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2017

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Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals and Boston Red Sox to Play at Naval Academy's Baseball Stadium

  POSTED ON: Thursday, March 30, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Naval Academy will host a Major League Baseball exhibition game at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 1, between the Washington Nationals and Boston Red Sox at the Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop ...

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Midshipmen Travel to Wisconsin for Volunteer Trip

  POSTED ON: Friday, March 10, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Members of the Naval Academy Midshipman Action Group (MAG) are spending their spring break in Sheboygan County, Wis., assisting with a variety of community service projects. Nine midshipmen and one Naval Academy staff ...

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Midshipmen Travel to Washington State for Volunteer Trip

  POSTED ON: Friday, March 10, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Members of the Naval Academy Midshipman Action Group (MAG) are spending their spring break in Everett, Wash., volunteering at the Everett Boys and Girls Club. Four midshipmen and one Naval Academy staff member will ...

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Naval Academy Accepting Applications for Summer Seminar

  POSTED ON: Thursday, March 09, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Applications are now being accepted through March 31 for the Naval Academy’s Summer Seminar. Rising high school seniors have the opportunity to choose from three sessions: June 3 - 8, June 10 - 15, and June 17 - ...

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USNA Summer STEM Program Now Accepting Applications

  POSTED ON: Thursday, March 09, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Applications are now being accepted through April 15 for the U.S. Naval Academy Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Program. The Summer STEM Program is held in three sessions: June 5-10 for ...

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Naval Academy Women's Glee Club to Perform in Tucson, Ariz.

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

The U.S. Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club will perform in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The concert will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian ...

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Naval Academy Women's Glee Club to Perform in Phoenix

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. —  The U.S. Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club will perform in Phoenix, Monday, March 13, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.  The concert will be held ...

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Naval Academy Women's Glee Club to Perform in Paradise Valley, Ariz.

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

The U.S. Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club will perform in Paradise Valley, Ariz., Saturday, March 11, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.  The concert will be held at Valley ...

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Naval Academy Men's Glee Club to Perform in Los Angeles

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club will perform in Los Angeles, Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The concert will be held at St. Paul the ...

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Naval Academy Men's Glee Club to Perform in Newport Beach, Calif.

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

 The U.S. Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club will perform in Newport Beach, Calif., Tuesday, March 14, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The concert will be held at Our Lady Queen ...

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Naval Academy Men's Glee Club to Perform in Orange, Calif.

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

The U.S. Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club will perform in Orange, Calif., Saturday, March 11, at 7 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The concert will be held at St. John’s Lutheran ...

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Naval Academy Announces Spring 2017 Parade Schedule

  POSTED ON: Thursday, March 02, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

NOTE TO EDITORS AND REPORTERS:  Please call the Naval Academy Public Affairs Office at (410) 293-2292 by noon, the day of the parade if you plan to attend.    The Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen will present three ...

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#012-17 76th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships

  POSTED ON: Friday, February 17, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Note to Editors and Reporters: Media are invited to cover boxing finals held Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. Please contact the Public Affairs Office at mediarelations@usna.edu or 410-293-2292 to RSVP. The Naval Academy’s 76th ...

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#011-17 Naval Academy Presents Winter Musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

  POSTED ON: Friday, February 17, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Tickets are on sale now for the U.S. Naval Academy’s musical performance of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” Performances will be held Feb. 24, 25 and 26, and March 3, 4, and 5 in Mahan Hall. ...

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#010-17 Naval Academy Midshipman to Compete in Jeopardy College Championship

  POSTED ON: Friday, February 17, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 4th class (freshman) Gary Tse, 18, of Ellicott City, Md. will participate in Jeopardy’s College Championship this Friday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. on Fox. Jeopardy’s College Championship is a two week ...

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#008-17 Naval Academy Midshipmen Receive Gates Cambridge Scholarships

  POSTED ON: Thursday, February 09, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen 1st Class (seniors) Chris Panuski, 21, of Davidson, N.C., and Rachel Wible, 21, of York, Penn, were recently selected as a 2017 Gates Cambridge Scholars. Midshipman 1st Class Kyle Ritterbeck, 23, of Columbus, Ohio, ...

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#007-17 Security Exercise at Naval Academy Complex

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

As part of a security exercise currently underway at the Naval Academy, there will be an active shooter drill Wednesday, Feb. 8 on Academy grounds. Personnel involved in the exercise will be shooting blanks throughout the drill, and gunshot ...

