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...fellow West Point graduates this Saturday will be a freshly minted U.S. Army officer, proudly ready to wear the "butter bars" of a 2nd lieutenant. But he is unique among his classmates in at least one respect: he is graduating only because he and another West Point cadet have figured out how to get away with marriage. Against U.S. Military Academy regulation they married; then they had a child, unmarried in order to graduate from the academy and, with commencement in sight, are apparently prepared to remarry and regain custody of the baby...
...while filling out a pregraduation form detailing his housing needs. Army investigators confirmed that the pair were married clandestinely, and recommended to Lieut. General Daniel Christman, West Point's superintendent, that they be expelled. After all, that's been West Point's punishment for the very rare cases of cadet matrimony for the past 163 years. "Any cadet who is married prior to graduation," the academy's handbook says, "shall be separated from the military academy." But before the separation process was over--Army paperwork isn't the world's swiftest--the couple had their marriage annulled by a civilian...
...what of the baby? The annulment has made their child, in theory, illegitimate. Because West Point cadets are allowed to become parents, but not to keep custody of their offspring, the couple turned the baby over to relatives. Army officers say it's likely the couple will re-wed in December, when the woman--whose graduation was delayed by her pregnancy--is due to graduate. At that time, the couple will probably gain custody of the child and complete their five years of obligated military service. The father, a highly regarded cadet, is expected to head to graduate school...
...Hale," he says. "I was loyal to General Hale and to the Army, and they both abused their power." The clue to Hale's gift for easy exits may be contained in the same West Point yearbook entry that cheered his prowess with women and alcohol. It observed that Cadet Dave Hale--much like Major General Dave Hale--had "an expert ability to cover his tracks and a lot of good luck...
...Former Cadet Convicted of Murder (Reuters) Dianne Zamora faces life for the killing of her boyfriend...