The U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2028 successfully completed the Herndon Monument Climb on Wednesday morning, marking the end of their Plebe Year. The climb, a storied tradition, took 2 hours and ...

The Naval Academy Class of 2028 completed the annual Herndon monument climb in a time of 2:27:31 and are “Plebes no more!”. Midshipman 4/C Aug.us Russo, 20, from 20th Company, removes the ...

US Naval Academy ritual Herndon Monument Climb leaves Class of 2027 plebes covered in Crisco as their instructors take to them with the water ... many shirtless and clad in Navy-issued shorts, ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — The U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen in the Class of 2028 took part in a longstanding tradition on Wednesday morning. The class worked together to climb a greased Herndon ...

Watch as members of the US Naval Academy’s first year class attempt to scale a 21ft-tall greased obelisk in Annapolis, Maryland, in an annual test of ingenuity, perseverance, and ability to work ...

The Herndon Monument was erected in 1860 in memory of Commander William Lewis Herndon, who went down with his ship, the steamer Central America, in a storm off coast of North Carolina in 1857.

Watch the moment members of the US Naval Academy's first-year class complete the annual greased climb in Annapolis, Maryland. Every year, freshmen - known as “plebes” - form a human pyramid to attempt ...