Do More Together is proud to announce the first Building the Pipeline Diversity Recruiting event of the year! We will be hosting the USMA Staff & Faculty Info Session #1 on Tuesday, March 16th at 7PM EST. This is the first of our four-part 2021 recruiting sessions.
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Meeting ID: 518 479 5178
Our goal is to directly engage HBCU Cadets, Black or African American ROTC graduates, and alumni/supporters of HBCUs to provide information on military and civilian West Point assignments. Our guest speakers for this event will be COL Archie Bates (USMA, ‘96) and COL Eric McCoy (Morgan State University, ‘98), and COL Winston Williams (Florida A&M University, ‘98).
Want to be a "dmT Ambassador?" If you are a Do More Together member looking to get involved with your favorite HBCU, join this info session! You will learn how you can help spread the word about military assignments and civilian positions at the United States Military Academy on HBCU campuses.
Representation Matters! Our information sessions help inform and influence Black and African American officers, NCOs, and professionals looking for amazing opportunities to serve at West Point.
For more information on the types of opportunities available and reflections from those who have served at West Point, check out our “STAFF CALL!” Recruiting Brochure today!
Colonel Archie L. Bates, III
Colonel Archie Bates (West Point, ‘96) is an Army Human Resources officer and Academy Professor and Director of the Management Program in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in Management, he also holds an M.S. in National Security Strategy from the National War College, and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Maryland – College Park. Colonel Bates’ assignments include duty at Fort Carson, CO; Fort Campbell, KY; and the Pentagon. He also served as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to First Lady Michelle Obama. His last assignment was as Battalion Commander for the 120th Reception Battalion at Fort Jackson, SC -- the Army’s largest reception station, bringing into the Army over 40,000 Soldiers a year.
Colonel Eric McCoy
Colonel Eric McCoy (Morgan State University, ‘98) is an Army Logistics officer and Director of Subsistence Supply Chain at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support. A distinguished military graduate of Morgan State University, he has twenty-three years of experience in military organizations at the tactical, operational, and strategic level. Colonel McCoy served as Battalion Commander for the 4th Support Battalion and Chief of Sustaintment for 25th Infantry Division. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in Mental Health, Eric also holds masters’ degrees in Administration, Policy Management, and Strategic Studies. Colonel McCoy’s broadening experiences include a tour as junior rotating faculty in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point, within the Pentagon, and at the Defense Logistics Agency.
Colonel Winston Williams
Colonel Winston Williams (Florida A&M University, ‘98) is the Deputy Department Head in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Colonel Williams was commissioned as an Engineer officer and transitioned into the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in 2004. Since becoming a Judge Advocate, Colonel Williams has served in a number of legal positions including: Chief of Administrative Law, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina; Trial Counsel for 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Tikrit, Iraq; Senior Trial Counsel, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Colonel Williams holds a LL.M in Military Law from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Colonel Williams is the President of the Henry O. Flipper Chapter of The ROCKS, Inc. at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY and recently selected to be a Professor, United States Military Academy (PUSMA/47A).