The Memorial Support team offers personalized support, information, and assistance with funeral and memorial services to members of the Long Gray Line and their families to ensure this solemn experience is dignified, memorable, and seamless.

The Memorial Support Program’s newest initiative is the Survivors Community, which is an outreach program to keep those connected by both a love of West Point and by loss. The Survivors Community initiative intent is to connect, share, and support West Point Survivor families through targeted experiences, communication, and resources.

The West Point Entrepreneur Summit brings together graduate entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors from across the globe to create new opportunities for partnership and collaboration while creating long-term networking value across the Long Gray Line.

This initiative builds on the concepts of the current Gripping Hands program, expanding the effort to connect grads who are requesting assistance with resources, not bound by natural disasters, pandemics, or other catastrophes, but focusing on and providing a vehicle to meet more generalized needs such as consultation and mentorship.

This will be achieved by establishing an online marketplace where alumni may volunteer or otherwise offer their services and expertise to fellow alumni seeking advice, assistance, or services.

The Career Services Program will use the Transition Navigator initiative to expand the current program to coach and assist alumni through other aspects of life transitions, providing tailored personal and professional transition support with high touch support through weekly career service check-ins, pairing grads with a Grads Helping Grads or virtual transition team.

“Starting a second life and beginning again is no easy task. Your family, your psyche, your confidence will all be shaken at some point. WPAOG helps you stem this blow. They will prep you and keep you confident as you endure, adapt, and overcome. Based on a recommendation from a close friend, WPAOG was my first stop after I decided to retire. The team helped me prep my resume, gave excellent recommendations, and made connections expanding my network I will have for the rest of my professional career, most likely my life. Teaming up with WPAOG was my smartest move—just happy it happened early in my transition.”—LTC (R) Eric Musgrave ’01

Serving with impact.

The West Point Association of Graduates launched CONNECT as part of the larger Hudson Valley Program effort to strengthen ties with the Highland Falls community, provide greater engagement within an under-served community, and bolster student achievement.

The West Point Association of Graduates’ mission is to serve West Point and the Long Gray Line, and it has done so with distinction since 1869. The Academy and generations of alumni and their
families have benefitted from WPAOG programs, support, and activities.

The West Point Association of Graduates is not funded by the Academy or by dues or subscriptions, but rather by the generosity of graduates, parents, and friends to the Long Gray Line Fund.

This fund provides the means for honoring the courageous men and women of the Long Gray Line by making sure they never lose sight of one another or the Academy.

Engaging Every Heart in Gray

The West Point Association of Graduates is proud to offer services and resources to the men and women of the Long Gray Line:  

• Reunion support
• 50-Year Affiliation Program
• Thayer Award, Distinguished Graduate Award, Valor at Arms, and other honors
• Career Services
• Print and digital communications (West Point Magazine, Register of Graduates, TAPS)
• Annual Ring Melt Program
• Memorial Support
• Historical records and archives