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Navy vs. Notre Dame Tailgate '09
10/1/2009: The USNA Alumni Association
& Foundation invites alumni, parents, friends and fans to their
tailgate on Nov. 7 in South Bend, Indiana before the Navy-Notre
Dame football game. Festivities start at 10:30 a.m. with a cost
of $40 (to assist feeding 500 midshipmen).
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All hands on deck
10/2/2009: If you have not
made a reservation for the Oct. 10 WISNAPA meeting in Manitowoc,
click here. A head count is needed by Monday, Oct. 5. Care
packages will be sent to members' midshipmen and deployed
graduates. For more information, click on
WISNAPA
membership form and/or
Oct. 10 meeting RSVP |
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Midshipmen take
part in Annapolis ten-miler
10/3/2009:
Around 25 Naval Academy Midshipmen took part in the 34th/
Annapolis 10-Mile Run held on Aug. 30. The Annapolis Run is a
10-mile race set up by Annapolis Striders, Inc., a volunteer,
nonprofit running club that includes many U.S. Naval Academy
alumni.
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 Mids
beat Falcons 16-13 in OT
10/4/2009: Navy got a leg up on
winning another Commander-In-Chief's Trophy holding Air Force
without an offensive touchdown and using a field goal in
overtime to pull out a 16-13 victory Saturday. With its seventh
straight win over Air Force, Navy (3-2) put itself in excellent
position to win the coveted trophy awarded annually to the
service academy with the best record in games between Air Force,
Navy and Army.
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.jpg) New
academy dean stresses leadership
10/5/2009: Andrew
T. Phillips is responsible for educating the 4,400-member
brigade. He was named to the academy's top academic post in
April, upon the retirement of Dean and Provost William Miller,
who held the position for 12 years. He most recently worked as
associate vice chancellor and graduate dean at the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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Midshipman
pleads guilty to drug charges
10/6/2009:
The U.S. Navy says a midshipman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import
and distribute more than 150 pounds of marijuana. US Naval
Academy student Juan D. Alonso was sentenced to nine years and
10 months in a military prison.
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Mids celebrate
Hispanic heritage with local children
10/7/2009:
The Boys & Girls Club of Annapolis hosted their 2nd Annual Block Buster
Party Sept. 19. The event was hosted as a part of the
nation-wide observance of Hispanic Heritage Month and was made
possible with the assistance of Midshipmen from the United
States Naval Academy.
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 Oct.
6 commandant letter
10/8/2009: In recognition of the
continual outstanding performance and enthusiastic professional
execution of the Brigade since the reform period in August,
Commandant of Midshipmen Capt. Matt Klunder has awarded a
weekend for all eligible midshipmen during the Columbus Day
holiday. An update on the H1N1 and seasonal flu situation was
also addressed in the letter.
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Naval Academy invites local students to celebrate Navy's
birthday
10/9/2009: Approximately 400 fourth
through sixth-grade students from Annapolis' public schools will
join the Naval Academy's Brigade of Midshipmen today to
celebrate the 234th birthday of the United States Navy and the
164th birthday of the Naval Academy. The U.S. Navy was
established Oct. 13, 1775 and the Academy was founded Oct. 10,
1845.
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Professor alleges academy retaliated against him
10/10/2009: A Naval Academy professor
who wrote a guest column in The Capital criticizing the
academy's minority admissions procedures said he was unfairly
denied a raise because he spoke out. Bruce E. Fleming recently
filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel,
saying academy administrators retaliated against him for writing
negatively about diversity efforts.
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Highlights from Oct. 10 WISNAPA
meeting
10/11/2009: Approximately 40 people
attended the fall WISNAPA meeting in Manitowoc on Saturday.
Meeting highlights include:
The 2010 All-Academies Military Ball will be 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 looking for 8-10 volunteers to chair various committees
(decorations, fundraising, invitations/programs, etc.).
Fundraising efforts are scheduled to begin soon. If interested
in chairing a committee, contact the De Villers.
More information
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.
Jim Coulson (USNA '77), encouraged WISNAPA
members to become Blue & Gold Officers. If interested, contact
Craig Walker.
