When I was applying to the USMA, one of my bookmarked sites was Cadet Brendan Mosher’s website. Aside from the must-read book Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, there are very few resources that realistically portray the life of a West Point cadet. Then I discovered Cadet Mosher, who had an online journal that carefully detailed his life at West Point.

What better way to glimpse at what is to come if you get into the United States Military Academy than to read the diary of a current cadet? The following are some of my favorite entries that I recommend to USMA candidates. They will help you get a better idea of what to expect at West Point — the fun challenges as well as the grinding difficulties that you must overcome. There are over three year’s worth of writing on his journal, so you can read through it all if you have the time, but in the meantime here are some of the major highlights:

• Cadet Basic Training aka Beast
• Pictures and details of a Saturday Morning Inspection (SAMI)
• Cadet Field Training at Camp Buckner
• A West Point cadet’s Army-Navy Football Game
• Air Assault School
• Christmas Dinner and the Winter Formal

As you can see, Cadet Mosher does not have the best looking website. Apparently, West Point does not place any importance on web design in its military curriculum. But it’s the quality of content that matters, right?

Here are two other interesting webpages of note:

• Cadet Mosher’s photo gallery
• Funny collection of West Point videos

Lastly, I would like to thank Cadet Brendan Mosher for having persistently maintained his website over his years at West Point. I am 100% sure that he has received both criticism and ridicule from his classmates because of his personal website about West Point, but he has stuck with it. Now he has created a collection of invaluable content for aspiring candidates to understand the culture and experience of West Point from the perspective of a West Pont cadet.

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