2022
Holiday Gate Hours
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. Naval Academy Gate 1 will operate under the following modified hours during the holiday season, Dec. 21 – Jan. 8, 2022. All are welcome to attend Christmas services in the Chapel Dec. 24 and Dec. 25. Gate ...
STATEMENT BY USNA SUPERINTENDENT
The following statement is attributed to U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck: "I want to thank Coach Niumatalolo for his service at the Naval Academy. We're in the business of developing leaders here in Annapolis, and for 25 ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Jacob Lowe
Today’s Firstie Friday is Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Jacob Lowe. He is a platoon commander in 30th Company from Mission Viejo, Calif. Lowe has a twin brother, Cadet Josh Lowe, at West Point. The Lowes were introduced to the service ...
NAVAL ACADEMY CONFIRMS AIR-TO-GROUND SPIRIT MISSION AT ARMY WEST POINT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The United States Naval Academy can confirm that on Dec. 5, 2022, at 11:59 a.m. EST, midshipmen from the Class of 2023 successfully conducted an air-to-ground spirit mission over the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Kaitlyn Burns
Today’s Firstie Friday is Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Kaitlyn Burns from Frederick, Maryland. She is a member of the 12th Company and the Third Battaltion Public Affairs Officer. Burns is a goalkeeper for Navy Women's Soccer and a ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Celeste Duran
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 ...
NAVAL ACADEMY BREAKS GROUND ON SEA WALL PROJECT
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 ...
NAVAL ACADEMY CLASS OF 2023 OBTAIN CAREER ASSIGNMENTS
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 ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Benjamin Kwong
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 ...
NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMAN NAMED RHODES SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
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 ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Elise Lindsay
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, ...
Midshipmen Run Marine Corps Marathon in Honor of Fallen Classmate
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 ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Dane Campbell
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 ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Annabel Powers
Today’s Firstie Friday is the Brigade Dignity and Respect Officer: MIDN 1/C Annabel Powers. Powers is a mechanical engineering major from New Orleans, Louisiana and a member of 12th Company. Powers came to the Naval Academy to ...
Evacuating Saigon
U.S. Naval Academy Hosts 3rd Annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) hosted its 3rd annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference in Mahan Hall, Oct. 4-5. Panelists and guests traveled from ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Mundo Villalva Lijo
Today’s Firstie Friday is MIDN 1/C Mundo Villalva Lijo of 8th Company, from Saint Paul, Minnesota! Lijo is an applied physics major and the president of the Latin American Studies Club. Growing up in a Mexican-American household, Lijo ...
USNA Hosts Cyber Lecture in Alumni Hall
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Nicole Perlroth, a New York Times bestselling author and current member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) advisory board, delivered a lecture on cyber security to midshipmen, ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Joe Phelan
Today’s Firstie Friday is the Diversity Conference Chair, MIDN 1/C Joe Phelan. Phelan is from Cincinnati, Ohio and a platoon commander in 22nd Company. The 3rd Annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference was held this week; Phelan ...
NAVAL ACADEMY ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY GATE HOURS DURING BOAT SHOWS
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Access to the U.S. Naval Academy will be modified during the United States Powerboat and Sailboat Shows scheduled for Oct. 8-9 and 15-16. The events draw significant crowds and movement becomes very restricted in the ...
Midshipman Recognized as Recipient of Distinguished Military Service Award
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month – observed from September 15 to October 15 each year – the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) and the entire Navy and Marine Corps team celebrates the many contributions made ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Faith Brooks
Today’s Firstie Friday is MIDN 1/C Faith Brooks, a member of 20th Company and this semester’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Education (SHAPE) Commander. USNA’s SHAPE program empowers midshipmen to confront ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Lian Dunlevy
Today’s Firstie Friday is the Brigade Executive Officer MIDN 1/C Lian Dunlevy, a member of 15th Company from Morgantown, West Virginia. Dunlevy chose to attend the Naval Academy because he wanted more than just academic development: ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Randy Rodriguez
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, today’s Firstie Friday is MIDN 1/C Randy Rodriguez, a platoon commander in 16th Company. A first-generation Mexican American, Rodriguez hails from Atlanta and lived in Guerrero, Mexico, for two years ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C James Crossfield
This week’s Firstie Friday is a 9th Company squad leader — MIDN 1/C James Crossfield of Philadelphia. Crossfield is a robotics and control engineering major who recently studied abroad in Dubai for a semester. His immersion ...
