Events
5 August 2024 2025-02-27 17:32Events
Attend the next MacArthur Society Commanders Call:
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Noon Eastern
11 am Central
10 am Mountain
9 am Pacific
GUEST SPEAKER
John Hughes, MD
USMA '96
John is a 3rd generation West Pointer, graduating #1 in his class from the Military Academy in 1996. He branched Infantry, successfully completed Airborne and Ranger training, and deployed to Haiti with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Soon after, he attended USUHS medical school and became a Medical Corps officer (ER physician).
He deployed to Iraq in 2005-06 with the 4th Infantry Division and to Afghanistan in 2007, 2008, and 2009 with 7th Special Forces Group. His last deployment was with a British field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan in 2013. In 2015, he resigned his commission as a Lt. Colonel subsequently working in private sector emergency rooms.
His first book was titled, American Doctor, Coming Home to War. He is past president of the MacArthur Society. He will discuss his new second book, West Point’s Cult of DEI.
This monthly Commanders Call (formerly Town Hall) is hosted by Matthew Newgent ’96 and held on Zoom. MacArthur Society President Bill Prince ’70, as well as others, will provide an update on our organization’s activities. This event is open to all West Point graduates and supporters who align with our mission to “Save and Restore” West Point. Our policy is not to record, so please attend in-person.
