are 4th.
@@PrinceAnt722 you’re correct however my post referred to them the way West Point does. Plebes are 4th class cadets (in their first year), yuks = 3rd class, cows = 2nd class, and Firsties = 1st class.
ALWAYS WEST POINT🇺🇸
Interesting School!
God bless West Point
Going down memory lane… An Army Brat whose father was stationed at West Point; I remember the cadet’s marching. I was fascinated to see how precisely they kept in step. I was very young and this was a long time ago m, however the impression is vivid in my mind to this day! 🇺🇸🦅
As general Douglas MacArthur said, when I think of home I think of West point... Besides Tate rink, redoubt number four is my favorite place on this planet
After watching the movie "The Long Gray Line", this documentary is just as interesting. Best regards from Chile
que lindo encontrarme con un compatriota aqui
@@yurinator6380 weeeeeena ctm 🇨🇱😉👍🇺🇸
Love from US 🇨🇱🇺🇲
How can you tell if someone graduated from west point?
A: They'll work it into the conversation within the first 30 seconds.
That’s not true. I know because I graduated from West Point!
So that took about 10 seconds to write so it's still basically true
@@DavinoadamExhibit A lmfao
@@Davinoadam lol nice
it is a dream to study here
America is great indeed, salute you 🇺🇸🇺🇦
weird yellow flag
Nominations can come from a senator or congressman, or through service connections. Not and service connections.
Also, you can get a letter of recommendation from a graduate of the academy.
@@PrinceAnt722 they can right you a rec letter, but they can't nominate you unless they're your parent and they have enough service time to qualify for a presidential nom. But any member of the military can get a presidential nom for their kid provided they've been in long enough. It's not just academy grads.
@user-vq5hb5cp4n If the graduate is still active, their letter can carry some weight in the selection process. I remember seeing West Point cadets working side by side with my Drill Sargeants when I was in Basic Training. One of the cadets was prior enlisted as an MP before enrolling at the Academy. She received her letter from her battalion commander, also a graduate from the Point.
@@PrinceAnt722 Your confusing recommendation letters and nominations. Recommendation letters are just references to help the admissions committee get insight into the candidate. A nomination is the legal ability to compete for an appointment. When you receive an appointment, the appointment will be charged under one of your nominations. Other than that, you are correct that a rec letter from an academy grad does carry weight.
The prior enlisted MP your referring to was nominated by the battalion commander. He may have also written a rec letter. The nominations from CO's is only available to prior enlisted soldiers. Not just any academy grad can do it. The CO doesn't actually have to be an academy grad. Being an academy grad has nothing to do with it. It has to be a CO of a unit. Further that CO can only nominate their own soldiers.
What is the medal ribbon Cadet English wears?
national defense service ribbon - basically a free-lunch award because everyone that joins the army or navy or any u.s. military branch automatically gets one, as long as he joins during a time of war - which is why he has one, since he said he is in year two which means he joined about 2 years ago, when they were still showering these things out, as anyone that joined after 2001 (9/11) was considered serving during the "war on terrorism", which lasted until the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan in 2021, and given how slow things go in the pentagon at times, they finally decided they would stop awarding these starting in 2023, therefore this had been the first ribbon for anyone who signed up over the past 20 years or so, and he was among the last to get it (until the u.s. gets into another active war, that is)
the interesting thing is he also has the parachutist badge on top of that ribbon, which is arguably much more meaningful - in the usual army it would be the other way around, you need to first prove yourself by earning tons of awards (ribbons) and demonstrate that you are the pride of the unit, before your unit would even consider sending you to airborne school to get that parachutist badge, because every training you go to the unit has to fight for the slot and budget and navigate all that hassles in the bureaucratic machine, so they generally only send the most decorated and best deserving ones to trainings like airborne, air assaults, etc. unless of course there are mission requirements, such as the unit being an airborne unit like the 82nd, then they would just send you no matter what. but normally a guy with a lone ribbon that everybody else has would hardly be looked at to go to any specialty trainings at all. I suppose just getting accepted to west point is considered an achievement, plus west point has all the budgets in the world, so they could just send their students to whatever trainings they wanted.
@@lynntaylor349 you don't know about free lunch. You haven't served a day in my army kid.
@@user-me1gc6gc2k praise be to allah, he who shall conquer your army of heretics
@@lynntaylor349I think "top-performers" in their unit, or group, have the choice to go to air assault/airborne school, same for ROTC
@@lynntaylor349The National Defense was given out before 9-11. Not just during war. You can enlist or reenlist for jump school. You have no idea what you are talking about. Cadets can go to schools during the summer, airborne, Air Assault or Ranger.
