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Changes to physical readiness program announced
8/1/2011:
In order to improve the overall health of sailors and enhance the
administration and execution of the Physical Readiness Program,
the Navy announced revisions July 12. The newly revised
instruction will strengthen program compliance, improve physical
fitness assessment (PFA) documentation and encourage sailors to
maintain the level of physical fitness required to support
mission readiness. This is the first major revision to the
physical readiness program since 2005.
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Navy Fan Fest/Media Day day set for Saturday, August 6
8/2/2011: Navy fans are invited to the
2011 Navy football Fan Fest/Media Day on Saturday, August 6 from
10-noon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Fan Fest
activities will include interactive inflatable games, giveaways
and live music. The first 250 kids will receive free T-shirts.
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Leap Frogs parachute during first LA Navy Week
8/3/2011: Nearly 40,000 baseball fans
watched the Leap Frogs, the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration
team, perform during the opening ceremony of a Los Angeles
Dodgers baseball game as part of Los Angeles' inaugural Navy
Week, July 30.
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Midshipmen learn FRCSE's vital aviation maintenance
mission
8/4/2011: Navy midshipmen completed a
six-week summer rotation with helicopter squadrons at NAS
Jacksonville toured Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE)
July 19 to learn about the facility's vital aviation maintenance
mission.
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Bonus Yard Card offer
8/5/2011:
A bonus offer is available for the Yard Card, a reloadable gift card/debit
card that can be used for purchases at participating locations
on the Naval Academy Yard. Deposit at least $250 on your
midshipman's Yard Card between August 1 - September
11, 2011, and an additional 5% bonus will be made. Purchases
include retail stores, restaurants, coffee bars, Bancroft Hall
vending machines, self-serve laundry machine centers and more.
For more information, visit
Yard Card,
E-mail
or call 410-293-0414.
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Sixteenth academy midshipman expelled over spice
8/6/2011:
With the expulsion of a 16th midshipman on July 15, the Naval Academy says
it has closed its 10-month investigation into spice usage by
mids, some of which occurred on campus.
The latest expulsion was a senior who was not allowed to
graduate in May. Mids who are separated from the academy after
two or more years are frequently required to repay the cost of
their education or to serve in the fleet as an enlisted sailor.
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Afghanistan helo crash kills 30 U.S. troops
8/7/2011: Insurgents shot down a U.S.
military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan,
killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite
unit as the Navy SEALs who killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin
Laden, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single
loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the
Taliban. None of the 22 Naval Special Warfare personnel killed
in the crash were part of the team that killed bin Laden in a
May raid in Pakistand, but they belonged to the same unit.
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Naval Academy makes Forbes' top 100 list
8/8/2011:
Fobes magazine has
ranked the U.S. Naval Academy among its top 100 in America. The
annual
ranking of the 650 best undergraduate institutions is based
on teaching quality, student career prospects, graduation rates
and student debt levels - important criteria to students,
according to the magazine.
Because of an emphasis on financial prudence, the zero-cost
military service academies rank highly.
West Point, which topped the list two years ago, ranks third
this time, thanks to outstanding teaching (#3) and high alumni
salaries (#8), while the
Air Force Academy (#10) and the
Naval Academy (#17) glide easily into the top 20. Even the
less prestigious academies - the
Coast Guard (#97) and the
Merchant Marine (#158) - score well.
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U.S. Naval Academy Plebe Summer overview
8/9/2011:
Plebe Summer is a demanding, fast-paced orientation that begins four years
of preparation for commissioning as Navy or Marine Corps
officers. The physical and mental demands on the
plebes'
are designated to develop leadership ability, motivation, moral strength,
physical skills and stamina - attributes of any outstanding
naval officer.
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At Auschwitz, future U.S. military leaders learn what not to do
8/9/2011:
In an upstairs room at the only remaining synagogue in Oswiecim, Poland,
37 miles west of Krakow, 13 future American military officers,
clad in jeans and T-shirts, were wrestling with ethical
questions in the shadow of Auschwitz. The cadets and midshipmen
were from West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, the Air Force
Academy, and the honors program of the United States Coast Guard
Academy. The 13 involved were chosen for the American Service
Academies program from 170 applicants.
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Academy hopes to meet math and science goal
8/11/2011:
The U.S. Naval
Academy's
academic dean says the school should be close to meeting a Navy
directive to graduate 65 percent of its naval officers in the
Class of 2013 with technical degrees in science, technology,
engineering and math. The directive only applies to students who
will be commissioned as naval officers, not Marines who also
attend the school.
