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No-lard climb a good call
6/1/2010:
When Naval Academy plebes gathered for the annual Herndon climb
at the academy on May 24, they found the obelisk clean and dry.
For the first time since 1969, upperclassmen were forbidden from
greasing the granite monument with 200 pounds of lard. Also
missing: the hoses used by upperclassmen to spray the plebes and
make the task even more humiliating and difficult. Instead of
hours of agony, the climb was over in two minutes, five seconds.
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Military academies: A national treasure
By: Vice Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, Superintendent, U.S.
Naval Academy
6/2/2010:
Developing our nation's future military officers is an important
national priority. Professional military officers, and the
training and education systems that prepare these leaders,
significantly contribute to the armed forces' ability to promote
peace and prevail in war.
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Summer meeting reminder
6/3/2010: Approximately 50 people have
registered for the summer WISNAPA
meeting on
Saturday, June 5 at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee. The
incoming Class of 2014, midshipmen and graduates will be in
attendance. If your last minute plans allow you to attend,
contact Jan Heinitz by
E-mail or at 262-238-0754.
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Naval Academy head discusses policy on gays
6/4/2010:
The head of the U.S. Naval Academy said the school would adapt if the
military repeals its ban on gays serving openly, because the
academy has adjusted to big changes before and basic respect
amount students is crucial to success.
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Academy Class of 2010 ready for fleet
6/5/2010:
Each of the 1,028 Class of 2010 graduates received a Bachelor of Science
degree and took the oath of office as they were commissioned as
an ensign in the U.S. Navy or as a second lieutenant in the U.S.
Marine Corps. Since 1845, approximately 76,800 midshipmen have
graduated from the Naval Academy; this ceremony marks its 160th
traditional graduation.
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Summer meeting highlights
6/6/2010: Approximately 50 people
attending the summer meeting, including Class of 2014 appointees
and midshipmen.
Craig Walker - Area Blue & Gold Coordinator
indicated there were 184 Class of 2014 candidates with 53
completing 100 percent of their application. Nine appointments
were accepted, including one from NAPS. Two candidates were
offered NAPS and one a foundation scholarship. The average ACT
score was 31.5 (verbal) and 31.7 (math).
Capt. Bill Clayton is looking for help with
Badger Boys/Girls State on June 18 & 19. If you can help,
contact Bill via E-mail
or 262-377-5679.
Army-Navy Game -
There are still rooms available at the
Holiday Inn - Historic District
in Philadelphia for the Army/Navy game. The cut-off date for
reserving a room is Friday, Nov. 13. For more information, click
here.
All-Academies Military Ball - Hosted
by WISNAPA on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 at the Country Springs
Hotel in Waukesha.
Mike and Chris De Villers are the co-chairs
and are asking members to help with fund raising and serve on
committes.
More information
The 2010-2011 WISNAPA
board members
include: Steve & Karen Voigt (Scott '11),
co-presidents, Tom & Barbara Balistreri
(Michael '12), co-vice presidents, Nancy Briski
(Michael '12), secretary and Jan Heinitz
(Rebecca Guild '13), treasurer.
The WISNAPA web site will be moving to a new server soon. If you
have updates for member recommendations, handbooks, etc.,
contact Jan Haupt by
E-mail
or 608-592-4278.
Future meetings:
Fall
- Sat., October 9, 2010 at the Italian
Conference Center (tentative)
Spring - Saturday, March 12, 2011
at the EAA, Oshkosh
Summer - Saturday, June 4, 2011
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 Class
of 2010 graduation video on-demand
6/7/2010: The USNA graduation video
for the Class of 2010 is available online on-demand. To view,
click and drag the Windows Media Player's seek button to play at
a specific point during the ceremony. PC computers require
Windows XP operating system or a newer version and a working
version of Windows Media Player. Mac computers require a current
version of Windows Media Player.
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Summer Seminar 2010 opens its doors
6/8/2010:
The Naval Academy Summer Seminar (NASS) is designed for students who have
just completed their junior year of high school in the summer of
2010. This program is a fast-paced, six-day experience for
high-achievers who may be interested in pursuing and appointment
to one of the
nation's service academies and serving as a
military officer after graduation. NASS is held in three
sessions: June 5-10, June 12-17 and June 19-24.
