{"id":26032,"date":"2018-06-21T22:34:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T22:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/21\/after-43-years-in-the-army-west-points-beloved-supe-daddy-retires\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:14:56","slug":"after-43-years-in-the-army-west-points-beloved-supe-daddy-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/06\/21\/after-43-years-in-the-army-west-points-beloved-supe-daddy-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"After 43 years in the Army, West Point\u2019s beloved Supe Daddy retires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 43 years in uniform, the last five as the U.S. Military Academy\u2019s passionate and enthusiastic superintendent, Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen is retiring from the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caslen, 64, will relinquish command of the academy Friday during a ceremony at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/10\/cadets-from-other-countries-to-compete-at-west-point\/\" target=\"\">West Point<\/a> in New York, the academy announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His successor has yet to be officially announced. Caslen\u2019s retirement was announced in April by officials at West Point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caslen has been West Point\u2019s 59th superintendent since July 17, 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caslen-2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caslen-2.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caslen-2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caslen-2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caslen-2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, presents a diploma to a cadet during the graduation ceremony May 26, 2018.  (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caslen, a 1975 West Point graduate, was the Commandant of Cadets from 2006 to 2008 and served as the chief of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq before taking the helm at West Point. <\/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\">After West Point announced Caslen\u2019s retirement in April, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York released a <a href=\"https:\/\/seanmaloney.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/maloney-statement-on-retirement-of-west-point-superintendent-robert-l\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">statement <\/a>showering the general with praise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuperintendent Caslen is an exemplary officer and has been one of the best Superintendents in the history of West Point,\u201d Maloney wrote. \u201cHe will be missed by the faculty, cadets, and the rest of the West Point Commmunity. At every board meeting, I heard him state his core belief that \u2018when you fail at character, you fail at leadership.\u2019 Bob Caslen succeeded at both.\u201c<br><\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/afteraction.militarytimes.com\/2018\/06\/21\/the-supe-and-the-streak-how-caslen-helped-shape-army-footballs-turnaround\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">The \u2018Supe\u2019 and the streak: How Caslen helped shape Army football\u2019s turnaround<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maloney\u2019s sentiments were echoed by many cadets and West Point alumni, who took to Twitter to express their respect for the man many referred to as Supe Daddy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not hard to see why the West Point community is so fond of their superintendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One only needs to look as far as this parody of a Snickers commercial that Caslen participated in to see both his friendliness and his sense of humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout his career, Caslen has commanded at every level from company through division, serving multiple deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His commands include the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii, and 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re all going to miss this great Army leader, LTG Caslen!  \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <br><br>You were a great Commandant and one of the best Supe\u2019s that the Academy ever had, Sir! \ud83d\ude4c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/GoArmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoArmy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BeatNavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeatNavy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Ax2kGiHk2\">pic.twitter.com\/3Ax2kGiHk2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nolan Melson (@NolanMelson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NolanMelson\/status\/995026552722264064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a former Cadet, I never imagined a Supe as engaged, empowering, and energetic as LTG Caslen. 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