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Author: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle Goldberg, Defense Media Activity

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Life After Serving

Nov. 9, 2017

One Navy Team

Partnerships

In 1811, facing a generation of aging Revolutionary War veterans, the nation made a promise. It promised to care for them, seeing to their medical needs. It fulfilled that promise with first the U.S. Naval Asylum in Philadelphia in 1834, then the U.S. Military Asylum in Washington, D.C., in 1851.

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Midshipmen Qualify on Small Arms

Aug. 25, 2017

Training

Restore Readiness

"Load! Make ready! Fire!" - These are the commands given to the new U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen during Plebe Summer at the small arms qualification course. Marksmanship training, like every challenge a midshipman faces, is overcome one step at a time.