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SECNAV
releases Independence Day message
7/1/08: Secretary of the
Navy
Donald C. Winter (left) released his 2008 Independence Day
message to the Fleet.
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Home improvement retailers offer military discount
7/2/08: For several days during the July Fourth
holiday period, two national home-improvement retailers will
again offer 10 percent discounts to active-duty personnel,
reservists, retirees, honorably discharged veterans and their
immediate families.
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Class of 2012 reports for Induction Day
7/3/08: Out of nearly 11,000 applicants, 1,260 young
men and women arrived at the U.S. Naval Academy for Induction
Day yesterday, the first step in their four-year journey to
becoming Navy and Marine Corps officers.
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City of Annapolis and USNA host fireworks
7/4/08:
In celebration of Independence Day, the City of Annapolis and
the U.S. Naval Academy will host the annual fireworks display
launched from a barge located off the entrance to the Annapolis
Harbor. Independence Day festivities will take place in
downtown Annapolis with the Naval Academy Band performing.
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LANTPAT gives Mids underway training at
sea
7/5/08: Each summer approximately 1,000 Midshipmen get
underway aboard one of the Academy's 108-foot long Yard Patrol (YP)
Craft for Atlantic Patrol (LANTPAT). While underway Midshipmen
not only handle seamanship, navigation and watch-standing
requirements for the boat, but they are also responsible for
basic day-to-day operations, including preparing meals for the
crew and keeping the boat clean.
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 Women inducted into U.S. Naval Academy
on this day in 1976
7/6/08: For the first time since it opened in 1845, the
U.S. Naval Academy admitted women on this day in 1976.
Eighty-one female midshipmen were inducted that day and four
years later, Kristine Holderied graduated at the top of her
class.
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US Navy, Armed Forces deliver supplies to typhoon-ravaged areas
7/7/08:
Sailors from
the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and other
supporting ships teamed with their counterparts from the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to deliver much-needed relief
supplies to the victims of Typhoon Fengshen n the Island of
Panay.
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Summer concert series brings music to Annapolis
7/8/08:
Whether
it's
classical, rock or hip hop, good music can be the perfect
addition to a beautiful summer day. For the United States Naval
Academy Band, their free Summer City Dock Concert Series offers
something for everyone.
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Naval Academy expands Yard Card program
7/9/08: The dynamic stored-value card program
launched at the U.S. Naval Academy almost a year ago is proving
so popular that the Naval Academy Business Services Division (NABSD)
is expanding it to include additional campus locations.
Beginning the 2008-2009 school year, the Yard Card program will
include the Mid Store, gift shop, textbooks and uniforms amongst
its participating locations.
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Naval Academy reports more diversity among freshman class
7/10/08:
The U.S. Naval Academy is reporting a sharp increase in the
number of minorities among incoming freshmen, a recent trend
that college officials attribute in part to the new efforts to
recruit in poor and urban areas. The freshman class that
enrolled at the academy this month includes 351 minority
students (28%) making it the most diverse class in years.
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Midshipmen learn about surface fleet aboard Higgins
7/11/08:
USS Higgins
(DDG 76) hosted 44 Class of 2010 Midshipmen for training as part
of the Professional Training for Midshipmen (PROTROMID) June 16.
PROTROMID is a four-week program that exposes Midshipmen from
the U.S. Navy Academy to surface, sub-surface, aviation
communities and the Marine Corps, which helps these Midshipmen
decide which community they would like to join after graduation.
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Academy honors John Paul Jones with
261st birthday celebration
 7/12/08:
The Naval Academy's Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center will
host its annual
John Paul Jones Day today, in honor of the 261st anniversary
of the birth of an American naval hero.
Jones is arguably one of the
most iconic members of the American naval lore, a
larger-than-life hero due to his daring and often reckless
exploits.
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Detail leads Plebes through summer
7/13/08:
Plebe Summer is well underway, and the detail, those upperclass
Midshipmen responsible for developing the Plebes into
Midshipmen, is excited about the opportunity to bring in the
Class of 2012.
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Army-Navy football game could move, get corporate sponsor
7/14/08:
The traditional-rich Army-Navy good game could be coming to a
city near you, and might have a different name when it gets
there. Naval Academy athletic director Chet Gladchuk told the
academy’s Board of Visitors on July 8 that a bidding process
among cities for future Army-Navy games would begin within
weeks. He also said the academy is open to corporate sponsorship
of the game.
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Pinckney provides surface warfare training for Mids
7/15/08:
The Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG
91) hosted 16 midshipmen last month. The embark was part of the
annual Professional Training of Midshipmen (PROTROMID), a
four-week program that exposes midshipmen entering their junior
year at the U.S. Naval Academy to career opportunities in the
Department of the Navy.
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Inside Military Academies to air
on cable TV
7/16/08: The
Military Channel
will air a three-hour series, Inside Military Academies
today and again on August 14. Programming will include
Surviving the First Year, No Time Off for Summer and
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Fans invited to Navy Fan Fest/Media Day
7/17/08:
Fans of Navy football are invited to the 2008 Navy football Fan
Fest/Media Day on Thursday, July 31 at Navy-Marine Memorial
Stadium.
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Go
Navy! Beat
Army!
WISNAPA, Inc.
(Wisconsin
Naval Academy Parents' Association,
Inc.)
Board of Governors
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