To communicate between command elements and soldiers, cadets, civilian employees, community members and other internal publics in order to strengthen their support of the United States Military Academy, thus enhancing mission accomplishment. The Pointer View is a free, weekly command information newspaper for the West Point communities. It publishes a variety of news, features and updates on local happenings of interest to the entire community. A civilian contractor sells the advertising and prints the paper at no cost to the government. The contractor delivers the paper on Fridays to military housing and to various locations at West Point, such as the post exchange, commissary and hospital.
Offices receive the paper through distribution.
Since the newspaper's objective is to inform the community, community members are encouraged to submit editorials, news articles, feature stories, announcements and photographs. Editorial offices are located in Taylor Hall, Bldg. WKDT Radio West Point's radio station, WKDT, broadcasts on FM 89.3. The station airs musical entertainment, news, Army sports, and command information programs. Most daily programming originates from the Soldiers Radio Satellite Network.