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How the Navy protects America
6/9/2010: It's Navy Week in Milwaukee,
an unusual notion in a city nearly a thousand miles from the
nearest coastal Navy base. But in a very real way, the citizens
of Milwaukee, like all Americans, receive a significant return
on America's investment in a Navy that is fast, flexible, global
and powerful. And it's a very sound investment.
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2010 STEM camp welcomes students
6/10/2010:
The
academy's
summer STEM program is an overnight academic camp designed for
rising 8th - 11th grade students in good academic standing who
have an interest in math and science.
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All-Academies Military Ball
meeting
6/11/2010: There will be an
All-Academies Military Ball committee meeting on Tuesday, June
29 from 6:30-8:30 at Mo's Irish Pub on 108th Street and
Bluemound Road in Wauwatosa. Committees to date are as follows:
Food/Beverages:
Chris & Mike De Villers (Matthew '11)
Entertainment:
Chris & Mike De Villers (Matthew '11)
Table Decorations: Ana Hilgendorf (Ryan '12)
Invitations and Programs:
Jan Heinitz (Rebecca Guild '13)
Gifts and Door Prizes: Needs chair (See Note)
Photographer:
Carol & Tom Joseph (Anthony Beaupre '12)
Registration Table:
Sara Bowen (John '11)
Color Guard Ceremony:
Deb Rouse (Philip '13)
Note: Midn. Matthew De Villers '11 will help solicit prizes
from Annapolis area businesses and hopes to contact a West Point friend
to do the same.
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Summer meeting minutes available
6/12/2010: The minutes from the summer
meeting on June 5, 2010 are available by clicking
here.
Archived secretary reports are available by clicking
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Naval Academy ranks at the top of the APR Report
6/13/2010:
All 24 of
Navy's
NCAA sponsored varsity sports rank above the national average in
the Academic Progress report. Navy had five teams with perfect
scores. The APR is the fulcrum upon which the entire
academic-reform structure rests.
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Many of the best, brightest become Marines
Guest column by James Merna, Annapolis
6/14/2010:
They keep coming. Steadily, year after year, some of the Naval
Academy's best and brightest graduates choose to
become Marine Corps officers. The Class of 2010 was no
exception. On May 28, 2010, 258 of its more than 1,000 graduates
were commissioned as Marine Corps second lieutenants. Of the 258
Marine Corps selectees, 166 will serve as ground officers, 90 as
pilots and two as naval flight officers.
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Club sport athletes among the top Naval Academy graduates
6/15/2010:
Five of the top nine and eight of the top 17 Naval Academy graduates based
on overall order of merit in the Class of 2010 participated in
club sports. In total, 70 of the top 100 graduates were involved
in either varsity (24) or club (16) sports, including the top
six graduates and eight of the top nine.
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Trident Scholars announced
6/16/2010:
Ten U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen have been selected as Trident Scholars
for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Naval Academy Trident
Scholar program began in 1963 to provide opportunity for a
limited number of exceptionally capable students to engage in
independent study and research during their senior year.
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Legendary Navy wrestling coach Perry dies at 75
6/17/2010: Ed Perry, the legendary
Navy wrestling coach who won eight league championships in 27
years at the service academy, died Tuesday. Perry had a record
of 311-90-14 record in his nearly three decades at Navy and was
named the NCAA's coach of the year in 1958. He guided the
midshipmen to eight Eastern intercollegiate Wrestling
championships and he coached 48 individual champions and 28
All-Americans. His career record against Army was 22-2-3.
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Midshipman
spends semester in Jordan
6/18/2010:
Through the U.S. Naval
Academy's International Programs Office, on midshipman participated in a study
aboard program in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during the
fall 2009 semester.
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Summer seminar
off to a successful start
6/19/2010:
While many high school students enjoyed their first few days of summer
vacation and a break from the classroom, 750 rising high school
seniors from around the country did nothing of the sort. The
students completed the first block of summer training at the
U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar (NASS) June 10. Organized into
three six-day sessions, beginning June 5 and concluding June 24,
NASS offers a preview of life on the Yard as a Naval Academy
midshipman to high school juniors who may either be interested
in pursuing an appointment to one of the
nation's
service academies and serving as a military officer upon
graduation.
