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Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking Army posts in Europe and Asia, will become the first black officer to command West Point in its 216-year history, academy officials announced Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams will assume command as the academy\u2019s 60th superintendent during a ceremony Monday morning in West Point\u2019s Jefferson Hall, school officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The native of Alexandria, Virginia, has served as the deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army in Europe and the deputy commanding general for support for the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea. 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Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., the 59th superintendent in West Point history, is retiring after 43 years in the Army and five years as superintendent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West Point, founded in 1802 along the west bank of the Hudson River 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of New York City, didn\u2019t graduate its first black cadet until the Reconstruction era in 1877. No black cadet had graduated in the 20th century when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2015\/05\/10\/west-point-names-barracks-for-black-graduate-who-was-shunned\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin O. Davis Jr.<\/a> arrived in there in 1932.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davis ate alone, roomed alone and was shunned by fellow cadets because he was black. After graduating in 1936, he went on to command the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and retired as an Air Force general in 1970. West Point recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/08\/18\/west-point-dedicates-barracks-to-ostracized-black-cadet-tuskegee-airman\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">named its newest cadet barracks for Davis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement of Williams\u2019 appointment comes less than a year after an African-American cadet and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/11\/19\/west-point-cadet-makes-the-list-of-rhodes-scholars\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Rhodes Scholar<\/a> was selected to take the top position in West Point\u2019s cadet chain of command.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/08\/15\/simone-askew-is-first-black-woman-to-lead-west-point-cadets\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> Simone Askew<\/a>, of Fairfax, Virginia, was selected first captain of the Corps of Cadets last summer and graduated in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/06\/05\/groundbreaking-west-point-grad-recognized-as-a-top-10-college-woman-of-the-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Askew-graduation.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Groundbreaking West Point grad recognized as a top 10 College Woman of the Year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The first African-American woman to hold the position of First Captain of the Corps of Cadets at West Point was named one of Glamour Magazine&#039;s Top 10 College Women of the year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The academy recently announced that the more than 1,200-member incoming class of 2020 includes 186 African-Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams takes over from Lt. 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