USNA Alumni Association & FOundation ARCHIVED News
Senate Confirms New Leaders For Naval Forces Europe, Naval Intel, 5th & 2nd Fleets (Galinis '83; Moore '81; Foggo '81; Richardson '82) - April 2020
USNS Comfort Treats First Patients In New York (O’Brien ’93) - April 2020
March Wavetops - March 2020
USNS Comfort Will Depart for New York on Saturday with Trump, Modly in Attendance (Modly '83, USN) - March 2020
Navy Is Hardest-Hit Military Service In Coronavirus Outbreak (Modly '83, USN) - March 2020
DoD, Navy Trying to Keep Defense Industrial Base – and Workers – Healthy During COVID Pandemic (Moore ’81, USN; Gilday ’85, USN; Modly ’83, USN) - March 2020
Retired Captain Brings Navy’s Worst Sub Disaster Back To The Surface (Bryant '71, USN) - March 2020
NAVSEA Considering Changing Pricing Of Ship Maintenance Awards (Moore '81, USN; Gilday '85, USN) - February 2020
PACFLEET Commander: RIMPAC 2020 Will Be More Complex, Feature More Countries (Aquilino '84, USN) - February 2020
The U.S. Navy’s Top Officer Declares Support For Basing 6 Destroyers In Spain (Gilday '85, USN) - March 2020
Navy to Make Modest Personnel Contribution to Space Force, New Space Designator Likely (Brown '86, USN) - March 2020
USS Theodore Roosevelt Arrives In Vietnam, Becoming Second US Carrier To Visit Since The 1970s (Aquilino '84, USN) - March 2020
Hide And Seek At The Bottom Of The Sea: Navy Minesweepers Visit Juneau (Laney '00) - March 2020
SECNAV Modly '83, USN Says Nation Needs Larger, Distributed Fleet of 390 Hulls - March 2020
February WaveTops - February 2020
Navy & Marines Caught By Surprise By Esper’s Budget Cuts (Modly '83, USN; Gilday '85, USN) - February 2020
CENTCOM Limits Troop Travel In Middle East Due To Coronavirus Fears (Urban '97, USN) - February 2020
Navy's Malcom Perry sees path to the pros, and it could be with NY Giants (Perry '20) - February 2020
SECDEF Esper Talks About Delay Of New 355-Ship Fleet Outlook (Modly '83, USN; Gilday '85, USN) - February 2020
The Navy Has Installed The First Drone-Stopping Laser On A Destroyer (Pennington ’89, USN) - February 2020
USS Delbert D. Black Completes Builder’s Trials (Miller '96, USN) - February 2020
Digital Modernization Among the Money Savers That Could Help Navy Reach 355 Ships, Modly Says (Modly '83, USN) - February 2020
Midshipman Dies After Being Found Unresponsive at Naval Academy - February 2020
Opening of Cyber Foundry (White '87; Glavy '86; Gilday '85; Casey '97) - February 2020
Acting SECNAV Kicks Off Navy ‘Night Court’ Cost Savings Drive With Aim To Save $40 Billion (Modly '83) - February 2020
Admiral James Foggo '81, USN Awarded The Title Of 'Commendatore' Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic - February 2020
Midshipman Duke Carrillo '22 Memorialized, Buried At The Naval Academy Cemetery - February 2020
Navy Experiment: Can A Drone Ship Help Guard Naval Station Norfolk From Attackers? (Ashliman Jr. ’90) - February 2020
USMC to Shift Acquisition Strategies, Training for China Rivalry, Commandant Says (Perez '80) - February 2020
U.S. Admiral Hopes Philippine Security Pact Can Still Be Saved (Davidson '82) - February 2020
Dreamhack, ESL North America Announce Partnership With U.S. Navy (McLane '90) - February 2020
As China Expands Navy, US Stockpiles Missiles (Harris '78, Willard '73) - February 2020
Naval Academy Mourns the Death of Midshipman 3rd Class Duke Carrillo - February 2020
U.S. Navy Looks To Hire Thousands More Sailors As Service Finds Itself 9,000 Sailors Short At Sea (Nowell Jr. ’84, USN; Brown ’85, USN) - February 2020
In Memoriam: Roger E. Tetrault '63 - February 2020
