Lieutenant Colonel Joseph D. Posz, USA (ret.) a graduate of the New Mexico Military Institute (Class of 1955) is the author of West Point of the West: A Family Odyssey and Military Heroes of the New Mexico Military Institute.

The MOAA Said of West Point of the West: A Family Odyssey, “For over 80 years the Posz family has been closely associated with New Mexico Military Institute. In this book, the development of NMMI is viewed in a favorable perspective through the eyes of one family member. Posz has experienced the school from birth, as a campus brat, as a cadet, as an Army officer assigned to the school, as a deputy commandant, and as member of the faculty. He also served 12 years as a member of the NMMI Alumni Association board of directors. Few, if any, have ever been so personally dedicated to the school called the West Point of the West.”

According to the book description of Military Heroes of the New Mexico Military Institute, “An anthology of 23 alumni in the valor category of the NMMI Alumni Hall of Fame. Biographies are of those who were awarded America's top two awards for valor in combat, the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross or Navy Cross.”