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Armed and ready
to conquer
6/20/2010:
Under the direction of athletic director Chet Cladchuk, the motto of Naval
Academy athletics has become "Expect
to Win." However, Navy's
offshore sailing team had trouble meeting
that mandate the last few years as it competed in major Atlantic
Ocean or Chesapeake Bay races with an aging fleet donated
sailboats. That is why everyone associated with the program is
so excited about the recent donation of a state-of-the-art,
high-performance racer known as a TP52.
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Green Bay native to serve on
city's namesake Navy ship
6/21/2010: USS Green Bay officials
believe 22-year-old Tim Mahoney (left) will be the first Green
Bay native to serve on the new ship. Mahoney is leaving Green
Bay next weekend to serve on the USS Green Bay, which
is stationed in San Diego.
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Students come together for 2010 STEM Camp
6/22/2010:
Over 100 middle and high school students completed the first portion of
the 2010 Summer Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
program at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 12. The STEM program
engages school students and distinguished Naval Academy
professors in a wide variety of science and engineering
activities such as camps, competitions, short courses and
internships, to initiate interest and enthusiasm for future STEM
participation in academic and career choices.
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Midshipmen
participate in Chinese studies program
6/23/2010:
During the fall of 2009, three midshipmen traveled to Beijing, China, to
participate in a Chinese studies program at Capital Normal
University, a municipal teaching college in western Beijing.
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Academy members complete nautical course
6/24/2010:
U.S. Navy midshipmen and U.S. Army cadets joined together to complete the
French
Legion's Nautical Obstacle Course as part of teambuilding
exercise in Djibouti, May 27. The midshipmen and cadets are
touring the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa's area of operation during a summer program
that trains future U.S. military leaders.
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Midshipmen train, gain experience in China
6/25/2010:
Four midshipmen with economics majors from the Class of 2011 and two Naval
Academy faculty members took a trip to China during spring
break. They experienced local culture by attending an acrobatics
show, eating local cuisine and visiting the Great Wall of China.
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Class of 2010
service assignments
6/26/2010:
All of the Class of 2010 1,028 graduates received a bachelor of science
degree and were commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy or as
a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. A breakdown of the
classes service assignments are shown below.
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267 Midshipmen to Marine Corps
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Fleet faces bottleneck in aviation
6/27/2010: The upper rungs of the
Navy's officer corps have a lot - maybe too many - aviators.
Retention among aviation officers has been dramatically higher
than for other Navy communities during the past decade. The Navy
has about 650 more aviation officers than manpower experts say
are needed. On the other hand, the Navy has authorized slots for
hundreds of officers in the submarine and surface communities
but not enough officers in uniform to fill those jobs, personnel
data show.
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Class of 2014 gears up for Plebe Summer
6/28/2010:
The men and women of the U.S. Naval
Academy's Class of 2014 are gearing up to report to the Yard for
Induction Day, July 1. "I-Day"
kicks off six weeks of military indoctrination known as Plebe
summer, which prepares the incoming students for the challenges
of midshipmen life at the academy.
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Naval Academy developing plan for cyber building
6/29/2010: To better train future
cyberwarriors, the U.S. Naval Academy is approaching senior Navy
officials to gauge interest in commissioning a new building to
house the Center for Cyber Security Studies on the school's
campus, academy officials said Monday. The concept is the latest
sign of the academy's rising interest in finding ways to
increase midshipmen's exposure to high-tech field of growing
importance to national security.
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Slush fund was factor in Naval Academy superintendent's
retirement
Report says there's no evidence Fowler knew about 'wasteful'
spending
6/30/2010:
It started in April 2007 when $95,000 in corporate sponsorship money
raised for Navy's appearance in the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl
football game was placed into a newly created contingency fund.
Over the next two years, Naval Academy administrators deposited
an additional $200,000 in bowl game sponsorship money into the
account, tapping it to pay for "invitation-only" tailgate
parties, several catered receptions and $863 in necktie gifts
for football coaches. But this off-the-books "slush fund" never
should have been created, according to a newly released report
from the Office of the Naval Inspector General. The report
concluded that the expenditures, some of them "extravagant and
wasteful," did nothing for the intended beneficiaries - the
academy's midshipmen.
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Go
Navy! Beat
Army!
WISNAPA, Inc.
(Wisconsin
Naval Academy Parents' Association,
Inc.)
Board of Governors
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