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Generally, announcements of interest to the entire class are initially placed on the Home Page.  After a while, the old announcements are moved to this page.

Previous Announcements

[2007-06-05]  The 25th Reunion committee chair, Mark Swanson, has set up a Sharepoint web site for conducting surveys, posting photos, holding discussions, etc.  Please go check it out at https://usma1982.securespsite.com/default.aspx (the UserID and Password were sent out in the 2nd reunion mailing - if you don't have it, contact the Web Master).

[2007-05-15]  Many of us noted the release of the Brigadier General list with the following classmates on it.  Congratulations!

  • Robert B. Abrams
  • Ralph O. Baker
  • Brian R. Layer
  • John W. Nicholson
  • Steven L. Salazar

[2007-05-13]  The second mailing for the 25th Reunion has gone out.  In case you miss it, you can get the documents here.

[2007-04-19]  It is with great sadness that we report that our classmate Steve Berstler has passed away.  More information here.

[2007-03-22]  The information for getting USMA 1982 group tickets for the reunion football game is posted here: Football Game.

[2007-03-22]  Tom McClellan reports that classmate "Col A.T. Ball, commander of the Army's 25th Combat Aviation Brigade" has been spotted in the news in this USA Today article.

[2007-02-28]  To see a list of 25th Reunion attendees (confirmed so far) look for the "attendees" links at the bottom of the 25th Reunion page.

[2007-02-04]  The 1982 Mortar (a mini-yearbook from our Camp Buckner experience) has been scanned and posted here.  Thanks to Bryan Goda for hanging on to the original.  If you have any historical publications or other documents of interest to the class and can get them scanned, please send them to the Web Master.

[2007-02-01]  Fred Shambach points out this Colorado Gazette article about Steve Bigari.

[2007-01-24]  The first 25th reunion mailing went out this week, so keep an eye out for it.  If you haven't been keeping your mailing address up-to-date with AOG, you may not get it.  Don't despair, you can see the online versions here:  Jan 2007 Mailing - 25th Reunion.

[2007-01-22]  It is with deep regret that we announce the death of our classmate COL Brian Allgood.  He was serving as the MNF-I Surgeon in Iraq and was aboard the helicopter that went down over the weekend.  An investigation is underway.  Jim Polo has graciously provided this Brian Allgood Photo Tribute (21 Jan 07) [PDF] (also in [PPT]).

[2006-12-03]  Paul Calbos also appeared in the Washington Times, and there's an interesting picture.  Here's the article (thanks to Celia FlorCruz for pointing it out).

[2006-11-20]  Celia FlorCruz reports that Brian Lauritzen's activities have made the news.  Here's the Washington Post article.

[2006-11-20]  Pete Mansoor is mentioned in several articles regarding "the group with no name" at the Pentagon examining options for Iraq.  Here's one in the Washington Post, and an interview in the Journal-World.

[2006-10-15]  Thanks to many classmates for pointing out that our very own Ritz Ryan was named in Hispanic Business' 100 Most Influentials List 2006.  Congratulations, Ritz!

[2006-10-24]  Les Knotts and Bob Gibson showed up in this Weekly Standard article.

[2006-09-29]  We've had a few more classmates add their business to the Class Businesses page - check them out!

[2006-09-07]  Mat Moten and Ritz Ryan will become "Professors, USMA" this month.  Ritz is the Head of the Department of Law, Mat is the Deputy Head of the Department of History.  This adds to our class' presence on "the Dean's Team" which includes Cindy Jebb, the Deputy Head of the Department of Social Sciences.  We also have significant presence at the "Academy Professor" level as well as a number of Associate Professors.

[2006-05-24]  Another crop of class children are about to graduate, and received a small gift from the class.  Here's the info:  Class Children - 2006

[2006-05-18]  Here's the newsletter for Spring 2006 from the class officers, ably led by Ellen Houlihan.

[2006-04-19]  Interested in USMA 1982 or West Point memorabilia?  See the new class Businesses page for a link to the "EveryWear" company run by Natalie Mooradian-Hogan.

[2006-04-14]  COL John Nicholson was featured in an MSNBC report - see the writeup at this link: 
http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/04/embedded_with_t.html

[2006-04-11]  Several classmates have pointed out that COL Ed Cardon has been selected for promotion to Brigadier General.  Congratulations, Ed!

[2005-11-25]  John Lock says we might note a familiar name (Mat Moten) in the first paragraph of this article:
http://usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-24-war-strain_x.htm.

[2005-11-24]  Rich Hook reports that he saw COL Ed Cardon, Commander, 4th Brigade, 3ID on FOX News (1045 EST, 24 NOV 05) and that Ed seemed very upbeat, and that he did a great job explaining how the U.S. soldiers are seeing great improvements on the part of the Iraqi military to better secure their own city of Baghdad!  Jim Bowen says that Ed was also on the radio.

[2005-11-14]  The usma1982-forum@west-point.org list is up.  To sign up, send a message to usma1982-forum-owner@west-point.org.  An online process for signing up and signing off is under development.

[2005-11-14]  Bill Patterson scanned our Fourth Class System manual.

[2005-11-13]  Kevin Keating posted an invitation to a sponsored Army-Navy tailgate.

[2005-11-11]  In response to a request from one of our classmates, the USMA PAO has released some Army-Navy Football spirit videos.

[2005-11-01/09]  Ray Millen has several papers on insurgency/counter-insurgency and Afghanistan:  Millen Submissions

[2005-10-26]  Jim Polo is in the news, taking the 47th Combat Support Hospital back to Iraq (thanks to Tom McClellan for the report).

