USNA announces fall 2011 parade schedule

9/2/2011: The Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen will present formal dress parades on the following dates: Friday, Sept. 2; Friday, Sept. 30; Friday, Oct. 7 and Friday, Oct. 21. The parades will take place on Worden Field at 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Visitors may enter Gate 1 and Gate 4 (both located on King George Street). If Gate 3 on Maryland Avenue has been reopened, Gate 4 will be closed. Visitors to the Naval Academy are required to show a picture ID. All bags are subject to search. Vehicles without Department of Defense decals are not permitted on the Naval Academy grounds, however handicapped visitors with proper decals are permitted after a vehicle inspection.

Midshipmen storm chasers fly into hurricane

9/4/2011: When Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class Ian Park flew into the heart of Hurricane Irene, it was like being tucked inside a blanket of clouds. Sounds like of cozy, but it was a bumpy ride - and he and classmate Elliot Hoy were extremely busy gathering data. The midshipmen were safe, however, because they were aboard a specially equipped plane flown by specially trained pilots. Full story

USNA to participate in 9/11 commemorative day of service

9/5/2011: Approximately 50-100 Naval Academy midshipmen, friends and families, in conjunction with the Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County, will participate in the second annual Sept. 11 Commemorative Day of Service, also known as Project Green: 9/11 Day of Service. This event celebrates the 10th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2011 by providing a chance for the community to give back and clean up the shoreline. Read more

Navy game brings together mids, 60-year alumni

Naval Academy expands on cyber security

9/7/2011: The new academic year marks the beginning of the Navy Academy's new cyber security curriculum in which midshipmen are required to take classes that will enhance their knowledge of cyber warfare and the threat it poses to national security. Full story

USNA football player taking hiatus to work in Africa

9/8/2011: Kicking a soccer ball with a group of Kenyan orphans is an experience that has stuck with Justin Haan while he's punted for two winning seasons on the U.S. Naval Academy's football team. Since his time spent in the East African country building huts and working at a Kimilili-based orphanage in 2009, Africa has been in the back of his mind, he said, along with the unshakable feeling he should go back to make a long-term difference. So, instead of returning as a starting punter this fall, Haan, 21, is taking a hiatus from the academy to work with Grand Rapids-based Set Free Ministries as special project coordinator in the East African division. Full story

        
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Midshipmen help clean up, honor 9/11 victims and military

9/12/2011: In an effort to honor those who lost their lives during the attacks of Sept. 11, United States Naval Academy midshipmen took part in the second annual Project Green: 9/11 Day of Service & Remembrance. The event is organized by the Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County as a way to honor the victims of those attacks as well as the Marylanders who have lost their lives in service to the country. Full story

Army-Navy game players carry lessons from gridiron to battlefield

9/13/2011: It was a calm Tuesday morning. Summer had just about seeped into fall. The financial markets were relatively stable. The United States, as it had been for the better part of nearly three decades, was at peace. Then, at 8:46 a.m., a plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, followed less than 20 minutes later by another hijacked airliner that plowed into the South Tower. A third plane smacked into the Pentagon in Washington, D. C., and a fourth was headed for either the White House of the Capitol. After passengers subdued the hijackers of the United airlines Flight 93, it crashed in a Pennsylvania field. By the end of the day, nearly 3,000 Americans were dead.

For the cadets and midshipmen at West Point and Annapolis, the prospect of fighting in a war had suddenly turned from theoretical to very real. For the academies' football teams, the event of September 11, and their aftermath, made for one of the more remarkable seasons in college football history, as well as for the dramatically memorable Army-Navy game. Players from both teams endured experiences that they would carry with them to Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond. This is their story.

Improved galley opens at Naval Academy

9/14/2011: The King's Court Servery at the U.S. Naval Academy's King Hall Galley opened Sept. 10, giving midshipmen full access to dining services at the galley since Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington began major renovation efforts at the historic building 18 months ago. Full story

Annapolis named one of nation's best colleges

9/15/2011: The Naval Academy maintained its stature as one of the country's top colleges, according to the annual rankings released on Tuesday by US News and World Report. Annapolis came in tied with its rival, West Point, as the 14th best national liberal arts college. Both trounced the U.S. Air Force Academy, which clocked in at a respectable 33rd place. The Annapolis ranking is a slight increase from last year's report, when it came in 16th. In addition, the academy ranked fifth in the undergraduate engineering category. Full story

