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January 2023

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Vietnam POWs Pass on Wisdom to USNA Audience

  POSTED ON: Monday, January 30, 2023 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The U.S. Naval Academy held its first Forrestal Lecture of the new year in Alumni Hall, Jan. 23. The guest speakers on the panel included retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Bob Shumaker (USNA ’56), Capt. Charlie ...

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Featured Firstie: 1/C Moses Tauteoli

  POSTED ON: Friday, January 27, 2023 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Today’s Firstie Friday is Midshipman 1/C (senior) Moses Tauteoli from Holladay, Utah. He is the former executive officer and a current squad leader of 1st Company. Tauteoli is a computer science major and an active member of Latter-day ...

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Featured Firstie: 1/C Peyton Smith

  POSTED ON: Friday, January 20, 2023 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Today’s Firstie Friday is Midshipman 1/C (senior) Peyton Smith from Canton, Ohio. A proud member of the 24th Company, she currently serves as the Battalion Commander for Fifth Battalion. Smith is a dual major in mathematics with ...

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Featured Firstie: 1/C Kelly Hughes

  POSTED ON: Friday, January 13, 2023 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Our first Firstie Friday of the spring semester features Midshipman 1/C (senior) Kelly Hughes. She is a member of 1st Company and from Yarmouth, Maine.  Hughes, a chemistry major, is on the Navy Women's Hockey Team, the Vice President ...

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USNA Welcomes Spring 2023 Brigade Commander

  POSTED ON: Thursday, January 12, 2023 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sarah Thielen

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) Michael Castellanos, ...

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ASTROPHYSICS MIDSHIPMAN PRESENTS RESEARCH AT AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

  POSTED ON: Thursday, January 12, 2023 by mediarelations@usna.edu

Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Kara Kniezewski, 22, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, presented her research of solar flare rain at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle on Tuesday, Jan. 10. With assistance from Dr. ...

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NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMAN NAMED CHURCHILL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 by mediarelations@usna.edu

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Anders Gulbrandson, 22, of Orono, Minnesota, was recently selected as a Churchill Scholar. This year, over 119 candidates from 77 participating institutions ...

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Spring 2023 Parade Schedule

  POSTED ON: Wednesday, January 04, 2023 by mediarelations@usna.edu

The Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen will present formal dress parades on Worden Field this spring semester at the following dates and times: Friday, April 14, at 4 p.m.  Friday, April 21, at 4 p.m.  Friday, April 28, at 4 ...

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