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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. Read full message

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. Full story

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. Full story - Watch video - Photos

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. More information

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. Full story

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. Full story

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. Full story

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. Full story

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. Full story

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. Full story

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. Full story

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. Full story

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. Full story

7/18/08: From outside the brick walls of the U.S. Naval Academy, the average tourist probably wouldn't realize that this sprawling complex offers some of the best history, tradition and architecture in Annapolis. But for the 1.5 million people who visit the campus yearly, the Naval Academy is a memorable walk through life of a midshipman. Full story

Junior corpsmen receive hands-on training

7/19/08: Every summer, the Hospital Corpsmen assigned to Naval Health Clinic Annapolis must process approximately 1,200 new Plebes into the Navy medical system and care for them during the six-week transition known as Plebe Summer. This is an enormous process that takes the clinic's entire medical staff and 20 additional temporary duty corpsmen. Full story

Mids learn leadership through service

7/21/08: This summer, Midshipmen from the Class of 2010 are participating in a new summer training program known as Service Week. Formally known as ACTRAMID (Academic Training for Midshipmen), Service Week is a redesigned approach to the concept of servant leadership, and incorporates classroom learning, low ropes exercises and community service project. Full story 

YP crews keep the boats running

7/22/08: Every summer, approximately 1,200 Midshipmen receive hands-on seamanship and navigation training aboard the Naval Academy's fleet of 21 Yard Patrol (YP) craft. To accomplish this mission, the YPs must be up and running with a knowledgeable crew, ready to train tomorrow's future officers. Full story

Book documents photo history of academy

7/24/08: A new book about the Naval Academy not only contains roughly 200 black and white photographs dating back to the school's origin, but also provides a clear and concise history of how the humble little school grew into a prestigious institution. Naval Academy Museum Associate Directory James  M.  Cheevers wrote the text and photo captions, and the archival photos were taken by famed Civil War photographer Matthew Brady and photojournalist Frances B. Johnson, as well as countless other shutterbugs. Full story

Ex-Marine in heaven as caretaker of Navy-Marine Corps Stadium

7/25/08: Preston Johnson first came to work at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium with a job-training program in March 1978, not long after his tour of duty with the Marines had ended. Full story

Plebes receive weapons training

7/27/08: This summer more than 1,200 Class of 2012 Midshipmen will earn their pistol and rifle qualifications at the Naval Academy's Weapons Range. To do this, more than 140 upperclassmen spend up to 10 hours a day teaching them how to operate their weapons. Full story

Midshipmen experience life as submariners

7/28/08: CORTRAMID (Career Orientation and Training of Midshipmen) is a four-week summer program for Midshipmen, aimed at familiarizing them with the mission, tasks and equipment of the four largest naval warfare areas: Aviation, Surface, Sub-surface and Marine Corps. The program helps Midshipmen decide their career path and gives them first-hand knowledge of the Navy's varied platforms. Full story

Senior enlisted teach deckplate leadership

7/29/08: According to Reef Points, "Chief Petty Officers are charged with providing leadership to Navy's enlisted ranks and advice to Navy leadership to create combat-ready Naval Forces." The relationship between the junior officer and senior enlisted in the Fleet and Marine force is critical to Sailor and Marine development and mission accomplished. For Midshipmen, that relationship starts at the Naval Academy with the Senior Enlisted Leaders (SEL) of Bancroft Hall. Full story 

Midshipman killed in Virginia car accident

7/30/08:  Aaron H. Reaves of Kennesaw, 21, Class of 2009(13th Company) of Kennesaw, Georgia died of injuries sustained in a single-car accident Monday on Route 301 near Fort A.P. Hill on July 28. Midn. Reaves was on leave and returning to the academy for a summer training course. The accident is under investigation by local authorities and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Full story

WISNAPA Mid featured in Deckplate Daily

7/31/08: Midn. 1/C Audrey Oberdick, (Parents: Bernie & Peter Oberdick, Wadsworth, Illinois) was featured in the July 28 Deckplate Daily conning the approach into station. Mids aboard the USS Boone continued to learn about the equipment and systems onboard the ship. The mids observed the bridge watch standers and learned about navigation, plotting and transit planning. Full publication

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