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Midshipmen visit Italian Naval Academy
5/1/2010:
During spring break, four members of the Naval
Academy's Italian-American Midshipmen Club visited the Italian
Naval Academy, L'Accedemia Navale, in Livorno, Italy. Midshipmen 3rd Class Michael
Balistreri, right, was one of the attendees. He is the
son of WISNAPA members Tom and Barbara Balisteri,
Milwaukee.
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Navy football team to visit the White House on Monday
5/2/2010: The 2009 Navy football team
will visit the White House on Monday, May 3 for a ceremony with
President Barack Obama. The team will be honored for winning the
commander-In-Chief's Trophy for a school record
seventh-consecutive year.
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Navy outlines plans to put women in sub crews
5/3/2010:
The first 19 women to serve aboard subs will be selected this summer, and
will likely be officers new to the Navy, according to the
Navy's
guidelines for bringing women into the
undersea service. An additional eight female supply officers
will be eligible to join the ranks late next year. The
guidelines, issue by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary
Roughead, came in conjunction with
Thursday's official announcement of women being
cleared to serve aboard submarines.
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Mids get look at oceanographic ship
5/4/2010:
Some Naval Academy midshipmen had a chance last week to visit a Navy
oceanographic ship. In the process, they got a chance to view
some eye-popping technology that can tell skippers whether the
water is deep and clear. Or shallow and filled with debris and
mines.
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Obama awards mids seventh seventh straight trophy
 5/5/2010:
The Naval Academy football team has become quite accustomed to the
tradition, with yesterday marking its seventh straight
appearance at the White House. Navy once again celebrated for
capturing the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy as winner of the
service acade3my football series with Army and Air Force.
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Biden to deliver academy address
5/6/2010: Vice President Joe Biden
will deliver the commencement address at the Naval Academy's
commissioning ceremonies May 28. Biden's topic will not be known
until later, possibly the day he delivers the speech. Public
leaders address the service academies' graduating classes on a
rotating basis, and last year it was President Barack Obama's
turn to visit Annapolis.
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WISNAPA membership applications, June 5 meeting RSVP
mailed
5/7/2010: Membership applications and
RSVPs for the June 5 WISNAPA meeting were mailed this week.
Please respond to both by Friday, May 21. If you did not
received either in the mail, both can be downloaded online by
clicking on
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YP Color Company competition tests mids
5/8/2010: After months of preparation,
midshipmen from 18th Company came out on top for the Yard Patrol
(YP) Color Company competition this semester. The competition is
made up of a series of events, with midshipmen competing to
demonstrate their knowledge both in theory and in practice
aboard the YP craft. The written tests cover basic "rules of the
road" knowledge as well as general navigation and shipboard
procedures.
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Navy's top slotback dismissed from team
5/9/2010:
Standout slotback Marcus Curry, whose off-field behavior drew as much
attention as his on-field exploits, has been dismissed from the
Naval Academy football team. Head coach Ken Niumatalolo booted
Curry from the program for not complying with team rules.
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WISNAPA co-founder dies at age 88
5/10/2010: Capt. Will M. Adams, U.S.
Navy (Retired) died May 3, 2010 at age 88. He, along with
Capt. William Clayton, USNR (Retired), founded WISNAPA in 1981.
WISNAPA began with 18 members and was the eighteenth parent's
club to be welcomed by the United States Naval Academy Alumni
Association.
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NAS Pensacola serves as staging area for oil spill response
5/11/2010:
Workers at a staging area at Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) continued
to prepare Thursday to set out booms if needed to help protect
the shoreline and ecosystem in the Pensacola area from last
week's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Yardtales deadline extended
5/12/2010: The deadline for the summer
issue of Yardtales has been extended to
Thursday, May 13. Please submit articles and photos (in
JPEG or TIFF formats) to Jan
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Naval Academy head says Herndon climb may come to an end
5/13/2010: The head of the U.S. Naval
Academy says a traditional climb on a 21-foot obelisk greased
with 200 pounds of lard may be on its way out. Vice Adm. Jeffrey
Fowler said Wednesday during a regular end-of-school briefing
that the Herndon Monument climb is still scheduled this month.
