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Upon graduation from college (1955) he enlisted in the Navy as a naval aviation cadet at the U.S. Naval School of Preflight with class 19-55. Upon completing Preflight, he became an ensign, USNR-R. He received his flight training with CNABATRA in the Pensacola Naval complex, making his initial carrier qualification on the USS Saipan (CVL-48) in ...
McClung was the first female Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War, and first female graduate in the history of the Naval Academy to be killed in action. Shortly after his death, he was honored with a star on the CIA Memorial Wall, which remembers CIA employees who died while in service. Although Zembiec's star officially ...
The 2024 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by Brian Newberry in his second year as the head coach.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcome Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, all prisoners freed by Russia, as they arrive on Aug. 1, 2024, at Joint Base Andrews ...
Name Class year Notability References William Harwar Parker: 1848 Naval Academy Instructor and Professor of Mathematics, Navigation and Astronomy (1853–1857); served with the Virginia State Navy during the American Civil War, then the Confederacy and Confederate States Naval Academy by serving as its Superintendent from October 1863 on the school ship CSS Patrick Henry, located outside of ...
To be buried at the United States Naval Academy Columbarium an individual must be a Naval Academy graduate: 1. Those eligible for burial in the Naval Academy Cemetery are: Officers, Midshipmen, and enlisted personnel of the Navy or Marine Corps on active duty at the Naval Academy; Naval Station, Annapolis; or the Naval Health Clinic, Annapolis.
Frederick William Kacher [1] (born 1968) [2] is a United States Navy vice admiral who has served as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet since February 15, 2024. He most recently served as the acting superintendent of the United States Naval Academy [3] from August 2023 to January 2024.
The hall has two exterior, landscaped memorial plazas donated by the classes of 1942, '58 and '59. Mounted on the interior wall facing the building's mail entrance are three large mural-sized paintings donated by the class of 1961. The work of the prominent marine artist Tom Freeman, who created and executed the paintings under a commission from the class, they depict the major fighting arms ...