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July 2022

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NAVAL ACADEMY IDENTIFIES DECEASED MIDSHIPMAN

  POSTED ON: Monday, July 18, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The body of Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) Luke Gabriel Bird, 21, of New Braunfels, Texas, was found by Chilean authorities on July, 17, 2022, at approximately 10:30 a.m. in a lagoon of the Salto El Agua waterfall in ...

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USNA CONFIRMS THE DEATH OF A MIDSHIPMAN

  POSTED ON: Sunday, July 17, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

The Naval Academy is deeply saddened to announce that a midshipman was confirmed deceased this morning. Foul play is not suspected. The Brigade of Midshipmen, faculty, and staff were notified of the midshipman’s death earlier today. Out ...

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CLASS OF 2026 PRESENT PLEBE SUMMER PARADES

  POSTED ON: Monday, July 11, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

The members of the Naval Academy Class of 2026, known now as “plebes,” will present five formal parades on Worden Field as part of Plebe Summer, their six week-long indoctrination to the Naval Academy.  All parades ...

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