But he says he believes midshipmen will decide it's not as good
a gauge of teamwork as the academy's Sea Trials, which involve
all first-year students in an all-day obstacle course
competition.
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Thirteen female mids excited to be first on subs
5/13/2010:
The 11 Naval Academy and two NROTC seniors picked to be the
first women to serve aboard submarines are looking forward to
life in the undersea service. The
Navy's
announcement of the selections came May 6, one week after the
change was made official. But these women began getting ready
when news broke last fall that a change was coming. The 11
academy midshipmen, scheduled to graduate later this month, had
already received their fleet assignments before being routed
into the sub force. Eight were to become nuclear officers aboard
aircraft carriers, one was to be a conventional surface warfare
officer, one was headed to the Marine Corps and one was to be an
aviator.
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USNA fifth among all Football Bowl Subdivision schools
5/15/2010:
The Naval Academy had nine athletic teams publicly recognized by the NCAA
for high academic progress report according to NCAA data
released May 12. The nine teams ranked as the fifth most among
Football Bowl Subdivision schools. Duke led the way with 15
teams, while Notre Dame had 14, Boston College 13 and
Northwestern 10. The NCAA is honoring sports teams with public
recognition awards for their latest multi-year Academic Progress
Rate (APR) scores.
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Mids get firsthand experience with nuclear power
5/16/2010:
Eighteen midshipmen enrolled in the Naval
Academy's
Principles of Propulsion - Nuclear course
(EM200N) and visited the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Propulsion Plant
in Lusby, Maryland on April 22 to gain a better understanding,
outside the classroom, of how a nuclear power plant operates.
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Midshipmen participate at charity race
5/17/2010:
A midshipman was the top overall contender in the Frederick Douglas
Society/YMCA of Talbot County 10-mile race held in Eastern,
Maryland May 1. The event attracted over 200 runners and walkers
to the 10-mile route that led racers around the town of Easton,
an area well known for its connections to Frederick Douglas, who
was born a slave outside the town and later escaped to become a
prominent figure in the abolitionist movement as well as an
author, orator and diplomat.
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Summer issue of Yardtales published
5/18/2010: The summer issue of
Yardtales was E-mailed to WISNAPA members, the incoming
Class of 2014, NAPS and Foundation students and their families.
The low resolution version is fine for online viewing. A print
quality copy is recommended for print copies. To access the
different versions/publications,
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Naval Academy plebes endure Sea Trials
5/19/2010: Naval Academy plebes on
Tuesday crawled in trenches under barbed wire, paddled
inflatable boats on the blustery Severn River, and did push-ups
in the mud as part of the annual endurance exercise called Sea
Trials. The 14-hour ordeal started at 3:30 a.m., with more than
30 exercises taking place from one end of the academy to the
other, and on Greenbury Point. Sea Trials are designed to teach
and to test, as the mids found out.
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Ex-football player Curry resigns from academy
5/20/2010: A controversial former
Naval Academy football player, who was kept on the team and in
school despite having tested positive for smoking marijuana,
resigned and left the Yard on Monday. Midshipman 3/C Marcus
Curry, the star slotback who was finally dismissed from the
football team in early May when he allegedly ran afoul of one
rule too many, had told commanders he's planned to quit after it
was clear he couldn't play anymore, Naval Academy sources said.
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USNA graduation to be web streamed live
5/21/2010: Per Veronica Gibson, the
USNA parent program coordinator, the Naval Academy graduation
will be web streamed live. The link will be available on the
USNA homepage and active at
8:45 a.m. on Friday, May 28 with a live stream at 8:50 a.m. when
the Class of 2010 begins their procession into the stadium and
conclude shortly after the hat toss. The video will be available
for viewing for one week after graduation using the same web
stream link. Computer requirements are Windows XP or above and a
current version of Windows Media Players.
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Superintendent discusses USNA achievements
5/22/2010:
Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Jeffrey Fowler spoke to members of
the press May 12, addressing the accomplishment of the academy
over the past 12 months.