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USNA family and friends connect with Class of 2015
8/12/2011:
To get through the physical and mental demands of Plebe Summer, plebes
have to rely on more than their own personal strength and the
support and teamwork of their fellow midshipmen. They also
depend on support and encouragement from their family and
friends back home. One plebe mother decided to take this a step
further to encourage families to send care packages for those
midshipmen who might not have a firm support structure at home.
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USNA museum visit inspires plebes
8/13/2011:
Plebes from the U.S. Naval
Academy's
Class of 2015 visited the Naval Academy
Museum Aug. 1 as part of the Plebe summer schedule. The museum,
founded in 1845, was renovated two years ago and is filled with
collections of model ships, replicas, artwork and artifacts
recovered from real ships.
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Plebes get taste of freedom over
parents'
weekend
8/14/2011:
After six long weeks, Plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis got a taste of “freedom.” Friday marked the beginning
of Plebe Parents'
Weekend. The event traditionally marks the
first time plebes are allowed to leave the academy grounds
during Plebe summer.
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Army-Navy football all-access docudrama premiers in December
8/15/2011:
SHOWTIME Sports and CBS Sports are teaming up for
A Game of Honor, a two-hour exclusive docudrama revealing an
unprecedented look at
America's
two oldest military academies - the United States Military
Academy and the United States Naval Academy. As the midshipmen
and cadets prepare to serve their country and participate in a
rivalry unmatched by any other in sports - the Army-Navy
football game, SHOWTIME will capture an all-access look at their
unique season-long journey. The will be on Wednesday, December
21.
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In death, Marine trainee gives life to others
8/16/2011: Marine Corps 2nd Lt.
Patrick Wayland gave his country everything he had to give. His
service. His life. And, in the end, his organs. Wayland, 24,
Midland, Texas, died at Sacred Heart Hospital over the weekend,
after going into cardiac arrest during water survival training
August 1 at Pensacola Naval Air Station.
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Mids learn about maritime security in Italy
8/17/2011:
Four Naval Academy midshipmen and two ensigns from the Italian Naval
Academy spent two-and-a-half weeks this summer traveling
throughout Italy on an LREC (Language Regional Expertise and
Cultural) program sponsored by the academy's International Program Office.
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Family members reunite with USNA Class of 2015
8/18/2011: After 43 days of summer
training, the plebes of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2015
reunited with their families during Plebe Parents' Weekend Aug.
11-14 at the academy. PPW provides an opportunity for parents to
meet with their sons and daughters after the intensive six weeks
of Plebe Summer that leads into a midshipman's freshman year.
During Plebe Summer, new midshipmen cannot use the internet,
watch television, listen to the radio or leave the confines of
the academy.
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Strategy of Defiance works
8/19/2011:
Skipper Katie Davis and the team aboard
the Naval Academy race boat
Defiance have been on
a roll this summer. Davis led the way as
Defiance captures first place in PHRF A2 class during the 38th
annual St.
Mary's College of Maryland
Governor's Cup on Saturday, which completed the overnight distance race in just over
12 hours.
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NAS Whiting Field helps fight the war on hunger
8/20/2011:
Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field announced Aug. 17 that to
date, the installation has collected more than 1,200 pounds of
food donated to be used as part of the Fed Feed Family program,
coordinated by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the
Chief Human Capital Council. It is set up so families can bring
in food items to their local Federal agencies where they are
then distributed to local community food banks.
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Panetta says he will seek to protect benefits
8/21/2011: Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta on Friday sought to reassure today's troops that their
benefits will not be slashed amid widespread budget-cutting
talks in Washington.
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USS Mahan
sailors volunteer at
women's
shelter
8/22/2011:
Thirteen volunteers from the guided missile destroyer
USS Mahan (DDG 72)
donated their time, talents and skills at a local transitional
shelter for women and their children, Aug. 18, during the
ship's
visit at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. While in port, the ship
provided tours for hundreds including US and international
officers, enlisted, midshipmen, officer candidates and a host of
others. Full
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Another Dobbs tries to make his name at Navy
8/23/2011:
The natural instinct is to think that former star quarterback Ricky Dobbs
is the reason sophomore defensive end Jamel Dobbs is playing
football at Navy, given that they are distant cousins who grew
up near each other in the suburbs of Atlanta. Truth is, Jamel
Dobbs never met his famous namesake until he showed up on his
recruiting visit two years ago. Jamel Dobbs quickly found common
ground with Ricky Dobbs in the way they balanced their love of
football with a strong religious faith. Now Jamel Dobbs is on
the verge of following his newfound cousin by starting for the
Midshipmen as a sophomore when Navy opens its season on Sept. 3
against Delaware.
