Just being picky but . . . it’s
Proper reference,
“The United States Military Academy at West Point”
Trimmed within a paragraph
“United States Military Academy West Point”,
Further reference in the same piece can use “West Point”.
Colloquially, for those personally associated, “The Point”, not to be used by others in general conversation.
For Black Knights Fans, “Go Army, Beat Navy!”
Some folks get persnickety about it.
I was an ROTC commissionee, my favorite term for the trade school is “Sodom on the Hudson.”
I met some outstanding officers who commissioned out of the Academy, but also a few real wastes of skin who thought an academy ring made them infallible.
Congrats to the new Second Lieutenants. Once you get home after graduation, put those damn rings up, shut the h—l up. No one wants to here about how awesome you are. You aren’t in school anymore, you’re in the real Army now. Listen to the NCOs and Captains who are going to try and teach you how not to get your troops killed.