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#005-17 87th Naval Academy Commandant Announced

  POSTED ON: Thursday, February 02, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

NOTE TO EDITORS AND REPORTERS: Capt. Chadwick will not be available for interviews until after he reports to USNA later this summer. Capt. Robert B. Chadwick, II, was recently selected to be the 87th Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval ...

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Midshipman Receives MLK Drum Major Award

  POSTED ON: Monday, January 16, 2017 by MC2 Brianna Jones

Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class Megan Rosenberger, chief of staff for the Midshipman Action Group (MAG), received the 2017 Drum Major Award for her distinguished service at the 29th Annual Anne Arundel County Martin Luther King Jr. ...

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Secretary of State Visits USNA

  POSTED ON: Friday, January 13, 2017 by MC2 Brianna Jones

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the United States Naval Academy Jan. 10 to address approximately 400 midshipmen in Mitscher Hall. Kerry reminisced about his own service in the U.S. Navy, and the lessons he learned during that time and ...

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#004-17 Naval Academy Museum Presents Spring Shifley Lecture Series

  POSTED ON: Friday, January 13, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

The U.S. Naval Academy Museum will present spring semester’s Shifley Lecture Series in the second deck theatre of Preble Hall. Each lecture is held from 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. and is free to the public. Members of the public ...

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#003-17 Naval Academy's Midshipmen to March in Presidential Inaugural Parade

  POSTED ON: Friday, January 13, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Ninety-one members of the Naval Academy’s 13th Company will march in the 58th Presidential Inaugural parade Friday, Jan. 20, in Washington D.C. The event will be broadcast nationwide. The 13th Company was chosen to participate in the ...

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Naval Academy Midshipman Receives Navy and Marine Corps Medal

  POSTED ON: Monday, January 09, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Midshipman 3rd Class (sophomore) Jonathan Dennler, of Medford, New Jersey, was recently awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism while serving as Camp Guide at a Boy Scouts of America Northern Tier National High Adventure Camp. The ...

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2017

  POSTED ON: Monday, January 09, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Midshipman 3rd Class (sophomore) Jonathan Dennler, of Medford, New Jersey, was recently awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism while serving as Camp Guide at a Boy Scouts of America Northern Tier National High Adventure Camp. The ...

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Naval Academy Midshipman Awarded Marshall Scholarship

  POSTED ON: Monday, December 04, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Christopher Cantillo of Sarasota, Fla., has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. This highly-competitive academic scholarship provides two years of postgraduate study at a ...

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Naval Academy Midshipman Named Schwarzman Scholarship Recipient

  POSTED ON: Monday, December 04, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Michael Wallace, 21, of Taylor, Mich., has been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar.  This year, over 4,000 candidates competed for one of the 142 scholarships awarded. Wallace is an Honors ...

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USNA Midshipmen Hold 27th Annual Giving Tree Ceremony

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kaitlin Rowell

The U.S. Naval Academy and the Salvation Army held the 27th annual Giving Tree lighting ceremony Nov. 28 in the rotunda of Bancroft Hall. Each year, midshipmen from 6th Company decorate the tree with paper angel ornaments which contain the age, ...

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Naval Academy Midshipman Named Rhodes Scholarship Recipient

  POSTED ON: Monday, November 20, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Nate Bermel, 22, of Brookline, Mass., was recently selected as the Naval Academy’s 51st Rhodes Scholar. Nearly 900 applicants were endorsed by 299 schools for one of the 32 scholarships ...

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Tickets on Sale for Naval Academy Masqueraders' Fall Play

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, November 01, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Midshipmen from the Naval Academy’s drama group, The Masqueraders, will perform “The Infinite Wrench- USNA Style,” Nov. 10 - 11 and Nov. 17 - 18 at 8 p.m., in Mahan Hall at the Naval ...

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Midshipmen Donate Food for Harvest for the Hungry

  POSTED ON: Friday, October 27, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

WHAT: Midshipmen of the Naval Academy Midshipmen Action Group have collected thousands of pounds of non-perishable food for this year’s Harvest for the Hungry campaign. Midshipmen will load the final truck of food donations collected by ...