[2005-10-04]  Rich Hook reports he saw COL Ed Cardon on MSNBC (1315 EST) explaining about the upcoming election in Iraq.  Ed currently commands the 4th BCT/3ID.

[2005-10-02]  Duane Gapinski is in the news, also related to the New Orleans clean up (again, thanks to John Moore).  Also, here's some related sightings from [2005-09-24]and [2005-09-21].

[2005-09-29]  Skip Setliff is in the news, as the Corps of Engineers rebuilds New Orleans (thanks to John Moore for reporting).

[2005-09-25]  Steve Sanders says he thinks he saw Todd Ebel on an episode of Extreme Makeover, Home Edition, about a wounded Army Master Sergeant at Fort Campbell.  There's no mention of Todd on the web page, but I think he's the Cdr, 2BCT, 502d Inf Regt at Fort Campbell, so it makes sense.

[2005-09-26]  Steve Salazar is in the news, applying the carrots and sticks model in Iraq.

[2005-09-02]  Dan Shanahan is in the news, providing relief after Hurricane Katrina.

[2005-08-31]  The army announced that Bill Mayville has been selected as the class' first BG!  Congrats, Bill - well deserved.

[2005-06-21]  Here's an Army-Navy party message and photos from Bill Walsh.

[2005-05-25]  Our first class child graduates from USMA!  Here's more info.

[2005-04-25]  Here's a job announcement from John Naccarelli.

[2005-01-29]  Here's an interesting Snowtours! submission from Chris Adams!

[06-JAN-2005]  Here's the links to the AOG Class Ring Memorial Program and an example will codicil for donating your class ring.

[04-JAN-2005]  Chris Schopfer has sent us a copy of USMA 1982 members in Ranger Class 3-83.  Check it out here.

[19 JUL 2004]  Tele Halkias reports on an Arlington National Cemetery web site for Rocky Baragona - see the message and link here.

[22 JUN 2004]  Read about Bill Patterson's initiative to get class address data "on the map."

[4 APR 2004]  Kevin Griffith reports that the I-1 Company Web Site is up and running!

[15 DEC 2003]  Paul Mooradian submitted some photos sent to him by Jeff Buchanan (a friend and former Tac at West Point).  You can see them at Buchanan Iraq Photos.

[28 OCT 2003]  Brian Bogard sent in some info and pictures on the 82 Tailgate - October 18, 2003.  Check it out!

[15 SEP 2003]  The Class President has posted a newsletter to the class, dated September 2003.

[27 AUG 2003]  The Class President has posted a draft Distinguished Graduate nomination letter for you to consider.  She will send you more information in the next newsletter.  Puckett Distringuished Graduate Nomination

[19 May 2003]  It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of one of our classmates, Dominic "Rocky" Baragona.  More information here.

[2002/03/05]
The 20th Reunion dates have been set:  10-13 October 2002!  
Please see the 20th Reunion section for more information.

[2002/01/03]
Please look at the Lost Classmates page and help us re-establish contact with the 70 classmates and two widows on the list.  A few more thoughts have been posted at the WTC & P - Thoughts page.  Sean Bowlin, ex-'82, posted a short message in the Class News section.

[2001/12/20]
Although the exact weekend hasn't been decided yet, our 20th reunion is set for October 2002.  For more information, check out the 20th Reunion web page.

[2001/12/05]
The Army/Navy Game has come and gone (Beat Navy!) and so has the tailgate.  If you have any pictures or words you'd like to share with the class, please send them to the USMA 1982 Webmaster.

[2001/11/05]
Brian Bogard has posted the '82 Army-Navy Tailgate 2001 Flyer.  Don't forget to Sign up for the Army-Navy Tailgate!

[2001/10/02]
The Army-Navy Game Class of '82 Tailgate is on!  Read more about it on the 2001 Army - Navy Tailgate page, or just go Sign up for the Army-Navy Tailgate now.

[2001/10/01]
The list of classmates known to be okay after the attacks on September 11th, 2001, as well as images and words sent in by classmates can be seen at the WTC and Pentagon page.

[2001/06/12]
Jim Pirkle and Jan Afridi are setting up the 4th Golf Reunion for August 16-18, 2001, in Park City, Utah.

[2001/04/28]
Our class president, Les Knotts, posted a new Prez note.

[2001/03/13]
The November 2000 Assembly article has been posted, too.  Thanks, Jay!

[2001/03/10]
Jay Jennings sent us an electronic copy of the January 2001 Assembly article.  Frank Weston is running the 2001 Army / Air Force Tailgate.  Please check this page periodically for updates.  A new page has been added to the web describing guidelines for participation on the list.

[2001/03/04]
Brian Bogard has volunteered to organize the 2001 Class of '82 Army Navy football game tailgate party.  Please check this page periodically for updates from Brian.

[2001/03/02]
Ellen Houlihan showed her support for the webmaster and sent me a picture of our '82 presence at the 2000 Lake Frederick MarchBack.  Thanks, Ellen.

[2001/01/12]
Did you know that the class of '82 has the fourth-largest number of listserver members at WP-ORG?  We now have well over half of our classmates in the list.  Please spread the word to any classmates you know that are not on the list and have them join up.  We'd like to make this list one of the primary methods for getting information out about the reunion and other class events.

[2001/01/10]
There is now at least one company representative from each company for the 20th Reunion and related activities.  Thanks to  Ellen Houlihan for putting this group together.

[2000/11/06]
Our class president, Les Knotts, sent out a note to all of us discussing the Class Gift, the 20th Reunion, construction at USMA, the Class Ring Memorial Program, and information about this website and the usma1982 listserver.

[2000/10/02]
Mark Kimmey has made it possible for us to have the class crest embroidered on many of the items out of the Land's End catalog.  To find out more, read Mark's information sheet.

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