9/11 Remembrance Events 2022
As we begin the month of September, the U.S. Naval Academy remembers those who lost their lives, those who stepped up to serve, and the countless sacrifices made in the days, months, and years after the attacks of 9/11. Each year the Midshipman ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Kip Frankland
In honor of College Colors Day and tomorrow’s home football opener, today’s Firstie Friday is this year’s Captain of Captains, MIDN 1/C Kip Frankland. Frankland is from Memphis, TN and has two younger siblings. He ...
USNA Welcomes New Brigade Commander ('22)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Each academic semester, a new brigade commander is selected to lead more than 4,400 midshipmen within the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Brigade of Midshipmen. Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Morgan Prigmore has been selected ...
Featured Firstie: 1/C Morgan Prigmore
On Womens Equality Day, the first Firstie Friday of this semester is our Brigade Commander: MIDN 1/C Morgan Prigmore! She is a political science major and a proud member of third company. Prigmore was raised in Elverson, Pennsylvania, and is now ...
2022 Cyber LREC to Israel
Seven midshipmen, ranging from 3/C to 1/C, recently completed a three-week Cyber Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture program (LREC) in Israel. An LREC is a cultural immersion trip, with this one specifically tailored to Israel's culture and ...
Faces of USNA: Angela Bailey
The U.S. Naval Academy welcomed Angela Bailey as the new protocol Advisor to the commandant of midshipmen and social instructor to the Brigade in 2019, but her story with the Naval Academy, its traditions, and its people extends years before her ...
USNA Welcomes International Plebes in Class of 2026
The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) International Programs Office offers a wide variety of services and programs to midshipmen, faculty, and staff, but one particular program they manage is the four-year international midshipman program. According to ...
2022-23 Fall Semester Parade Schedule
The Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen will present formal dress parades on Worden Field this fall semester at the following dates and times: Friday, Sept. 2, at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at 4 ...
NAVAL ACADEMY IDENTIFIES DECEASED MIDSHIPMAN
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 ...
USNA CONFIRMS THE DEATH OF A MIDSHIPMAN
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 ...
CLASS OF 2026 PRESENT PLEBE SUMMER PARADES
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 ...
Into the Storm, Under the Ocean
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) offers many summer internships and programs for midshipmen to take part in each year. One of those internship opportunities is a program called Training and Research in Oceanic and ...
Class of 2026 Induction Day Gate and Shuttle Information
One week until the USNA Class of 2026 is welcomed on the yard! Gate and Shuttle Information for Thursday, June 30: Due to congestion and increased security measures at the entrances to the academy, it is ...
USNA ANNOUNCES INDUCTION AND OATH DAY FOR THE CLASS OF 2026
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The U.S. Naval Academy will welcome approximately 1,200 members of the Class of 2026 when they report for their assigned Induction Day on Thursday, June 30, with an Oath of Office ceremony that evening. Families of the ...
2021 Consumer Confidence Report
In accordance with federal and state drinking water regulations, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis/U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) has prepared the 2021 Annual Drinking Water Quality Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). ...
NAVAL ACADEMY IDENTIFIES DECEASED MIDSHIPMAN
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Taylor Connors, 24, of Pleasant View, Utah, passed away the morning of June 7 in Philadelphia with family at his bedside. The circumstances surrounding his death are currently under ...
USNA CONFIRMS DEATH OF A MIDSHIPMAN ON LEAVE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Naval Academy is deeply saddened to confirm that a midshipman died early this morning while on leave from the Naval Academy. The cause of death is being investigated. The Brigade of Midshipmen, faculty, and staff were ...
USNA Class of 2022 Select Honorary Classmates
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 19, 2022) Each year, graduating U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) midshipmen nominate and select honorary classmates from various backgrounds and professional careers. They will be recognized along with the Class of 2022 during the ...
Class of 2022 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony Press Kit
Virtual Press Kit Class of 2022 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony Timeline Class of 2022 Statistics Commissioning Week Traditions U.S. Naval Academy Fact Sheet Rostrum Seating Chart Naval Academy Alumni Association Press Release: ...
USNA Gifted Recovered Bell From Fabled “Ship of Gold”
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The ship’s bell from SS Central America, the legendary “Ship of Gold” that was led by Cmdr. William Lewis Herndon (1813-1857), was dedicated May 23 at the U.S. Naval Academy during a ...
USNA Capstone Team Develops Mobile Railgun System
Seven U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen spent the last two semesters developing a mobile railgun system as part of their senior capstone project. The capstone project is a year-long design project, and ultimately, the culmination of each ...
