Beginning at 3 a.m. in the early morning darkness, near-constant obstacles and challenges awaited the plebes at each of the ...

Lucian Perkins Don Holcomb was new to the United States Naval Academy, still in the grueling orientation period known as "plebe summer." Sandee Irwin was a midshipman first class—a senior.

All but one midshipman who tested positive for COVID-19 has recovered, the Naval Academy superintendent announced during the ...

Every summer, the US Naval Academy brings in over 1,000 young men and women who will become future officers in the U.S. Navy. But before they get started, they have to endure 6-weeks of Plebe Summer, ...

Grace Hamilton reported Monday to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Kevin Flaherty began his “plebe summer” Thursday at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. But the two recent high ...

1. Survive Plebe Summer and graduate from the United States Naval Academy. 2. Get stationed in Guam and become a beach bum with security clearance. 3. Shoot even-par on 18 holes with my friends.

On June 26th, 2025, USNA Induction Day, will mark the beginning of six challenging weeks of basic midshipman training during Plebe Summer. Approximately 1,200 candidates are selected each year for ...

This story of the trials, tribulations, and joys in the life of a Plebe at "Hell-on-the-Hudson" is told by Cadet T. W. Carrithers, Editor of Notes and Comments, The Pointer especially for the Crimson.

A Navy Plebe Re-Meets His Match Photojournalist Lucian Perkins reunites Naval Academy graduates Sandee Irwin and Don Holcomb, 30 years after his photo captured the new gender dynamics at the ...

was inducted into the Naval Academy Class of 2021 and will begin six weeks of basic midshipman training as part of the Plebe Summer. Approximately 1,200 candidates are selected for the “plebe ...