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Class of 1978 Zoom Annual Meeting – Feb 23

Classmates, This is a reminder that we have our very first Class Annual Meeting via zoom call this Sunday, February 23, at 5 PM EST/4 PM CST/ 2PM PST. In …

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Posted byMatthew EliasFebruary 17, 2025

DGA Ceremony Date Being Rescheduled to Later in the Spring

Classmates, The Alumni Association’s The Daily Shipmate announced this morning that the Distinguished Graduate Awards ceremony scheduled for March 21, 2025, is being rescheduled to a later date to be …

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Posted byMatthew EliasFebruary 13, 2025

Update from the Class Gift Committee

Classmates, The Class Gift Committee has been hard at work for over a year now on the fundraising effort for the Class of 1978 Endowment Fund as our Class Gift.  …

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Posted byMatthew EliasFebruary 12, 2025February 13, 2025

United States Naval Academy Announces DEI Offices Will Close

by Margaret Flavin Feb. 7, 2025 4:45 pm160 Comments The United States Naval Academy (USNA) has announced the closure of the institution’s DEI offices to fall in line with President Donald Trump’s …

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Posted byMatthew EliasFebruary 7, 2025February 8, 2025

USNA Class of 1978 First Annual Virtual Class Meeting

Classmates, The Class of 1978 is having its first annual virtual meeting on February 23, 2025, at 5 PM EST/4 PM CST/ 2PM PST. In the past, we only held …

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Posted byMatthew EliasJanuary 20, 2025

2024 Army-Navy Football Game Tease | CBS Sports

Posted byMatthew EliasDecember 14, 2024

Navy Sings Second!

Posted byMatthew EliasDecember 14, 2024December 15, 2024

Inside Army-Navy: A day in the life of students at the service academies

Inside Army-Navy: A day in the life of students at the service academies THE STEEP CLIMB up Stony Lonesome Road is harrowing, even for the fittest of Army’s football players. When …

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Posted byMatthew EliasDecember 11, 2024December 12, 2024

Army-Navy Game 2024: CBS Sports will broadcast ‘America’s Game’ for next 10 years

Navy Midshipmen stand on the field before the 2023 Army-Navy Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson) By Bill Wagner | bwagner@capgaznews.com PUBLISHED: December 9, 2024 at 10:24 …

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Posted byMatthew EliasDecember 9, 2024

2024 Archie Griffin and Terry O’Brien Memorial Leadership Awards

Classmates, On December 3, 2024, the CO of the USS Porter, CDR Cameron Burnette, held an awards ceremony to announce the winners of this year’s Archie Griffin and Terry O’Brien …

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Posted byMatthew EliasDecember 6, 2024May 9, 2025

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