Naval Academy News

It is a first for the United States Naval Academy. Among its 1,100 graduates will be a young man whose life changed forever when a tree fell on top of him.

Broadneck High School A graduate Irvin Pajarillo has made a name for himself at the Naval Academy and the dance floor as a breakdancer , The Capital reports.

With Osama bin Laden dead , the war in Iraq over and the war in Afghanistan winding down, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the Naval Academy 's graduating midshipmen Tuesday that they must be prepared for unforeseen challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

It is a first for the United States Naval Academy. Among its 1,100 graduates will be a young man whose life changed forever when a tree fell on top of him.

When his roommate at the Naval Academy said jokingly last year that Andrew Atwill was a homosexual, the midshipman told him to cut it out.

A midshipman set to become the first paraplegic to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy will do so alongside the friends who saved his life.

Lifetime Mint Hill residents Alton and Kathy Grayson are proud grandparents of a newly accepted Naval cadet.A Reid Grayson, son of Brent and Rebecca Grayson, will attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland this fall on a soccer scholarship.

Cadet Javarri Beachum is going to Annapolis. The Port St Joe Junior/Senior High School junior has been selected to attend the prestigious U. S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar from June 2-7. This seminar is a fast-paced, six-day experience for high achievers who have completed their junior year in high school.

William Carr was sentenced today to life in prison plus 25 years for first-degree murder, armed robbery, two counts of using a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Editor's Note: The following is a statement from Naval Academy Superintendent Michael Miller on the recent death of Wesley Brown, the school's first African-American graduate.

Age: 18 Town: Nanuet School: Senior at Albertus Magnus February 2012, will be remembered as the month that shaped this senior's future.

MAY 22: Annapolis Naval Academy freshmen make a human wall to climb the Herndon Monument which is covered with lard, on May 22, 2012 in Annapolis, Maryland.

On Wednesday, the Naval Academy is starting Commissioning Week, which honors graduating midshipmen.

Students who are closing out their first year at the U.S. Naval Academy are set to make the traditional climb up the Herndon Monument.

When his roommate at the Naval Academy joked last year that Andrew Atwill was a homosexual, the midshipman told him to cut it out.

As part of National Bike Month , Annapolis bicyclists showed their solidarity at City Dock on Friday.

Glen Burnie resident Dan Dawson, a senior at Rockbridge Academy in Millersville, recently won $1,400 in scholarship money from the Rotary Club of Annapolis.

On an intermittently rainy morning, a group of Naval Academy plebes can be seen dragging their weary bodies through freshly dug, muddy trenches covered with barbed wire.

It could be the biggest real estate deal in the Mid-Atlantic in decades. A local CEO lists his Severn River-front home for $32 million.

Loving High School senior Cody Stell set lofty goals for himself at a very young age, and the list goes like this: Excel academically and at sports, participate in extra-curricular activities, earn a pilot's license and go to the Naval Academy.