West Point is a famous military school in the United States, for the United States to train a large number of military personnel and management personnel. So what are the secrets of West Point in training talents?
First, West Point attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' sense of honor. West Point, also known as the United States Army Officers School, was founded in 1802, is a school with a worldwide reputation. West Point has made a significant historical contribution to American society, with 3,700 of its graduates becoming generals, and many others becoming prominent politicians, entrepreneurs, educators, and scientists. West Point attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' sense of military honor. West Point believes that honor education can cultivate the military's professional pride and enhance the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the troops. West Point is dotted with statues of General Patton and other distinguished alumni, exerting a subtle influence on students. In addition, West Point has its own unique honor system, including the West Point Motto, Honor Code, Honor System, and Honor Council. West Point's honor system and honor culture is the cornerstone of West Point, maintaining the image of West Point, but also to ensure that West Point students can be in accordance with the more stringent rules and regulations and code of ethical conduct to restrain themselves, to ensure the basic quality of West Point students.
West Point pays attention to the overall development of the overall quality of students. It requires students to meet high academic, military and physical standards. West Point trained students, not only will master the basic military skills, with a strong body, and a wide range of social knowledge, comprehensive quality higher than their peers. In addition, West Point also focuses on the development of student leadership.
West Point in the academic education pay attention to the liberal arts and sciences, academic and application of both. In this way, the students trained at West Point will become generalists in both arts and sciences, and can engage in specific technical work, as well as leadership and other practical work.
West Point as a military school with the United States of America with the same life, it was created by Washington, Polish engineers carefully designed / built, to become a world-renowned military school but through the hardships; West Point almost participated in all the major activities of the United States! In World War I, General Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), and 34 of the 38 army/division commanders who fought in the war were graduates of West Point;
In World War II, 21 of the 32 commanders of more than 32 armies were graduates of West Point, 7 of the 9 commanders of Army Groups, 11 of the 20 commanders of Army Groups, and 21 of the 31 commanders of Army Groups. In World War II, 21 of the 32 group commanders, 7 of the 9 group commanders, 11 of the 20 group commanders, 21 of the 31 army commanders, and 48 of the 92 division commanders were from West Point! Of course, West Point is most proud of the fact that Eisenhower (Supreme Commander, U.S. Forces Europe and Allied Forces), Stilwell (Commander, China-India-Burma Theater), and MacArthur (Commander, Southwest Pacific Theater) are all from West Point!
And West Point shines even more brightly with its politicians, entrepreneurs, educators, and state activists: Secretary of State Haig, arms king DuPont, Panama Canal chief engineer Goethals, international banker Olmsted, the first spacewalking astronaut White, U.S. Air Force founder Arnold, the chief of the atom bomb General Groves...
West Point is located in the town of West Point, on the west bank of the Hudson Valley: in 1778, Washington invited the Polish Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko to design/build a military academy. In 1778, Washington asked the Polish Colonel Sadius Kosciuszko to design/build the Fortress Complex; after a year of construction, the fortresses were erected - he could snipe the British fleet entering the Hudson River at the Hudson River turnpike! So, the fort complex has 14 strongholds: it can snipe the enemy's river and land attacks, and also train American officers - in 1779, Washington set up his headquarters here as well; even today, West Point is a military base with a defense function;
Washington's lack of officer corps for the Continental Army was a big problem: he wanted to use Fortress West Point as a military school, but the Revolutionary War delayed the establishment of the military school; after U.S. Independence, Washington still wanted to establish the U.S. Army Officers' School at the Fortress complex, and the second U.S. President John Adams did the same: U.S. Secretary of State John Adams was the first U.S. military officer to establish the U.S. Army Officers' School at the West Point complex. Adams, the second U.S. President: the U.S. Secretary of State to "the U.S. President to create a military school is a violation of the Constitution" and refused - in fact, it is the lack of money as well as to prevent the U.S. President to establish a private army: the U.S. Army had to be in the West Point group of artillery and engineer regiments to establish a cadet training courses --Washington was depressed; it was not until March 1802 that the former Secretary of State and then President of the United States, who opposed the establishment of West Point, signed an order establishing the Federal Army Officers School at West Point!