While West Point is the only US Army service academy, there are other "colleges" with an Army focus, the most famous and well-known being, The Citadel in Charleston, NC, other famous ones include Virginia Military Institute (or VMI) and Texas A&M, just to name a couple off my head.
"west point" (lower case because the school is no longer worthy of the name
@@writemyselfaletter why is that?
@@user-ge9rj2zd4bI too am curious, and shall reply so I get notified
@@writemyselfaletterWest Point is not actually the name of the school. It’s the geographic location. And has been an army base continuously since the Revolutionary War. The school is the United States Military Academy. So your snarkiness would work better if you actually knew basic facts such as these.
This young guy could be a movie star.
He is amazing, both in physical stature, demeanor, attitude and aptitude. The BEST of the best.
all of them generals are looking at the plain but Patton's looking for the library :p
How much does a cadet earn at Westpoint per month??
I’m proud to see my English flag, my father’s Scottish flag. And our Union Jack flying there 🇬🇧 ✊ 🇺🇸
TANKERS LEAD THE WAY
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Gotta love those FUDATs.
Wish I had the idea of going here when I was 18 🤣
Necesito traducción al español.
Its one massive place. I wonder if the UK has similar traditions for their officer training at Sandhurst
I'm not sure but i think the British Sandhurst doesn't have so many traditions. All this hierarchy of class years and traditions of serving etc doesn't happen as much. Also Sandhurst is only a year and it's nothing to do with getting a degree
I hope not. If you were seen cutting about in fascist regalia and un-earned medals you would be laughed at.
@@zoiders The Brit is trying to argue about fascism and un-earned medals?
@@JM-hl9idtbf fascist Moseley did get beaten down by the public and then MI5. Unless you mean the royals, which is a bit more complicated and not fascist 😅
Wow 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🙏
My dream college, I’m freshman right now I’ll update in 4 years 😃
Good luck! I hope you get in!!
tut tut someone forgot to update their flags
3:37
current west point cadet here: the flags in the mess hall feature all of the flags the united states has ever used in honor of its history.
@@ethanc.9893 I see, thanks for the correction
Twas a 5 year stint in the 1850s
U.S.AIR FORCES are the BEST
I wonder if it was some inside joke that they sent a cadet name English to show around an English Channel
The country needs more of this!!
Wish I was born in us😢
That’s where Grant and Lee went.
About to go there this summer! Class of '28!
Truly, the BEST of the best . . .
LOL, not anymore.
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine Yeah . . . Sure. You bet, pal.
One of my favorite friends of all time son is a graduate of West Point. I love both men, but GO NAVY~! Shalom
Medal Free
Ok it is the USMA united states military academy AT west point ny. The academy is not west point
I didn’t know the Plebs maintained the lead piping in Ancient Rome
I assume this is why the chemical symbol for Lead is Pb
Plumbum is the Latin word for lead I believe
Almost fell into British hands because of Benedict Arnold
I'd never heard of him but I just had a look. that's very interesting reading.
Ben was a real patriot 😉
@@sgu02nsc66😂😂😂😂😂
GO BLUES AIR FORCE
Do they know to to perform a L shaped firing line ?
Family ARMY 🫡🇺🇸
The whole bunch won't last 20 seconds from future tech up in the air.
I'm from Pakistan 🇵🇰 can I get admission in this university????
“USED TO BE PRESTIGIOUS TO “THE ONES WHO MADE IT SO.” NOW, IT’S JUST A MILITARY SCHOOL.”
~ SO WHAT. ~
Only service academy?
Of the US army
There’s a few “military colleges” like Texas A&M, The Citadel, one in Vermont iirc, but they aren’t officially military nor do they have service obligations. They’re usually private too.
What do you mean by “only military school” ? What about the Navy, Air Force academies ?
She said the US army’s only school
The first words out of the narrators mouth are wrong... The United States has 3 military academies, Annapolis Naval Academy(Navy), the Airforce Academy(airforce), and West Point(army).
No, no… she’s right. 😂
No she was right. She said the ARMY's only military academy... However she did say you need a Senator's recommendation which is wrong. It is a Congressman's.
Actually, there are five service academies:
West Point: Army
Annapolis: Navy & Marine Corps
Colorado Springs: Air & Space Force
New London: Coast Guard
Kings Point: Merchant Marines
A bigger Sandhurst (UK) but strange, isn't it? The Taliban have nothing like this yet still managed to kick the British and US out of Afghanistan.
The US, UK, and company cooked the Taliban in every engagement.
Was Charles Q Brown, Joe Biden's (and Ian's?) choice educated at West Point? What would Robert E Lee, Grant, Eisenhower, Bradley, and of course Paton, make of this?
Nikola Jokic is the NBA GOAT. 🌼🌸🌺🌈
Thats not true. Free lunch, open borders. Foreigner. GET OUT!!!!
