Cadet Wellness
Becoming a leader of character is challenging, but cadets do not face these challenges alone. USMA offers cadets multiple services and support to maintain their well-being.
Cadet Wellness
Becoming a leader of character is challenging, but cadets do not face these challenges alone. USMA offers cadets multiple services and support to maintain their well-being.
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Access to Resources to Ensure Health and Wellness
Cadets can access various resources to ensure they remain healthy and can be commissioned as leaders of character in the U.S. Army. From medical care, fitness facilities, mental health resources, academic support assets, and spiritual and financial-focused wellness systems, cadets can find the help they need to realize their potential.
Cadet Health Services
Cadets receive free access to exceptional health support at outstanding facilities, including Keller Army Community Hospital, Mologne Cadet Health Clinic, and Saunders Dental Clinic.
Mologne Cadet Health Clinic provides competent, courteous and comprehensive quality care directed to the U.S. Corp of Cadets (USCC). Care includes acute, chronic, preventive health planning, routine health care maintenance and coordinated cooperative care.
We’re committed to operational readiness, outstanding customer service, and world-class health care delivery for our beneficiaries.
Phone: (845) 938-3003.
Hours: 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Keller Army Community Hospital provides high-quality, compassionate, patient-centered health care for the West Point community. Its mission is to optimize the medical readiness of the force and enhance the well-being of all we serve.
Keller Army Hospital Directory: Contact information for departments within Keller.
- Emergency Room, (845) 938-4004/4005
- Appointments, (315) 774-8200
- Outside of Area, (800) 552-2907
- Front Desk/Information, (845) 938-5169
- Patient Information, (845) 938-2273
- Pharmacy, (845) 938-2271/3812
DENTAC - Saunders Dental Clinic
Hours: 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
- Sick call: Report to Saunders Dental Clinic by 7:10 a.m.
Phone: (845) 938-3121/2505/2106
- After hours: (845) 938-4004
The optometry service delivers primary eye care and some specialty services to West Point and the surrounding communities. Optometry is self-referral, so appointments can be made directly with central appointment services. We currently see all beneficiary categories (active-duty military, USMA cadets, military family members, activated reservists with orders less than 30 days, and retirees).
The Refractive Eye Surgery Program (RESP) provides laser vision correction to interested and qualified USCC members and active-duty service members to enhance their performance as future combat leaders by reducing their dependence on glasses and contact lenses.
Comprehensive dermatology care is provided on a routine and emergency basis to assess, diagnose, and treat the full spectrum of dermatologic diseases. Cancer screening and prevention are major priorities at each patient encounter.
Physical Fitness
Part of physical wellness is maintaining a high level of physical fitness. Cadets have access to world-class facilities to ensure they can maintain a healthy balance while focusing on their studies.
Nutrition
USMA employs a registered dietitian (RD) board certified as a sports dietetics (CSSD) specialist to empower cadets to take charge of their health and well-being through targeted strategies to improve nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Strategies offered by the RD optimize mental and physical performance and readiness for a successful career in the U.S. Army. Services include:
- Individual fueling and hydration recommendations
- Sport-specific nutrition recommendations
- Competition or race-day fueling plans
- Eating patterns for optimal weight and body composition
- Medical nutrition therapy
- Fostering a healthy relationship with food
- Dietary supplement questions regarding safety and use
Cadet Counseling and Support
USMA provides cadets with various resources to help them cope with the rigors of attending a top-tier academic institution.
The Center for Personal Development (CPD) mission is to “facilitate cadets' personal and professional development into leaders of character as future Army officers.” The center’s motto “Know Yourself to Lead Others” embodies its mission and purpose.
CPD provides comprehensive counseling services to the U.S. Corps of Cadets (USCC) in an accepting and supportive environment. Army and civilian clinical psychologists staff the center with a broad range of experience providing counseling and behavioral health treatment.
CPD also consults with the USCC Chain of Command and supporting staff (TACs, instructors, sponsors, mentors, and others) regarding psychological, behavioral, or developmental concerns regarding cadets.
Every regiment has a Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC). Their services are confidential and readily accessible to cadets with offices in the same building where cadets live.
The MFLC program provides brief, non-medical, solution-focused counseling to all service members and their families, which includes the Corps of Cadets and cadet candidates, on a confidential basis. The civilian providers are licensed mental health professionals who support various sub-clinical issues, such as relationship difficulties, academic or athletic stress, or general wellness.
