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Navy At The Olympics: Regine Tugade-Watson (Watson '20) - July 2021
Trailblazing Admiral, Hall of Fame Diver Retires (Bolivar '85) - July 2021
Superintendent Buck '83: USNA thankful for support through COVID-19 - July 2021
McElvenny to compete in Paralympic Games (McElvenny '06) - July 2021
Portrait of Success: Veteran Pays it Forward (Hatcher '92) - July 2021
VADM Kriete Dives into Retirement (Kriete '84) - July 2021
The Carters Celebrate 75 Years of Marriage (Carter '47) - July 2021
The Naval Academy Campaign Concludes at Nearly $540M - July 2021
June WaveTops - June 2021
McGee & USNA Graduates Win Local Regatta (McGee'78; Van Cleve '79; Corwin '83) - June 2021
NASA Announces New Members of Leadership Team (Dalton '02) - June 2021
Cavanaugh '90 Returns to Okinawa to Take Command - June 2021
Two LCSs On Patrol In The Western Pacific (Ogden '98) - June 2021
Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine Announces Vandroff '89 as Shipyard CEO - June 2021
Biden to Nominate Del Toro '83 as Navy Secretary - June 2021
Aquilino '84 Reaffirms Alliance During Visit To South Korea - June 2021
VADM Bill Merz Visits USS Ronald Reagan While At Sea (Merz '86) - June 2021
Poppy Wall: Memorial Day Remembrance - June 2021
Dr. Konita Wilks recognized for service (Wilks '99) - June 2021
Watson's name added to city Wall of Freedom (Watson '19) - June 2021
Navy’s highest ranking Black female officer celebrates strides in diversity and inclusion (Lindsay '92) - June 2021
May WaveTops 2021
Twenty Years Post 9/11 - May 2021
Poppy Wall: Memorial Day Remembrance - May 2021
Class of 2021 Reception Photo Gallery - May 2021
LCDR Kayla Barron '10 Joins NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 Mission - May 2021
Growing Marine Corps base holds change-of-command ceremony (Bopp '96) - May 2021
NAVCENT, U.S. Fifth Fleet Change of Command (Cooper '89) - May 2021
USINDOPACOM Change of Command Ceremony (Davidson '82; Aqulino '84) - May 2021
New Admiral Returns To Jacksonville (McCall '90) - May 2021
Mitchell's Immigrant Experience Captured In President Bush's Book (Mitchell '96) - May 2021
April Wavetops 2021
Mayor Presents Key to Bill Belichick during Army-Navy Lacrosse Game - April 2021
Brigade Art Contest Winners Showcased on Facebook - April 2021
Terwilliger Center for Student-Athletes a ‘spectacular’ showcase of Naval Academy physical mission (Terwilliger ’63; Akerson ’70) - April 2021
Class Of 2024 To Have Livestreamed Herndon Climb - April 2021
Blue Angels, including 'Fat Albert', wow spectators at Lakeland airport (Huckeba '12) - April 2021
Japanese Emperor Honors Davidson '82 With Top Honor - April 2021
Aspiring Navy Sailors use STEM educations for ocean project (Woods '00) - April 2021
March/April Wavetops 2021
Ferguson ’78 to Relieve Locklear ’77 as Alumni Association Board Chair - April 2021
Delivering Air Cargo During Pandemic Has Been No Small Feat (Rhoads '99) - March 2021
From Marine Corps Officer to Army Reserve Nurse (Nagle '05) - March 2021
DC Mayor Appoints Hardebeck '87 as Director of Broadband and Digital Equity - March 2021
In Memoriam: VADM Edward Waller '49, USN (Ret.) - March 2021
Williamsburg runner sets record at Jamestown 5K (Spector '11) - March 2021
SUFLANT Changes Command (McLane '90; Cooper '89) - March 2021
A Salute To The USS Nimitz’s 11-Month Tour (Kirk '90) - March 2021
Crop Ecophysiology student earns NAAPN award (Hein '10) - March 2021
USNA taught value of serving those you lead (Mowins '79) - March 2021
February WaveTops 2021
U.S. Navy Ship Visits Sudan In Show Of Partnership (Okata '96) - February 2021
CNO and Midshipmen Celebrate Black History Month (Gilday '85) - February 2021
CDR MacCumbee’s Engineering Base is Foundation for Success (MacCumbee '04) - February 2021
Volunteer effort rescues sea turtles in Corpus Christi (Jason '97) - February 2021
Elk Grove Native Earns Black Engineer of the Year Award (Rothchild '09) - February 2021
Dr. J. Phillip “Jack” London Posthumously Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award (London '59) - February 2021
NASCAR Driver Jesse Iwuji Races to the Top (Iwuji '10) - February 2021
Generations – Preble Hall Podcast (Linday '92; Barber '21) - February 2021
An American Idol – Looking Back on Roger Staubach’s Life (Staubach '65) - February 2021
USNA Class of 2021 Select First Ships - February 2021
Former USNA Athletes Hope to Walk on the Moon (Mann '99; Barron '10) - February 2021
