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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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
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.
A remarkable institution, responsible for some remarkable men and women.
LMFAO!
You ain't lyin
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
Welsh, Scott and Ireland were unavailable!
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Awesome!
messhall traditions are similar to a wardroom on ship. Find the highest ranking person and ask for permission to join the mess.
Thank You
This young guy could be a movie star.
He is amazing, both in physical stature, demeanor, attitude and aptitude. The BEST of the best.
This is actually quite incredible
ALWAYS WEST POINT🇺🇸
Great job Sebastian!
Interesting School!
The architect of this installation is pristine! 🏰✨
Wow I honestly had no idea how incredible West Point actually is.
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
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Love from US 🇨🇱🇺🇲
it is a dream to study here
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
Wish I had the idea of going here when I was 18 🤣
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.
How much does a cadet earn at Westpoint per month??
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.
Necesito traducción al español.
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.
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 a place.
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🔥.
Great tour Cadet English. Good work.
I wanna know if the producers specifically asked for Cadet English. Haha.
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 😉
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U.S.AIR FORCES are the BEST
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.
Family ARMY 🫡🇺🇸
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 😅
That’s where Grant and Lee went.
BEYOND THE STAR ⭐️
America is great indeed, salute you 🇺🇸🇺🇦
weird yellow flag
Truly, the BEST of the best . . .
LOL, not anymore.
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine Yeah . . . Sure. You bet, pal.
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
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.
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
The country needs more of this!!
Mess hall looks like Hogwarts.
Do they know to to perform a L shaped firing line ?
I wonder if it was some inside joke that they sent a cadet name English to show around an English Channel
Wish I was born in us😢
Medal Free
I'm from Pakistan 🇵🇰 can I get admission in this university????
About to go there this summer! Class of '28!
Only 15 minutes to eat a meal. Wow terrible
“USED TO BE PRESTIGIOUS TO “THE ONES WHO MADE IT SO.” NOW, IT’S JUST A MILITARY SCHOOL.”
~ SO WHAT. ~
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Thank you Cadet ENGLISH 😂
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! 🇺🇸🦅
God bless West Point
GO BLUES AIR FORCE
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.
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
One of my favorite friends of all time son is a graduate of West Point. I love both men, but GO NAVY~! Shalom
It is a privilege to go on the grounds. I have visited often and enjoyed my time.
The whole bunch won't last 20 seconds from future tech up in the air.
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.
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Thats not true. Free lunch, open borders. Foreigner. GET OUT!!!!
free education comes at the cost of a wealth-based draft. Good job America
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.
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
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.
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.
all of them generals are looking at the plain but Patton's looking for the library :p
What do you mean by “only military school” ? What about the Navy, Air Force academies ?
She said the US army’s only school
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.
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?
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).
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.
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Gotta love those FUDATs.
Two words: General's Daughter.
Ouch!
"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!
Need permission to eat
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Wow 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🙏
The nations ONLY military academy? Not true.
She said U.S. Army’s only military academy. True
Listen closer next time
40 miles of grounds .. Crazy.
War is a Lie
plebs worked on the lead plumbing system?? Low what
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.
They didn't show us the beauty parlour.
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.
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
West Point > Sandhurst
West Point is not Sandhurst. One is a university the other is a military academy.
Not even remotely the same.
They "create " the worst officers here
"Prestigious"???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅
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.
Not as good as it used to be thanks to DEI
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
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)
I don’t care
Must be desperate if they have a white guy front and center.
Why do we still have military academies? Reserve Officer Training Corps and Officer Candidate School produce many more lieutenants, of at least equal quality, for much less money. Time to close all academies, turn them into professional military in-service training schools instead.
Look into the lifestyle most ROTC cadets live at normal colleges. Held to such a lower standard in every aspect and so much less development put into them as leaders of character. Definitely a need for USMA.
Couldn't get in huh? Bless your heart....
@@waltjaeger9273 Fr its always people who are salty
@@user-xw1jm3tu7x Yep, he probably couldn't get through the Visitor Center.
Entry requirements clearly not in line with equality and diversity where it’s a case of who you know that counts
Cadet candidates do not need to be “connected” to get in. Cronyism doesn’t come into play. All U.S. citizens have a merit based chance to be nominated by their Senator and/or Congressperson.