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5.8 magnitude earthquakes hits Anne Arundel County
8/24/2011: A magnitude 2.8 earthquake
rocked the county around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, forcing the
evacuation of schools, offices, courthouses and other buildings.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile
deep and centered near Louisa, Virginia, about 40 miles
northwest of Richmond. Shaking was felt all over the East Coast
- as far south as Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and as far north
as Connecticut. In Washington, parts of the Pentagon, White
House and Capitol were evacuated.
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Update: The East Coast quake caused only
minor damage at the Naval Academy. Buildings were evacuated
during the earthquake, but no one was injured and classes soon
resumed. The 8th wing of the midshipmen's dormitory Bancroft
Hall sustained superficial exterior cracks. Other buildings had
minor damage including Memorial Hall, Alumni Hall, MacDonough
Hall, Rickover Hall and the Robert Crown Sailing Center.
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Atheists groups find doors open to them at service
academies
8/25/2011: As atheist groups push for
parity with religious groups throughout much of U.S. military,
they pint to the service academies as one setting where they're
achieving their aims. At the U.S. Naval Academy's July religious
assembly for incoming plebes, 45 members of the Class of 2015 -
about 4 percent - signed up with the Naval Academy Agnostics,
Freethinkers and Atheists groups, or NAAFA. Organizers say
similar numbers of students joined atheist groups at the Air
Force Academy and at West Point.
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Naval Academy midshipmen embark
USS Rushmore for
training
8/26/2011:
The first two groups of 75 U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen embarked
USS Rushmore (LSD 47)
earlier this week for the ship portion of their PROTRAMID summer
cruise. Both ROTC and midshipmen undergo a four-week training
seminar, in which each week is focused on their four different
areas (surface, aviation, Marine Corps and submarine) that
commissioned officers can pursue.
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Annapolis prepares for Hurricane Irene
8/27/2011: Annapolis is under a
tropical storm warning, meaning tropical storm conditions will
likely develop. Hurricane Irene is currently a category 2 storm,
but could strengthen to a category 3. It is likely to lose some
strength after hitting North Carolina. The worst weather will be
from 8 p.m. Saturday until late morning Sunday with local
rainfall of 6 inches or more and strong winds.
Per the USNA
Facebook page, actions were taken to prepare for Hurricane
Irene including disseminating information to ensure all
midshipmen, faculty and staff remain safe and are prepared for
potentially heavy weather, the clearing of drains, deployment of
door dams and sandbags around buildings, relocating sensitive
equipment to higher ground, moving Yard Patrol craft and
sailboats to hurricane moorings in Baltimore and up the Severn
River, and relocating automobiles from the seawall to safer
areas. Naval Academy leadership will continuously monitor the
situation and adjust their level of readiness based on what the
storm does.
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Superintendent welcomes back brigade
8/28/2011:
Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Michael Miller welcomed the brigade
back to a new school year during a series of
superintendent's calls for each class at Alumni Hall August
18-19. Only days after Plebe Parents'
Weekend and the end of Plebe Summer, the Brigade of Midshipmen began
returning to the Yard for Reform, signaling the start of the
fall semester. For the plebes, it was their first encounter with
the body of upperclass midshipmen who will be largely
responsible for their training throughout the year.
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How do the academies measure up?
8/29/2011:
The Naval and Coast Guard
academies - as you might expect - aren't the first colleges to
consider when
you're looking for a party school. But, alongside ranking high
as a "stone-cold
sober" school in this year's
Princeton
Review rankings,
the two academies got high marks for accessible professors, low
marijuana use and "running
like butter," meaning administration works well. On the
not-so-good end, the Naval Academy ranked 7th for "least
happy students" of the 376 U.S. schools included in this year's
rankings and 14th for "dorms like dungeons."
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Class of 2013 signs commitment to naval service
8/30/2011:
The Naval Academy Class of 2013 celebrated their commitment to five years
of naval service August 23 at a ceremonial dinner held in King
Hall. At the beginning of each academic year, the second class
midshipmen sign paperwork ensuring their obligated service upon
graduation and retake the Oath of Office.
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USNA announces schedule for May 2012 events
8/31/2011: The Naval Academy announced
the final schedule for the end of May 2012. Events include the
Class of 2013 Ring Dance on Saturday, May 19, the Herndon
Monument Climb for the Class of 2015 on Tuesday, May 22, Color
Parade on Wednesday, May 23, Brigade Change of Command Ceremony
on Thursday, May 24 and the Class of 2012 Commissioning and
Graduation on Tuesday, May 29. Parents of graduating midshipmen
will be sent more information about commissioning week next
spring.
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