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Naval Academy Runs Football Through NJ On 463-Mile Trek To Army-Navy Game In New England Naval Academy Runs Football Through NJ On 463-Mile Trek To Army-Navy Game In New England
Naval Academy Runs Football Through NJ On 463-Mile Trek To Army-Navy Game In New England It’s fitting that a group of marathoners from the U.S. Naval Academy are running a game ball all the way up to the home of the New England Patriots for this weekend’s grudge match with the U.S. Military Academy. There’ll be plenty of rushing and relatively few passes from both sides in the 124th Army-Navy football game at Gilette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, on Saturday, Dec. 9. The USNA marathoners shoved off from Bancroft Hall on their campus in Annapolis, MD on Tuesday, beginning a traditional dash that dates back to the 1980s. A slight flurry of snowflakes fell just after lunchtime Thurs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor
Cessna Intercepted In Temporary No-Fly Zone Over GWB Was Piloted By West Point Instructor UPDATE: A single-engine plane that drew a pair of Air Force fighter jets when it inadvertently strayed into temporarily restricted airspace over the GWB during the UN General Assembly was being flown by an Army instructor pilot from West Point. The soldier was conducting a "civil and mechanical engineering" flight lab for cadets, an academy spokesperson said, when the aircraft "briefly violated" a Temporary Flight Restriction Area around 2 p.m., following President Joe Biden's address to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The West Point Civil & Mechanical Engineer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Memorial Planned In W. Orange For West Point Cadet Killed In Crash Memorial Planned In W. Orange For West Point Cadet Killed In Crash
Memorial Planned In W. Orange For West Point Cadet Killed In Crash A memorial will be held Tuesday at West Orange High School in honor of Christopher C.J. Morgan,  a West Orange native and a cadet at West Point killed in a training exercise last week.  The memorial for Morgan, a West Orange native and a standout wrestler at West Point, begins at 7 p.m.  Morgan, 22, died when a truck overturned at the school. More than 20 others were hurt.  Morgan, a law and legal studies major, was set to graduate next year.   In addition to an outpouring of support for the Morgan family in West Orange, officials and fellow students at West …

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by Paul Milo
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West Point Cadet Killed In Crash ID'd As Former West Orange Football Star, 22 West Point Cadet Killed In Crash ID'd As Former West Orange Football Star, 22
West Point Cadet Killed In Crash ID'd As Former West Orange Football Star, 22 The West Point cadet killed after a truck overturned has been identified as a 22-year-old former football standout from West Orange. Christopher "CJ" Morgan, who came from a family of West Point graduates, was a law and legal studies major, as well as a standout member of the Army wrestling team. Twenty-one cadets were injured after the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) overturned at the intersection of Route 293 and the Camp Natural Bridge training site around 6:45 a.m. Thursday. "He was my first child. He was my hero. He helped make me into a better father," his father, Christoph…

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by Cecilia Levine