The MFLC service is a confidential program with no documentation or reporting, except in cases of potential harm. Cadets have access to an embedded MFLC in each regiment, housed in the barracks for easy access. Cadet candidates have an embedded MFLC available at USMAPS as well.
The West Point MFLC team lead can be reached at (845) 219-4199 with any questions.
The Army Substance Abuse Program is a multi-faceted West Point installation program that assists commanders, cadets, soldiers, civilian employees, retirees, and eligible family members who may be experiencing issues related to substance abuse, family matters, or workplace violence.
- 24/7 Chaplain: (845) 938-3333
The Center for Enhanced Performance (CEP) is West Point’s comprehensive student assistance center. It provides all cadets with various individual and group programs and services focused on helping them further develop as self-regulated learners and leaders of character.
The CEP helps cadets achieve excellence in West Point’s four developmental pillars – academic, physical, military, and character – through targeted education and training on specific strategies and intangible mental skills that underlie elite human performance across all domains.
The CEP is open to ANY cadet at any point in their 47-month experience.
Fellowship and Mentorship
Cadets forge tight-knit bonds with their classmates through their shared experiences. They also receive guidance and support from the officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) assigned to West Point, who are focused on ensuring cadets realize their potential.
Spiritual Wellness
Cadets have access to resources catering to every faith and denomination to help them maintain their spiritual well-being.
Sponsorship
Leaving home for college is not easy, and first-year West Point cadets, called plebes, are challenged in ways that typical university freshmen are not. But cadets do not face these challenges alone.
Every West Point cadet has a sponsor and access to numerous mentors who understand the unique challenges of being a cadet. Sponsors typically open their homes to cadets, offering them a place to rest and relax when needed.
Financial Wellness
Cadets have a variety of resources to help ensure their financial well-being, allowing them to focus on their academic, military, and physical development.
Each cadet, regardless of prior service or class, is entitled to monthly pay at a rate equal to 35 percent of the basic pay of a commissioned officer in a pay grade 0-1 with less than two years of service. This pay covers the costs of attending West Point (e.g., books, uniforms, etc.).
Each cadet receives a monthly deposit of discretionary pay to use as they deem fit. Cadets in their first year (plebes) receive $353.71/mo. Those in their second year (yearlings) receive $403.71/mo. Cadets in their third year (cows) receive $289.71/mo, while those in the final year (firstie) receive $704/mo. Detailed information about cadet pay can be found in USCC Circular 37-4 (cadet budget).
Cadet pay covers uniform costs. Cadets are not charged for room and board.
Cadets can choose a banking service, but they must maintain a savings account with Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) for rations, payments, transfer of book funds, etc. This account is separate and distinct from a personal checking account to which a cadet may have his/her direct deposit sent.
PenFed teller services are located in Taylor Hall on the second floor across from the Registrar's entrance.
ATMs are available at the following locations:
- Inside the West Point Club (603 Cullum Road)
- Beside Subway (Building 683, Buckner Loop)
- Outside the Exchange (1204 Stony Lonesome Road)
Starting in their third year, cadets are eligible for an optional career starter loan. It offers a low-interest opportunity to build wealth and pay off higher debts. Loans typically range between $25,000 and $35,000 at interest rates at or below 2.99%. The West Point Finance Club provides a brief each year on the career starter loan, complete with advice/recommendations on what to do with it if a cadet decides to take the loan.
Cadets requiring financial support can seek support from their tactical officer or NCO to inquire about resources. Some resources include scholarships, grants, and loans. The Cadet Accounting Services Office (CASO) in the USCC 84 can assist with these. Cadets may also be eligible for support from the Allen Lloyd Keyes Fund. The Directorate of Academy Advancement (DAA) can assist with information on the resource. Cadets also have access to Army Emergency Relief (AER). They can obtain additional information from the Army Community Service Office on post.
Cadets receive education and have access to resources to help ensure they make sound financial decisions. All cadets take a Principles of Economics course, which includes lessons on capital markets and personal finance (interest rates, budgeting, time value of money, etc.).
The West Point Finance Club also provides a briefing each year on the career starter loan, with recommendations on what to do with the loan if a cadet decides to take it. Attendance is optional and open to all cadets.
Faculty with backgrounds in economics also provides financial education briefings to members of the Academy’s athletic teams by request. Finally, cadets can seek support from the Army Community Service office, which supports financial readiness, in Building 622 by Buffalo Soldier Field.
Academic Support
USMA provides an array of academic support services to help cadets realize their potential.
Additional Resources
Learn more about resources available to West Point cadets, including general, academic, military, and athletics resources.