The culmination of a midshipmen’s academic career at the U.S. Naval Academy — graduation and commissioning —  comes with ...

The front says ‘Class of 2025’ and on the back is their class crest. At the top, a bald eagle spans its wings. The words ...

A sky show unlike any other comes to Annapolis, Maryland, this week as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels honor the 2025 Naval Academy ...

A lard-covered obelisk is more than a slippery slope for U.S. Naval Academy plebes, who view it as a rite of passage that changes them into midshipmen.

A lard-covered obelisk is more than a slippery slope for U.S. Naval Academy plebes, who view it as a rite of passage that ...

The doors are wide open, and the muted humming of a machine can be heard as dozens of cases of Woodford Reserve Bourbon are engraved with the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 2025 crest.

The Herndon Climb, an annual tradition for plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy, is complete, marking a major milestone for the Class of 2028.

The climb coincides with the roughly 14-hour-long Sea Trials and is the true culminating event of their plebe year, the ...