Jan Haupt asks WISNAPA members to submit
photos from the Army/Navy game and/or the All-Academies Military
Ball by Jan. 4, 2010 to be published in Yardtales.
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Midshipmen visit U.S. Capitol
10/12/2009:
Twenty-four Midshipmen, accompanied by Professor Doherty and Lt.
Cmdr. Rory Berke from the Naval
Academy's
Political Science Department, visited the U.S. Capitol in
Washington, D.C., Sept. 21 to tour the historic building and
meet with congressional aides.
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Happy
Birthday U.S. Navy!
10/13/08: In recognition
of the
Navy's
234th birthday today, General James T. Conway, Commandant of the
Marine Corps, sent a birthday message.
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WISNAPA Oct. 10
meeting minutes
10/14/2009:
The
fall
minutes from the October 10 meeting are available. To access
minutes from other meetings, select Secretary's Reports
from the left side menu bar, then select the date.
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Female sailors
could join sub crews by 2011
10/15/2209:
A handful of female seniors at the Naval Academy or in the Naval Reserve
Officers' Training Corps could very well be the first women to
be assigned to a U.S. submarine. And if initial plans fall into
place, those women -
joined by some seasoned supply and surface nuke lieutenants
already in the fleet -
will be included in four crews assigned to two
Ohio-class submarines by late 2011.
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USS Annapolis reception Homecoming weekend
10/16/2009: The Annapolis Council of
the Navy League is sponsoring a reception for the officers and
crewmembers of the USS Annapolis (SSN 760) during
Homecoming weekend on Friday, October 23 from 5-7 p.m. The crew
sailed to the North Pole earlier this year and will talk about
their experiences. Boat tours will be open Friday-Sunday,
October 23-25 from 0800 through 1600.
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Ex-Navy
football player pleads guilty to theft
10/17/2009:
A military judge sentenced a former Naval Academy football player to two
years in prison for stealing
teammates' charge cards and buying stereo headphones he said he
sold to raise money for his mother. Under a plea agreement,
Midshipmen 3rd Class Christopher O. Rivers, will serve one year
in prison and will receive a "punitive
discharge,"
the judge said. Full
story
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Throwing candy at mids remains a sticky issue
10/18/2009: When it comes to making a
mess, few things in Annapolis compare to the slop created by
admiring crowds that throw candy at the Brigade of Midshipmen as
they march to home football games. The practice of throwing
candy at the midshipmen took a hiatus after the
The Capital newspaper in October 2006 asked the Naval
Academy about the practice. The academy's then-superintendent
responded by asking fans not to toss candy at the mids, for fear
of hitting one in the eye and ending an otherwise promising
career.
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Local NJROTC
unit visits Naval Academy
10/19/2009:
As Midshipmen wrapped up their summer training, 33 Navy Junior Reserve
Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets from Annapolis High
School received an at-sea introduction to the Naval Academy on
the
Academy's
Yard Patrol (YP) craft.
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Training squadron sail to New York
10/20/2009:
Seven Navy 44-foot sail training craft (STC) from the Naval
Academy's Offshore Sail Training Squadron departed the Naval
Academy August 3, with Midshipmen from the Academy and France's
Marine Nationale, for two weeks of summer training. The focus of
the training was to instill in Midshipmen the leadership,
teamwork and professional skills required in a unique small unit
environment. Four STCs sailed to Freeport, New York, while the
remaining craft travelled to Newburgh, New York.
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Naval Academy
emphasizes military training, Fleet exposure
10/21/2009:
Naval Academy Commandant of Midshipmen Capt. Matthew Klunder spoke to the
Board of Visitors at its quarterly meeting last month about the
Academy's
professional development program, designed
to prepare Midshipmen to meet the demands of a wartime military
force.
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Russian submarines visit Naval Academy
10/22/2009:
On Sept. 14, the Naval Academy hosted members of the St.
Petersburg, Russia Submarines Club. The visitors totaled 38
people and included former Russian submariners and their wives
who were in the United States for several days. A VIP tour was
conducted by a member of the Naval Academy
superintendent's
staff to introduce the visitors to the rich heritage and
tradition that characterizes the Naval Academy.