Fowler, who arrived as the superintendent in July 2007,
brought attention to the senior
leadership's focus on three themes: that the U.S. is a
nation at war, that the leadership is her to develop midshipmen,
and that the Naval Academy is the face of the Navy. He added
that all academy events, activities and curriculum are designed
to support at least one of these themes.
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New commandant sends first letter
5/23/2010: The new commandant, Capt. Robert Clark II sent his
first letter on may 10. He outlined some of the accomplishments
for the semester including hosting the Naval Academy Foreign
Affairs Conference, winning the National Security Agency's
annual cyber defense exercise, taking first place in the
Inter-service Academy Design competition, honoring faculty and
staff in the annual dedication parade and hosting the Anne
Arundel County Special Olympics.
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Midshipmen do their part during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
5/24/2010:
The
USNA's
Sexual Assault Victim Intervention (SAVI) program ran activities
during the month of April in support of Sexual Assault Awareness
Month (SAAM).
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.jpg) Naval
Academy holds the grease
5/25/2010: Minutes before members of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2013
were to begin the annual first-year-ending assault on the
Herndon Monument Monday afternoon, a chant went up from some of
the hundreds gathered for the traditional climb: "Grease the
pole. Grease the pole."
If "pole" seemed a disrespectful way to refer to the 21-foot
granite obelisk erected for Capt. William Lewis Herndon, perhaps
it expressed the measure of dissatisfaction in the throng. By
order of Vice Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, superintendent of the
service academy, the monument was not slathered with lard nor
coated in Crisco, neither was it buttered as in one year gone
by, nor treated with the dark petroleum-based, rust-preventing
goop called Cosmoline.
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Midshipmen race for a good cause
5/26/2010:
A team of Naval Academy midshipmen participated in the 14th annual
Port-to-Fort race, organized by the Believe in Tomorrow National
Children's Foundation, in Baltimore, Maryland on April 25. The
six-kilometer course helped raise funds for the locally-based
foundation which provides hospital and respite housing services
to critically ill children and their families, allowing families
to remain together during a child's medical crisis.
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Blue Angels are more than meets the sky.jpg)
5/27/2010: The Blue Angels' practice
flyover Tuesday, and aerobatic performance Wednesday, may have
looked effortless, but - as with a good ballet - a lot of work
went into making everything look so easy. The Blue Angels
consist of 15 officers and 115 enlisted personnel, most of whom
work behind the scenes, handling maintenance and logistics.
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 Class of 2010 graduates today
5/28/2010: The Wisconsin Naval Academy
Parents' Association sends its congratulations and best wishes
to the graduates of the Class of 2010!
Forrest Bush, Waukesha - Information Warfare
John Campion, Green Bay - Nuclear Submarines
Matthew Duffey, Elm Grove - Nuclear Submarines
Andrew Duwell, Oshkosh - Marine Pilot
Derek Grady, Delafield - Medical Corps
Tim Mahoney, Green Bay - Surface Warfare Officer/IP
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Biden: 'Can't yield on ideals'
5/29/2010: Vice President Joe Biden
addressed the 2010 graduating class of the Naval Academy Friday
morning, using the speech as an opportunity to describe the four
pillars of America's national security strategy. He outlined the
principles of national security adopted by the Obama
administration, which issued a 52-page report on the strategy on
Thursday.
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Academy hands out top awards
5/30/2010:
The Naval Academy announced its major athletic award winners
Thursday at the annual Prizes and Awards Ceremony at Alumni
Hall, including Adam Meyer (men's swimming), Tara Chapmon
(women's swimming), Ricky Dobbs (football), Justin Langan (men's
squash) and Thuy-Mi Dinh (women's swimming).
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Midshipmen win cyber defense exercise
5/31/2010:
A team of Naval Academy midshipmen won the National Security
Agency's (NSA) annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX)
conducted April 20-23. The midshipmen last won the CDX trophy in
2005. CDX is an inter-service cyber activity competition that
challenges teams to effectively defend their virtual computer
network against malicious attack.
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Go
Navy! Beat
Army!
WISNAPA, Inc.
(Wisconsin
Naval Academy Parents' Association,
Inc.)
Board of Governors
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