Blaming the summer’s heat, the U.S. ambassador lopped off a bit of facial hair that had reminded some of brutal colonial Japan. By Tiffany May July 27, 2020, 7:22 a.m. ET The …
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Classmates, It is with heavy heart that I must announce the unexpected loss of our classmate, Kevin Carmody (15th CO), due to complications related to COVD-19. Here is a link to …
From Facebook July 24, 2020: Congratulations on your retirement after 32 years with American!!! More pics from Dave’s last flight on his profile page
From Vince Balderrama: It is with great sadness that I report that on Sunday, Grinch lost the love of his life and his wife of 40 years, Kathy. I have …
Of all of our classmates accomplishments and there are a lot of them, one of the coolest might be that Alex Hnarakis (13th Co.) was the subject of the article …
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Seven articles written by Sam Tangredi (17th Co.) have been added to the Professional Writings page. Sam has authored over 100 articles so we are just getting started on him. …
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Fleet-force planning has been seized by a Joint Staff and Defense Secretary who put budget-slicing before strategy. A recent report that the Office of the Secretary of Defense has “taken over” planning …
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In the June 2020 Shipmate, the Class of 1951 column had a paragraph and the picture of the banner above of their classmate Clyde Welch being immortalized on the Coronado, …
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By Admiral Cecil D. Haney ’78, USN (Ret.) Our world is in a bit of chaos – COVID-19, unemployment, uncertainty with respect to the economy and strategic competition with China …
The Naval Academy will receive the incoming class over a four-day period, Jun. 29 – Jul. 2, 2020 in order to take the necessary, precautionary steps to safely induct and …