New football uniform debuted for the 2011 Army-Navy game

9/16/2011: Navy is one of nice schools wearing the 2011 Nike Pro Combat system dress uniforms. Tradition, sacrifice, honor and courage paired together with innovation and technological advancement make up the lifeblood of the US Naval Academy. Similar concepts unite when Navy straps up the Nike Pro Combat system of dress on Dec. 10 in their attempt to beat Army for the tenth consecutive season. The uniform features the legendary naval phrase, 'Don't Tread on Me," which is visible throughout the uniform. Full story

Construction commences on future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5)

9/17/2011: Naval Sea Systems Command announced last month 18 that fabrication of the future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), the fifth of the littoral combat ship class, has begun at Marinette Marine Corp. Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. Milwaukee is expected to be delivered to the Navy in 2014. The ship will joining USS Freedom (LCS 1) and USS Independence (LCS 2), both currently conducting post-delivery tests and trials, as well as the future USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) and USS Coronado (LCS 4), both expected to be delivered in 2012. Full story

Navy tops federal food donation goal

9/18/2011: The Department of the Navy wrapped up more than two months of collection efforts in support of the Feds Feed Families Campaign Aug. 31 by donating 831,002 pounds of food to local food banks worldwide. This number was almost 100,000 pounds more than the Department of Defense (DOD)-wide goal of 733,800 pounds and more than four times the Navy's goal of 200,000 pounds. Full story

9/20/2011: The Naval Academy Division of Mathematics and Science will host the 31st annual Michelson Memorial Lecture Oct. 5. Dr. Bernd Sturmfels, professor of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading experimentalist among mathematicians will speak on the "Tropical Mathematics." The Michelson Memorial Lecture series is supported by the Naval Academy Class of 1969, and is open to the public. Full story

Academies say DADT repeal won't cause much change

9/21/2011: Officials at the nation's major military academies say repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy won't cause any fundamental changes in daily operations at the schools, and students say they are welcoming and ready for a positive and uneventful transition. The 18-year old policy ended yesterday, allowing gays to serve openly. Full story

Top Navy post command change at Academy

9/22/2011: The Naval Academy will play host Friday morning to a changing of command for the most senior uniformed officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy. Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, who graduated from the academy in 1975, will become the 30th chief of naval operations. He will relieve Adm. Gary Roughhead, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1973 and previously served as commandant of the academy. Full story

Naval Academy opens Maryland Avenue's Gate 3

9/24/2011: Multiple gates lead in and out of the Naval Academy, so closing one temporarily wasn't that big a deal, right? But as one downtown business district - Maryland Avenue and State Circle - found out, one gate can make a big difference. This summer, the academy's Gate 3 near the western side of The Yard was closed for renovation. Traffic from both the academy and tourists began to drop off, merchants said. Full story

Miller details academy storm, quake damage

9/25/2011: Earthquake, hurricane, plebe summer - it's been a hectic last few months for the Naval Academy. Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Michael Miller on Sept. 19 briefed the 15-member board that oversees the school, reviewing everything from plebe summer physical test scores to the damage caused by the two recent natural disasters. Full story

Stripers provide first class leadership to brigade

9/26/2011: The Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen is an organization that operates as a cohesive, self-sufficient entity within the academy. While there is oversight from the commandant and his staff, the first class midshipmen assume leadership roles over their peers, providing them with valuable leadership prior to being commissioned. The term "striper" refers to a first class midshipmen in a leadership position within the brigade who wears gold bars (stripes) as collar devices. These devices indicate their level of responsibility, with more bars denoting a higher position of responsibility. Full story

Mids contribute to humanitarian mission

9/27/2011: Five Naval Academy midshipmen recently had the opportunity to participate in Continuing Promise 2011, a humanitarian assistance mission that ended Sept. 6, while embarked with Military Sealift command's hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Full story

Navy considers conference affiliation for football

9/28/2011: For the past 10 years, the answer has always been the same with regard to the question of conference affiliation for the Navy football program. Independent status has worked wonderfully for Navy in terms of scheduling, bowl affiliations and television contracts. That may not still be the case five years from now as the landscape of college football is changing dramatically due to conference realignment. Full story

Midshipmen experience life on a submarine

9/29/2011: Submarine Group Two offered 54 midshipmen the opportunity to experience life aboard submarines during this year's midshipmen training program, which concluded Sept. 8. Full story

Brigade commander prepared to lead

9/30/2011: Finding leaders who can set the right example for midshipmen in both academic performance and real world experience can be difficult, but this semester's most senior midshipman is no stranger to challenges. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Midshipman 1st Class Jonathan Monti was barely an average student through high school He struggled through his freshman year in college and, after failing to balance his academics with a part-time construction job with his dad, he decided to quit both. He enlisted in the Marine Corps as a different avenue to better his life and turned his deficiencies into strengths, which rekindled his passion for engineering. Full story