Second, everything is difficult to start
West Point's first president was Benjamin. The first president of West Point was Benjamin Franklin's grandson, Jonathan Williams. He was a diplomat, based in France, and skilled in mathematics and engineering - both as principal and commander of the Corps of Engineers - with an emphasis on mathematics, physics, engineering, and French: he was a great admirer of French militarism! However, the fledgling West Point had no building materials, no equipment, no management system, no admission criteria, no teachers... even a shortage of students: only 10 cadets! In 1807, the unchallenged West Point had only 24 artillerymen, 8 engineers to guard it, and the cadets spent more time playing field hockey and soccer, with no institutional constraints - -In 1812, after the resignation of the first president, the U.S. Secretary of War was hostile to the military academy: professors and instructors were largely transferred, and cadets graduated early to fill out their units; the first new cadet reported for duty in September 1812 only to find out that he was the only student at the military academy! Until the end of that year, the military academy also had only five cadets - so much so that Swafford (the second president) could not provide officers to the American army in the Second Anglo-American War: the White House in Washington was also set on fire by the British!
Three: Getting Started
The US Army, which had been beaten up by the British in 1812, finally realized the importance of officer training: Sylvanus Sayer, an 1810 West Point graduate, spent 2 years in Europe, where he studied for the first time in the United States. After more than two years of study in Europe, familiar with the training methods of the French police, understanding of the management system of the French military academy in Metz, and returning home to participate in the Anglo-American War of 1812...he took office with the ambition of revitalizing West Point: he purchased in advance more than 1,000 volumes of French military theory, military technology books to return to the military academy. Sayer took office for West Point to lay the foundation of the world's most famous school;
After Sayer's reforms, West Point was disciplined and orderly, and it became the best engineering college in the United States at the time - Sayer became the most far-reaching president of West Point: Father of West Point!
Seyer chose a great teacher for the Academy: Dennis Hart. Dennis Hart. Dennis Hart Mahan (class of 1820)! Thayer recognized his talent: not only did he let him serve as a liaison between the U.S. ministers and Europe, but he also recommended that he go to European countries to study: after returning home, Mahan published many books to fill the gaps in the U.S. military civil engineering; his book "Outposts" was a book that made the U.S. tactical theory more than that of the then Europe, and also established the international military status of the United States Military Academy at West Point!
Douglas MacArthur (1903) was the first American military officer to be appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Douglas MacArthur (1903), as the president of West Point, almost single-handedly saved West Point from falling into disrepair: after World War I, the U.S. Army was reduced to just over 20,000 men; there was a great deal of nepotism within the faculty and staff of West Point, rigidity in teaching and learning, lack of incentive for cadets to learn, and failure to keep up to date with the latest military theories and technologies - the twilight years were so great that the United States was left with a new generation of military officers and a new generation of military officers. The US Congress debated whether to outlaw the school, and MacArthur decided to make a drastic change:
After three years of MacArthur's renovation, West Point was finally able to put theory into practice: its graduates led the US military into World War II and established the US military as the world's most important military institution. World War II, laying the groundwork for the U.S. empire to establish global hegemony!
V. Characteristics
West Point's values of "Duty, Honor, and Country": cadets must themselves become excellent officers of the U.S. Army, and become outstanding military personnel who serve the United States for the rest of their lives! The United States Military Academy is a military institution! Therefore, West Point's rules for admitting new students are sufficient to prove:
The first academic year of summer training includes enlistment education and training: shooting, armed swimming, field rescue, climbing, self-defense, hasty marching, endurance training, fighting, etc.; the second year of the basic maneuvers of the single soldier, constructing shelters, determining the position of the basic training of the fallout and captured; the third year for the airborne, Rangers, jungle, desert, cold and other conditions of special operations tactics and technical training; the fourth year for the summer field training during the more confrontational training;
West Point is very important to the physical education program: every West Point cadet should be an athlete!
Monthly reorganization of classes: same level, long courses are grouped together again (18 students); if a cadet makes a significant invention or contribution, the Academy provides equipment and funding for it; each semester, 3%-5% of the students are evaluated for superiority, and they are eligible for scholarships - West Point does not charge tuition. -West Point does not charge tuition, to be the honor student will be richly rewarded! The best cadets can pursue a master's degree 2 years after graduation: all tuition is paid by the U.S. Army, and military service is counted as usual!
West Point has trained 3,700 generals and 3 presidents (including President Quezon of the Philippines) in the 200 years since its founding: 40% of the generals in the U.S. Army are West Point graduates!