United States Naval Academy News

The Baltimore Sun published a feature yesterday about the United States Naval Academy's attempts to cope with the repeal of DADT.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday defended the Obama administration's plans to wind down the more than decade-long war in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is on "the right track." For the first time, gay students at the nation's major military academies have been able to openly participate in major school events, now that "don't ask, don't tell" ... (more)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Gay students at America's military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexual orientation, benefiting from the end of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that used to bar them from seemingly ordinary activities like taking their partners openly to graduation events.

What's hotter than a pile of greasy Turkish oil wrestlers? A pile of greasy Naval Academy "Plebes" of course! As Advocate.com reported earlier this week, each U.S. Naval Academy freshman class proceed to climb a campus monument covered with lard to retrieve a Plebian Sailor's hat and replace it with an officer's hat.

Chiawana's C.J. Edrington is attending The U.S. Military Academy at West Point after graduating as the Riverhawks' salutatorian.

Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, a descendant of Virginia slaves who endured racial taunts and merciless hazing to become the first black midshipman to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949, died May 22 at the Springhouse assisted living center in Silver Spring, Md.

For those who will not be attending the event, the 2012 Graduation and Commissioning ceremony can be viewed live on www.PentagonChannel.mil . Determination of graduation site will be made early Tuesday morning and will be posted on the USNA web site or can be obtained by calling A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 410-293-1000A A A A A ... (more)

If graduates will merge the best of their minds with the best of their hearts, then they will create and live the best of times, Yvonne W. Brandon, superintendent of Richmond Public Schools, told the Randolph-Macon College class of 2012 during commencement this morning.

President Barack Obama plans to deliver the commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy, his fourth service academy graduation speech in four years.

Here's what's typically called a "Black History" itemA that I ran across in today's New York Times:A It's about Wesley Brown , the first black graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1949.

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.

The first black midshipman to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy died Tuesday in an assisted living center in Silver Spring, Maryland, the Washington Post reported Friday.

Andrew Conn, who joined the Clover High School Air Force Junior ROTC in his freshman year, received an invitation to attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on a full scholarship valued at more than $250,000. "This is the first time in our 17-year history that a cadet from our school has been accepted into the Naval Academy," said ... (more)

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.

This will be an extremely short diary, but I just wanted to share something amazing I read in the NY Times this morning.

The governing board of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation today announced the appointment of one of its members, Frederick D. McClure, to succeed Ambassador Roman Popadiuk who is retiring as executive director after 13 years of service.

The climb is made extra challenging by greasing the 21-foot monument with about 50 pounds of lard.

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.

Singleton, 27, overcame incredible odds and family hardships to become a college football player at the U.S. Naval Academy, even being profiled for his perseverance in Sports Illustrated.

I met Joseph Corcoran this afternoon at his art space on the 9th floor of Artomatic.