Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret, interviewed Matthew Newgent, USMA ’96, and member of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates:

Today we’re going to talk about the United States Military Academy at West Point and a group of graduates now organized as the MacArthur Society.

General MacArthur once said, “I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any treat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.” He was correct.

From a 2024 post on macarthursociety.org “Today, in 2024, the United States Military Academy is in jeopardy, as well as the other military academies.

Its recent graduates are indistinguishable from other Army officers except for their large college rings.

West Point is impacted by radical social change―as almost all of academia is―with the mortal rot of cancerous Cultural Marxism indoctrinated by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Critical Race Theory.

Its honor system is aspirational, not absolute. Its athletes are privileged. It is a costly school lavishly funded by federal taxes.

The cadets have great and unlimited potential, but the military culture of West Point is corrupted, and traditional values must be restored.

The Long Gray Line is the assembly of United States Military Academy graduates.

It serves as a fount of American battle-tested experience, the institutional memory of the Military Academy, and the watchdog of the United States Corps of Cadets.

As such, it is the sacred duty of the Long Gray Line to challenge dysfunctional conduct or rogue behavior, such as that which has come to dominate West Point.

My guest today is a member of that long gray line and a Board Member of the MacArthur Society, among his many other hats.

A 1996 West Point graduate with a degree in Russian and a graduate of the Army’s Airborne, Ranger, and Sapper schools, Matthew Newgent is now a businessman after 11 years of Army service.