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Naval Academy Museum to Host "NavyCon"

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Naval Academy Museum will host the first “NavyCon,” a half-day conference on how fleet forces have been portrayed in science fiction, in comparison to our Navy today. Naval experts and analysts ...

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Naval Academy to Celebrate Navy's 242nd Birthday

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy will celebrate the Navy’s 242nd birthday Oct. 6– 15. (The U.S. Navy’s birthday is Oct. 13.) The annual Navy birthday cake cutting ceremony will take place during noon ...

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September 11 Remembrance Events at USNA

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Naval Academy midshipmen will participate in the following events as a remembrance to 9-11.  These midshipmen are working in conjunction with the Midshipman Action Group, which volunteers thousands of hours in ...

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Maury Project Offers U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography Training

  POSTED ON: Thursday, July 20, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Twenty-four teachers from around the country and Canada are attending the 24th annual session of the distinguished Maury Project Workshop offered by the U.S. Naval Academy. The Maury Project is designed to give science ...

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Class of 2021 Statistics

  POSTED ON: Friday, July 07, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

 (as of June 28, 2017) PROJECTED CLASS SIZE:                 APPLICATIONS: Men.................. ...

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2016 Consumer Confidence Report

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 by Naval Academy Public Works

In accordance with federal and state drinking water regulations, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis/U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) has prepared the 2016 Annual Drinking Water Quality Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). The CCR contains information ...

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Naval Academy Class of 2021 Arrives for Induction Day

  POSTED ON: Thursday, June 15, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

WHO: Roughly 1,200 young men and women report as the Naval Academy Class of 2021. WHEN: Thursday, June 29 beginning at 6 a.m. WHERE: U.S. Naval Academy’s Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Md. WHAT: Incoming plebes (freshmen) are processed through ...

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Class of 2017 Statistics

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (as of May 24, 2017) Total Graduates Men......................................... ...

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Naval Academy Announces Color Company

  POSTED ON: Thursday, May 04, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The academy’s annual Color Parade, honors the fall and spring color companies and will be held on Worden Field, Thursday, May 25, at 11 a.m.  The parade is free and open to the public, however seating is ...

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Vice President Pence to Speak at Naval Academy Graduation

  POSTED ON: Monday, May 01, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Vice President Mike Pence will speak at the graduation and commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 2017, Friday, May 26, at 10 a.m. This event is not open to the public. Pence, a native of ...

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Naval Academy Wins National Security Agency Cyber Defense Exercise

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- U.S. Naval Academy’s Cyber Security Team won this year’s annual Service Academy Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX) Friday, April 14. CDX is an inter-service cyber-security competition sponsored and designed by the ...

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Naval Academy Midshipman Receives Truman Scholarship

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. --  U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) David Laszcz, 25, of Lake Charles, La., was recently selected as a 2017 Truman Scholar. He is the academy's 24th Truman Scholar.  Sixty-two ...

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Naval Academy Library Opens Midshipmen Art and Poetry Exhibit

  POSTED ON: Thursday, April 13, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library recently opened a new exhibit featuring art and poetry by midshipmen, which will be on display until Friday, May 26. The exhibit opening was held Monday, April 10, as part of ...

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U.S. Naval Academy to Host Special Olympics

  POSTED ON: Thursday, April 13, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The U.S. Naval Academy will host the annual Maryland Special Olympics competition on Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Macdonough Hall and on Ingram Track. The event is a collaboration between the ...

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Naval Academy Midshipman Wins on 'The Price is Right'

  POSTED ON: Monday, April 10, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

NOTE TO EDITORS AND REPORTERS: Photos available by request. Please contact the Naval Academy Media Relations Office at 410-293-2292 or mediarelations@usna.edu. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 1st class (senior) ...

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Naval Academy Midshipman Awarded Hertz Fellowship

  POSTED ON: Thursday, March 23, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Christopher Panuski, 21, of Davidson, N.C., was recently selected as a 2017 Hertz Foundation Fellowship recipient. The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation provides financial ...

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Midshipmen Travel to North Carolina for Volunteer Trip

  POSTED ON: Friday, March 10, 2017 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. –Members of the Naval Academy Midshipman Action Group (MAG) are spending their spring break in Lumberton, N.C., revitalizing areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew. Ten midshipmen and one Naval Academy staff member will ...

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