As a British English speaker I have never heard a pleb called a pleeeb. Just me.
Probably because you don't speak Latin regularly?
@@frank-ko6de of course I do, I speak same language the person in the video speaks. Its just about how we use that language out loud. That can differ from region to region. There is no "queens latin". If you google it you will hear answers mostly differing from the Gentleman in the video. Interesting is all.
We use pleb as an gentle insult. Pleb.
It's spelt plebe in the West Point class system, hence the different pronunciation
@@johnhall6907 I hear the man speaking Standard American English, which is very different from King's English.
@@guglielmotranchina249 that's interesting to know. We spell it differently I suppose. Based on the same etymology.
I always hoped one of my children would attend here and follow my lead but most kids today don’t seem to give a damn.
Only 15 minutes to eat a meal. Wow terrible
Well military training others in military training there women that should not happen watch out for every position in Irish military forever. The military is respect keeping real🔥.
free education comes at the cost of a wealth-based draft. Good job America
Thank you Cadet ENGLISH 😂
Get an American surnamed English to perform the tour just to rub salt into the wounds.😂
They were probably doing it to be nice and show a common bond.
At least his surname is not KING. 😂
@@synchcexactly. If they're so salty, they can always build something more than Sandhurst. You could probably fit 50 Sandhursts into that installation. That's literally a City.
Why single?
Why do you think 😂
Because you don’t get paid enough to support a spouse or family.
@@piusx8317 I don’t know that’s why I asked
@@Davinoadam surely that’s an adult decision that can be made in the family though
Not single just unmarried. Many have GFs. Basically they dont want you having any dependents legally like a spouse or child.
Well, I'm 25 and I guess I can't go to this school.
Unless you get a waiver.
@@PrinceAnt722 What is a Waiver? i'm guessing it's not from the president like a presidential pardon?
@letsplaywar It's an excemption for bypassing the requirements. It's a rarity that individuals can apply for.
@@PrinceAnt722I'm short and I'm likely not a good fit for this fancy school to begin with. i would rather maybe join the US Air Force or Navy.
@@PrinceAnt722 if it's a Rarity That i would have to be Really strong to be good enough for this school. and I doubt they would take me seriously.
It's been a while since i've seen an England flag raised and it's not even in England. We're not allowed (We are racist if we do).
Mess hall looks like Hogwarts.
First off...
- West Point is NOT the only American Military Academy; please reference the US Naval Academy, the US Air Force Academy, and the US Coast Guard Academy; Marines are trained at Annapolis
- It was THE first government-established military educational institution, ahead of the French at Saint Cyr, the British at Sandhurst, and the German General Staff school(s)
She clearly said the only Academy for the US Army.
The full name of West Point is the US Military Academy. The rest are technically referred to service academies.
@@waltjaeger9273there are other army academies other than west point
@@codyrobert3829 Not in the US there aren't.
@@codyrobert3829 Certainly not in the US. There are not.
40 miles of grounds .. Crazy.
"a nomination from a senator and have someone connected to the military"
In the so called land of freedom where everyone is supposed to be born equal, how is this supposed to be fair? It sounds elitic.
It's a serious question, maybe there somthing I don't understand.
Hey! Im going this summer so I can give some insight. In every state, there are 3 different pathways to getting a nomination. A senator, congressman, or vice president nomination (also a presidential nomination but thats only for kids whos parents are veterans). Each typically have an application that you fill out and submit (a few essays, list your EC's, SAT/ACT, GPA, transcripts etc.). Depending on the size of the state, the congressman will usually then interview you if you are competitive and the senator may or may not depending on how many appliations they get. VP doesnt because too many applicants so they just pick the most qualified based on essays, SAT/ACT, GPA, ECs etc. You must get a nomination to get considered for a service academy. Then once nominations are submitted, West Point ultimately decides who is most competitive of the pool of applicants with nominations. Those kids get in (typically 2-3/10 nominated from every district). Connections have nothing to do with it. It is fully merit based.
@@user-xw1jm3tu7x Thank you very much for your explaination, it makes a lot of sense 🙂
@@pilote111 ofc!
Welcome to Hazing Town.
Well Hudson High is ok, for being the senior service and all by two whole months. Someday they can aspire to Annapolis though!
Yeah, they're actually trained to do work instead of sit on a ship and continue nonsense business on it.
@@frank-ko6de ah well one chooses army for work and navy for intelligence (and sight seeing!). lol.
@@jjohnson796 Well, thankfully the nation chooses work over your so called idea of "intelligence", which is why so many West Point graduates have been presidents and the current Secretary of Defense( arguably , the third most powerful position in the world, with the most powerful military in the history of the wirld) is from West Point. But, enjoy your so called intelligence, hope it serves you well.
