Academic Trip to Israel:
Nine Cadets recently returned from the second Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs (JINSA) sponsored AIAD to Israel. The two-week tour highlighted many aspects of Israel, particularly security, history, culture, and religion.
Academic Trip to Uganda: Four Cadets and two instructors returned from an AIAD to Uganda sponsored by the Network Science Center, The Minerva Program and the Army Research Office to study social and environmental intersections of water vulnerability and social stability. The objective of this research is to create models that better reflect the realities encountered at a household level. Cadet perspectives during this AIAD can be viewed by visiting the Central Node blog at http://blog.netsciwestpoint.org/.
Civil Rights Staff Ride: 
Cadets Dominic Gatti, Adam Jimenez, Erica MacSwan, Ian Mauldin, and Kiley Schreurs, all Class of 2016, participated in a Civil Rights Staff Ride. The group travelled from West Point to the historic sites of the battles for liberty in the Civil Rights Movement. The goal was for the cadets, as future leaders of a diverse Army, to gain a multidisciplinary understanding of civil rights in the United States, and to think critically about the role of civil rights domestically and internationally.
Joint High Power Solid State Laser Experiments: Cadet Arnold ’14, along with LTC Lou Florence (PNE, Photonics Research Center) travelled to White Sands Missile Range, NM to conduct experiments and testing with the Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) which is capable of producing a 100 kW infrared beam coupled to a pointer-tracker system. The team is also collaborating with subject matter experts from U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command about future studies using the West Point High Energy Laser Lab and Dr. Tamm's (CME) heat transfer modeling efforts.