Commissioning Week Gate and Shuttle Hours
Commissioning Week Gate and Shuttle Hours *For the complete Commissioning Week schedule, parking information, access information, and other details, visit: https://www.usna.edu/CommissioningWeek/_files/documents/SOEFINALDRAFT.pdf Shuttle Bus ...
An Operations Research Win Over Army and Air Force
On May 2, 2022, twelve 1st Class (senior) midshipmen operations research majors won the 10th annual “Sustainment Innovation Competition,” a tri-service-academy research competition sponsored by the Lockheed Martin Center for ...
USNA Cyber Security Team Wins SANS NetWars Service Academy Cup Championship
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) midshipmen on the USNA Cyber Security Team, John_Pwn_Jones, won the 4th Annual SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) NetWars Academy Services Cup Championship during the SANS Baltimore Spring 2022 ...
Midshipmen and Eagle Scouts Participate in 40-Mile Hike
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - On April 30, the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) chapter of the National Eagle Scout Association participated in a 40-mile hike with Boy Scout Troop 35 from Baltimore. Fifty-seven midshipmen participated in the hike that started at the ...
TWO NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMEN AWARDED KNIGHT-HENNESSY SCHOLARSHIP
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class (senior) William Jarrett, 22, of Gales Ferry, Connecticut, and Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Chase Lee, 22, of Las Vegas, Nevada, were recently named Knight-Hennessy ...
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO SPEAK AT NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATION
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden Jr., is scheduled to address the Naval Academy’s Class of 2022 during the graduation and commissioning ceremony, Friday, May 27, at ...
Winning Wordle with Data Science
The new popular game Wordle has been trending across the globe, but here at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), professors like Joel Esposito have taken to implementing the game into his new data science and artificial intelligence (AI) elective ...
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY TO HOST SPECIAL OLYMPICS
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The U.S. Naval Academy will host the annual Special Olympics Maryland competition from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, on Ingram Track. The event is a collaboration between the Naval Academy Midshipman ...
TWO NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMEN NAMED BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) Anders Gulbrandson, 21, of Orono, Minnesota, and Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) Kara Kniezewski, 21, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, were recently selected as 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholars. This ...
FEMA Administrator Visits USNA Classes
The U.S. Naval Academy’s Political Science Department welcomed Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell as a guest lecturer on April 4, 2022. Criswell spoke to students of the Politics of Homeland ...
PROFESSOR MARIA SCHROEDER IS AWARDED THE 2022 CIVILIAN FACULTY SERVICE AWARD
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Professor Maria Schroeder was recently awarded the Naval Academy 2022 Civilian Faculty Service Excellence Award. Schroeder is the associate director of Midshipman Research (ADMR) at the Naval Academy and a faculty ...
2022 Spring Semester Parade Schedule
The Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen will present four formal dress parades on Worden Field this semester on the Naval Academy grounds at the following dates and times: Friday April 8, at 4 p.m. on Worden Field Friday, April 22, at 4 ...
DEATH OF RETIRED NAVAL ACADEMY MASCOT - BILL 34
The Naval Academy is saddened to report the recent death of retired Navy goat mascot Bill 34. The decision was made to painlessly euthanize Bill 34 earlier this month due to health issues associated with old age; he was 15 years ...
DR. JEANNETTE WING TO DELIVER NAVAL ACADEMY'S ANNUAL MICHELSON LECTURE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Naval Academy’s Computer Science Department invites the public to attend a lecture by Dr. Jeannette Wing, Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in Mahan Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Wing has ...
A Giant Among Giants
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – We stand on the shoulders of giants. Throughout the history of the U.S. Naval Academy there have been many figurative giants who paved the way for future generations of midshipmen. Although a small woman in ...
Naval Academy Preparatory School Names Next Academic Dean
Dr. Alisha Malloy, associate professor of computer information systems at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), has been selected to serve as the sixth academic dean of the United States Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I. Her ...
Midshipmen Participate in Computing Symposium at West Point
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Nine U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen from various computing majors attended the third annual Jean Bartik Computing Symposium (JBCS) at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, Feb. 10-11. The symposium, named ...
Midshipmen Study Abroad in France
During this fall semester 2021 of Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Matthew Pickard and Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) Zachary Bell participated in the semester abroad program at the French Naval Academy (Ecole Navale), in Brittany, France. Their ...
Black History Month
To kick off Black History Month, we are highlighting a few of the Naval Academy's most influential Black leaders, graduates and faculty members. Pictured from left to right: First African American Naval Academy graduate ...