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November 2022

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Featured Firstie: 1/C Celeste Duran

  POSTED ON: Friday, November 25, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Today’s Firstie Friday is the President of the Midshipman Native American Heritage Club (NAHC): MIDN 1/C Celeste Duran. She is a member of 22nd Company from Santa Ana, Calif. Duran is a computer engineering major and squad leader. In ...

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NAVAL ACADEMY BREAKS GROUND ON SEA WALL PROJECT

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

A small ceremony was held Nov. 22, 2022, along the Farragut Field Sea Wall at the United States Naval Academy, breaking ground on the first project to protect against future sea level rise.  The project aims to repair and raise the ...

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NAVAL ACADEMY CLASS OF 2023 OBTAIN CAREER ASSIGNMENTS

  POSTED ON: Friday, November 18, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – More than 1,000 midshipmen in the Class of 2023 received their service assignments yesterday in Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy. Midshipmen may select from 24 different career choices in the U.S. Navy ...

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Featured Firstie: 1/C Benjamin Kwong

  POSTED ON: Friday, November 18, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Today’s Firstie Friday is MIDN 1/C Ben Kwong, a Newport Beach, California native and the 9th Company operations officer. He is a cyber operations major and member of the Navy Club Volleyball team. He is also the vice president of the ...

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NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMAN NAMED RHODES SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

  POSTED ON: Monday, November 14, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Benjamin Kwong, 21, of Newport Beach, California, was recently selected as the United States Naval Academy’s 55th Rhodes Scholar. Over 840 applicants were endorsed by 244 schools ...

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Featured Firstie: 1/C Elise Lindsay

  POSTED ON: Friday, November 11, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Today’s Firstie Friday is MIDN 1/C Elise Lindsay, a platoon commander in 15th Company from Bowie, Maryland. She is the Training Officer for the Diversity Peer Educator Program and a member of the Midshipmen Black Studies Club, ...

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Midshipmen Run Marine Corps Marathon in Honor of Fallen Classmate

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, November 09, 2022 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Around 11,400 participants gathered at the starting line of the 47th Marine Corps Marathon near the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 30. Of those participants, approximately 50 were U.S. Naval ...

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Featured Firstie: 1/C Dane Campbell

  POSTED ON: Friday, November 04, 2022 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Today’s Firstie Friday is MIDN 1/C Dane Campbell from Viera, Florida, a naval architecture major and a platoon commander in 1st Company. November is Native American Heritage Month, and we are proud to highlight members of the Brigade ...

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