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Celebrate Halloween with Navy football
10/23/2009:
The Naval Academy Athletic Association is inviting all kids
(young and old) to celebrate Halloween at the Navy-Temple
football game on Saturday, Oct. 31. The athletic department will
have a special Haunted Halloween Village starting at 1:30 p.m.
(EST), two hours before game time, and will feature
trick-or-treating, pumpkin decorating, inflatable games,
carnival games, a costume contest and autographs by the 2009-10
Navy
men's and women's
basketball teams.
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USNA Women's Glee Club to perform near Chicago
10/24/2009: The USNA Women's Glee Club
will be performing in Western Springs, Illinois on Nov. 9, 2009
at 7 p.m. The community performance is open to the pubic. The
ensemble performs a diverse repertoire which includes classical,
sacred, folk, patriotic, popular and Broadway music. They have
performed across America and internationally and this will be
the first time performing in the Chicago area. Midn. 3/C
Emily Favorite, daughter of WISNAPA member
Karen Favorite
and Midn. 4/C Rebecca Guild, daughter of
WISNAPA member Jan
Heinitz, will be performing.
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.jpg) Naval
Academy Chapel restoration complete
10/25/2009: The nearly $4 million Naval
Academy Chapel restoration project included restoring plaster
moldings and decorations that had deteriorated over the years
because of time and moisture, and returning the paint scheme to
the subdued off-white shades that architect Ernest Flagg, who
originally designed the chapel more than a century ago,
envisioned. Restoration included uncovering the 20-foot diameter
oculus, or round skylight, located in the dome. The skylight,
situated 121 feet above the chapel floor, has
been plastered over for decades to
hide
its deterioration. Full
story
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Academy falls short of sub volunteers
10/26/2009: Too few Naval Academy
seniors opted to become nuclear-qualified submarine officers
this fall, so the school's administration has asked more
students to make that their career path and, if necessary, will
force them. In a message to the Brigade of midshipmen last
Tuesday, the academy's director of professional development,
Capt. Stephen Evans, wrote that the academy this year was
required to send 125 officers into the nuclear submarine
training pipeline, but that only 92 had been accepted by Naval
Reactors. That meant 33 midshipmen would be asked to volunteer
or told to become sub nukes.
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.gif) USS
Annapolis visits academy
10/27/2009: The nuclear powered,
fast-attack submarine
USS
Annapolis visited the Naval Academy this weekend, less
than a week after some academy seniors were told they will be
assigned to submarine duty instead of their first choices upon
graduation. The Annapolis' visit coincided with the
Naval Academy's homecoming weekend, and an academy spokesman
said that the ship's visit was unrelated to the recent
announcement concerning service assignments.
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Ethics essay
award winner honored
10/28/2009:
The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, along with Naval Academy
professors and military instructors, honored the spring semester
Vice Adm. William P. Lawrence Ethics Essay Award finalists at a
dinner last month. The ethics essay competition, sponsored each
semester by the Stockdale Center and the Naval Academy Class of
1981, recognizes the best essay written by a Midshipman in the
Naval ethics course NE203. The course is one of the
Academy's
core required ethics courses.
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Midshipmen
participate in Turkish Navy Cup sailing competition
10/29/2009:
This summer six Midshipmen participated in the Turkish Navy Cup sailing
competition held annually in Istanbul, Turkey. Midshipmen from
the classes of 2010, 2011 and 2012 attended as guests of the
Turkish Naval Academy.
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Midshipmen
spend semester at French Naval Academy
10/30/2009:
Two Class of 2009 Midshipmen attended the French Naval Academy as exchange
students. The two Midshipmen found their semester abroad very
different from a normal spring semester at the Naval Academy.
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Academy honors French soldiers and
sailors of the Revolution
10/31/2009: A
ceremony took place at St. John's College, home to the French
monument honoring French soldiers and sailors who bravely gave
their lives in support of American independence during the
American Revolution. Naval Academy Midshipmen, as well as
exchange midshipmen and cadets from the French Naval and
Military Academies, paraded onto the field in front of the
towering monument to the accompaniment of the Naval Academy Band
during the ceremony Oct. 22.
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Go
Navy! Beat
Army!
WISNAPA, Inc.
(Wisconsin
Naval Academy Parents' Association,
Inc.)
Board of Governors
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