War is a Lie
Need permission to eat
Wild
Two words: General's Daughter.
Ouch!
They didn't show us the beauty parlour.
plebs worked on the lead plumbing system?? Low what
The nations ONLY military academy? Not true.
She said U.S. Army’s only military academy. True
Listen closer next time
Interesting but strange ceremonial duties/history. What do the Romans have to do with the USA 😂 Plebs!
They have no successful military campaigns of their own.
They both fell the same way, after open-door free-lunch style policies that led to unchecked influx of foreigners which diluted the national spirits too much to maintain a cohesive civil identity so the whole thing just fell apart.
Kind of like what did the Romans have to do with Britannicus? Ridiculous deluded uneducated nonsense.
@@lynntaylor349What book did you learn that from?
@@tysonmilly the koran
They "create " the worst officers here
"Prestigious"???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅
West Point > Sandhurst
West Point is not Sandhurst. One is a university the other is a military academy.
Not even remotely the same.
West Point has lost its way in regard to the values it was founded upon. However, I would recommend West Point over the Air Force Academy but they are the lowest rungs of the Military Academies as a whole.
Disagree. Some of the best people I have met went to West Point. The ones I met have met served bravely in Iraq/Afghanistan and most of them go off to very succsessful careers. Most go to really good graduate schools as well (MIT, Harvard, Yale, etc.)
@@user-xw1jm3tu7x The Officers that you know did not go to the current West Point.
@@LEVELGAZANOW One of the officers I know graduated literally two years ago. Hes now an artillery officer. Great dude. Kind, genuine, service oriented, and a leader. He has a GF who adores him and hes doing well. Unless you are the dean or higher up at West Point who has a way of measuring how well recent graduates are doing and have data to back it up, can it. The academy still equips and creates amazing people. Just because there are some random woke elements here and there (WHICH BTW EVERY MAJOR UNIVERSITY HAS AND ESPECIALLY EVERY PRESTIGOUS ONE) does not diminish the overall quality of the cadets. And furthermore, as somone who is going there next year, I fully plan on doing my absolute best to uphold its reputation. I want nothing more than to make the world a better place and to protect the ideals we hold in America. Maybe you have had a bad experience with a cadet, but I fully plan on being one that people like you would be confident in leading our military. Stay safe and God bless you.
@@user-xw1jm3tu7x I’m not the Commandant of the school but I do have direct contact with young Officers. I’ve commanded quite a few. However, in the last two years the Academy has changed its curriculum and has openly changed its values. My youngest son is applying to the Academies and even he noted, without my influence, the difference that WP and USAFA from Navy, MMA or CGA. He can go anywhere he likes thanks to my GI Bill but I’m thankfully confident that he will never join the long Gray Line.
Here's the real question. Why would West Point drop Duty, Honor, and Country from their mission statement?
How ab you look into that more… still the motto of the school and plastered all over. Just changed some wording to align better with the big army.
Incorrect.
Unfortunately, DEI will find its way into the academy like the rest of our universities and colleges throughout America.
Racist
@@Blackowl44 Calling people racist doesn't work anymore.
West Point: the institution where you can learn hard hitting military centric lessons such as :
Deconstructing Patriotism: Exploring Postmodernism and US Army Recruitment Amidst the Lack of a National Narrative
Uniformed Perspectives: The Evolution of Cross Dressing in the Military and Gender Norms
Do My Leaders 'Get Me?': Unpacking the Importance of Representation in the Military
Harder Rights: An Approach Espoused Values and Behavior Inconsistency
These are all legit courses currently being taught at USMA.
The Russians & Chinese must shaking in their shoes.
Those all sounds really important and interesting tbh. To really fix deep rooted issues like low confidence in the military, decades of discrimination and the covering up of nasty crimes, and how to keep soldiers mentally healthy as well as physically, you’re going to need to be critical of your organization. Can’t be patriotic without working on fixing what’s broken.
I don’t care
so is the class on pronouns more important than say....military tactics?
Yep! They also have a class on opening more borders (OB101) and changing your gender (TR305)
So it's much like Sandhurst except less old and lower quality.
Sandhurst isn’t a university
Nothing low quality about West Point a cadet receives a degree and commission on graduation.
No different to the other service academies in the United States.
Not much alike at all. As I understand it Sandhurst IS NOT a four year full-on university setting, nor does it have an emphasis on engineering and scientific subjects, does not have vast training areas, huge dining halls, athletic teams and facilities, and on and on. Totally different approaches to officer training. Of course a lot of US military officers come out of regular college ROTC and also up through the ranks OTC.
Another jealous Brit again 😂😂
@@DerLudwigVonZweihanderSandhurst is very low quality and young
Not as good as it used to be thanks to DEI