January WaveTops 2021
Naval Academy Awarded DoD University Research Equipment Grant - January 2021
Challenger Astronaut Remembered at Airport which Bears His Name (Smith '67) - January 2021
In Memoriam: Distinguished Graduate Admiral Ronald J. Hays ’50, USN (Ret.) - January 2021
Mann '99 Talks Moon Mission, Challenging Barriers to Diversity - January 2021
In Memoriam: Distinguished Graduate Dr. Jack London ’59 - January 2021
USNA names Marine artillery officer as next commandant of midshipmen (McDonough III '94) - January 2021
Airborne Strategic Command, Control, Communications Program Welcomes New Commander (Coleman '95; Scott '95) - January 2021
SECNAV Unveils Names Of U.S. Naval Vessels (Braithwaite '84) - January 2021
CNO Announces 10-Year Plan To Compete Against Russia, China (Gilday '85) - January 2021
For SWOs, It’s All About Command (Huscher ’06) - January 2021
Don't give up the ship: CDR Squires' '75 battle with COVID-19 - January 2021
2021 Gerald R. Ford Award: David Robinson (Robinson '87) - January 2021
Brigade Commander on Goals for Naval Academy (Barber '21) - January 2021
We Who Love History Need to Bring It Alive (Braithwaite '84) - January 2021
Niceville native earns his wings (McWilliams '18) - January 2021
Pearl Harbor Submarine Crews Get COVID-19 Vaccine (Braithwaite '84) - January 2021
December WaveTops 2020
El Paso Twins Make National News at Army-Navy (Esqueda '24) - December 2020
MIDN O'Loane '21 Awarded Marshall Scholarship - December 2020
Naval Academy Participates in RATE Study (Buck' 83) - December 2020
Football Uniforms For The Army Game Celebrate The 175th Anniversary - December 2020
Remembering Pearl Harbor - December 2020
NJ Firstie chosen for Rhodes Scholarship (Usadi '21) - December 2020
November Wavetops 2020
Midshipmen Receive Service Assignments - November 2020
First Black Female Brigade Commander 16th Female Selected (Barber '21) - November 2020
Naval Academy Cyber Operations Awarded NSA Designation - November 2020
Veteran's Day: A History - November 2020
Task Force 70 Conducts Change of Command (Pennington ’89) - November 2020
October Wavetops 2020
Graduate makes American Dream possible for those in need (Plank '69) - October 2020
SECNAV Visits Palau (Braithwaite '84) - October 2020
NAVFAC Washington Selects Military Engineer of the Year (Dill '05) - October 2020
Navy Kicks Off Naval Sustainment System Supply (Lescher '80) - October 2020
Nimitz Connects With Space Station (Cassidy '93; Thomas '97) - October 2020
Hopper Hall, New Cyber Building, Officially Opens (Lahti ’89) - October 2020
Kathryn Hire is Mobile Bay Area Patriot of the Year (Hire '81) - October 2020
Navy Announces Plans For New Museum In Washington (Cox '80) - October 2020
CNO Demands Network Linking All Ships (Gilday '85) - October 2020
SECNAV Names Attack Boat After WWII USS Barb, DDG For Former SECNAV Lehman (Braithwaite '84) - October 2020
CNO Asks For Moment Of Silence In Honor Of USS Cole 20th Anniversary (Gilday '85) - October 2020
Story of First Black Female Plebe at USNA (Mines '80) - October 2020
In Memoriam: ADM Carlisle A.H. Trost ’53, USN (Ret.) - October 2020
USS Ronald Reagan Changes Commanders (Goldhammer '93) - October 2020
Meet NAS Patuxent River’s new executive officer (Kingsley ’96) - October 2020
September Wavetops 2020
Space Force May Be Possible For USNA Graduates (Garas '01) - September 2020
USNA RELEASES UPDATED FALL SEMESTER SCHEDULE - September 2020
Navy Commissions Destroyer Delbert D. Black (Braithwaite '84) - September 2020
Story of the USS KIDD - September 2020
EMALS tech. will help Navy accomplish mission (Crenshaw ’74) - September 2020
USNA Climbs U.S. News & World Report Rankings in 2021 - September 2020
Stockdale Leadership Award Recipients Announced (Wiley ’00; Geary ’00) - September 2020
Sacrifice For Peace: WWII Tribute (Lescher '80) - September 2020
Brigade will not attend Navy Football Home Opener - September 2020
At Military Academies, COVID-19 Is The Enemy To Be Defeated - September 2020
Navy Announces 3 Flag Assignments (Green '86; Wade '90) - August 2020
Artificial Intelligence Is the Next Top Gun (Stavridis '76) - August 2020
Capt. Moore Commanding Officer at NAS Meridian (Moore '97) - August 2020
August Wavetops 2020
Repairing USS Bonhomme Richard May Take Years (Hage '81) - August 2020
NAVSEC Visits New England Sub Building Sites (Braithwaite '84) - August 2020
USNA, St. Johns In Talks Over Midshipmen Housing (Garas '01) - August 2020
The Japanese Surrender: A Sailor’s Perspective (Stavridis '76) - August 2020
CNO On Connecting Tech, Recovering From Accidents (Gilday '85) - August 2020
3rd Fleet to Lead USS Bonhomme Richard Fire Investigation (Aquilino '84; Byrne '93) - August 2020
USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Makes Stops in Naples (Black '86) - August 2020
Class of 2022 Parents' Weekend postponed indefinitely - August 2020
Littoral Combat Ship USS St. Louis Commissioning Ceremony (Braithwaite '84; Faller '83; Hagan '03) - August 2020
Midshipmen Will Return for Hybrid Learning Plan (Garas '01; Buck '83) - August 2020
Naval Academy’s ‘Plebe Summer’ Looks A Bit Different This Year (Buck '83) - August 2020
Those Who Battled Bonhomme Richard Blaze Risked All To Save Ship (Braithwaite '84) - August 2020
VADM Brown Retires (Brown '85) - August 2020
Captain Of The Navy's 6th Fleet Flagship Pulls Security Duty (Pollard '96) - August 2020
Congress Awards Its Highest Honor To WWII Crew Of USS Indianapolis (Braithwaite '84; Toti '79) - August 2020
The Blue Angels Just Got Their 1st Super Hornet Jet In Aircraft Upgrade (Weisser '00) - August 2020
July Wavetops 2020
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT (Swegle '17) - July 2020
How A U.S. Navy Base In The Gulf Tackles Coronavirus (Smith '97) - July 2020
USS Eisenhower, Carrier Strike Group Head To Mediterranean Sea (Estes '95) - July 2020
How The Defense Department Is Reorganizing For Information Warfare (Gilday '85) - July 2020
Carrier Strike Groups Combining COMPTUEXes With Deployments (Kirk '90) - July 2020
Head Of U.S. Southern Command Weighs In On Regional Threats (Faller '83) - July 2020
USS Bonhomme Richard Updates (Gilday '85) - July 2020
Bonhomme Richard Is “Survivable,” (Gilday '85; Sobeck '91) - July 2020
U.S. Destroyer Conducts Second Freedom Of Navigation Operation Off Venezuela In A Month (Gabrielson '89) - July 2020
Bonhomme Richard Is “Survivable,” (Gilday '85; Sobeck '91) - July 2020
USS Detroit Completes Counter-Narcotics Deployment (Mack '00; Rossum '17; Gabrielson '89) - July 2020
Midshipmen To Return To USNA This Month (Garas '01; Buck '83) - July 2020
Fire On Navy Ship In San Diego Injures 21 People (Sobeck '91) - July 2020
Meet The Navy's First Female African American Tactical Jet Pilot (Swegle '17) - July 2020
Navy's New PRT Plank Event (Nowell '84; Richardson '82) - July 2020
USS Bunker Hill, USS Russell Return To San Diego (Thompson ’97) - July 2020
VADM Burkhalter Jr. '51 dies at 91 - July 2020
The U.S. Navy Shakes Up The Carrier Ford Program After Latest Setback (Metcalf '94) - July 2020
Navy Needs To Act More Quickly On Diversity And Inclusion, Personnel Chief Says (Nowell '84) - July 2020
June WaveTops 2020
Different but challenging: Naval Academy prepares for Induction Day and Plebe Summer - June 2020
Navy Pilots Finding A Way To Fly Through Pandemic (Meier '86) - June 2020
Sailors, Marines And Civilians Recognized For Response To Pensacola Shooting (Cozad '85; Nowell '84) - June 2020
Our Core Values: Special Committee - June 2020
VADM Tom Moore Retires After 39 Years (Galinis '83; Moore '81) - June 2020
USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Nimitz Launch Dual-Carrier Flight Drills In Philippine Sea (Kirk '90) - June 2020
Naval Academy Commandant Uses Instagram to connect with Midshipmen - June 2020
SECNAV Pledges Support for Navy History Museum (Braithwaite '84; Cox '80) - June 2020
Plebes Finish Sea Trials Virtually - June 2020
A Message from ADM Samuel Locklear III ’77, USN (Ret.) - June 2020
NAVYCON Comes To Annapolis Coronavirus Style (Barron '10) - June 2020
2020 Navy-Notre Dame Football Game Will Not Be Played in Ireland - June 2020
Braithwaite Sworn In As Secretary Of The Navy (Braithwaite ’84) - June 2020
New Cyber Office Will Unify NAVSEA's Digital Efforts (Moore' 81 ; Richardson '82; Gilday '85) - June 2020
SECDEF Esper Tells USNA Grads Next Generation Fleet on the Way - May 2020
Reflection On Memorial Day (Gilday '85) - May 2020
Naval Academy Holds its First-Ever Virtual Graduation Event - May 2020
11 Naval Academy Varsity Sports Programs Receive NCAA APR Public Recognition - May 2020
Navy Grad On The Front Lines Of Coronavirus At Anne Arundel Medical Center (Bailey '91) - May 2020
Some Marines Stuck Abroad May Return Home Soon Following COVID-19 Deployment Disruption (Rankine-Galloway ’05) - May 2020
CNO Message to the Fleet (Gilday '85) - May 2020
TRIBUTE TO THE CLASS OF 2020 - May 2020
Spotlight: Application to I-Day - April 2020