USS Gerald R. Ford Completes, Passes Aircraft Compatibility Testing, Navy Says (Akacem '99) - February 2020
U.S. 7th Fleet's Command Ship Visits Busan (Merz ’86, USN) - February 2020
2nd Fleet Flexes Expeditionary Command and Control (Lewis '85) - February 2020
Naval Academy Adds Cadence Push-Ups, Planks to Fitness Test (Smotherman '88; Wright '01) - February 2020
USNA Grad Named USMC Female Athlete of 2019 (Herren '12) - February 2020
Sailors Work To Bring The USS Ford To Life (Akacem '99; Modly '83) - February 2020
USNA Grads Among Pilots in Super Bowl Flyover (Kitts '01; Bowens '99; Billings '10) - February 2020
January WaveTops - January 2020
Ship Selection 2020 - January 2020
Future of U.S. Carrier Fleet Key Issue as New Force Structure Moves Through Pentagon (Modly '83; Rowden '82) - January 2020
Governor Hogan Commemorates 175th Anniversary of the Naval Academy: (Buck ’83; Buchanan ’92) - January 2020
2020 Distinguished Graduates Announcement - January 2020
USNA Grad Paul Hudson '99 Killed In Tanker Crash Battling Austrailian Wildfires - January 2020
Toledo native takes over command of Navy submarine squadron (Majewski '96) - January 2020
Nimitz At Sea: Getting A New Crew Of Sailors Deployment Ready (Clark ’92) - January 2020
A Message from Bill the Goat - #GoNavyThankEveryone
Interview with Acting Secretary Thomas Modly '83 - January 2020
Navy Authorizes New Black Leather Jacket for Surface Warfare Officers (Nowell ’84; Brown ’85) - January 2020
In Memoriam: ADM Sylvester “Bob” Foley Jr. ’50, USN (Ret.) - January 2020
NASA's Astronuant Candidate with Ties to Naval Academy to Graduate with Eye on Artemis Missions (Barron '10) - January 2020
Leyte Gulf Returns to Norfolk After Nine Months Deployed (Musser ’96; Wade ’90) - January 2019
Three Navy Sisters Deploy in U.S. 5th - January 2020
Navy Victory Over Kansas State in Liberty Bowl - January 2020
Top Stories 2019: Navy and Pentagon Leadership (Richardson '82; Moran '81; Gilday '85; Modly '83; Braithwaite '84) - January 2020
USNA Grad will Complete NASA Training in January (Barron '10) - December 2019
Sailors Killed as NAS Pensacola Posthomously Awarded Wings of Gold (Watson '19) - December 2019
USNA Grad ENS Joshua Watson '19 killed in Pensacola Shooting - December 2019
Naval Academy Midshipman Awarded Marshall Scholarship (Hoffman '20) - December 2019
CDR Matthew Horton '02 Takes Command of U.S. Navy Submarine - December 2019
Grad Named 2020 TEXAN OF THE YEAR (Duke '57) – December 2019
In Memoriam: ADM James Holloway III, '43, USN (Ret.) - November 2019
Royal Navy carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth anchors off Annapolis for conference - November 2019
Wasp Returns to Norfolk, Completes Homeport Shift (Mustin '90) - November 2019
Esper Opens Door for Military Academy Athletes to Delay Service, Go Pro (Reynolds ’16; Song ’19) - November 2019
'Extraordinary and remarkable legacy’: Naval Academy graduates discuss life as NASA astronauts - November 2019
Navy Undersecretary Modly Touts E4S Education Initiative During Forum - November 2019
Navy Veterans Enjoy Sharing Memories at Reunion in Brusly (Holland ’61; Bres ’51) - November 2019
US Admiral: What Veterans Day is all about (Gilday '85) - November 2019
Latest Mobile-Made Navy Ship Christened - November 2019
Veterans, Neighbors and Students Clean Up Point Breeze in Memory of the Fallen (Fenningham '04) - November 2019
USNA Museum Announces Inagural Non-Resident Fellowship Program - November 2019
Charting Future of Education for the Navy-Marine Corps Team - November 2019
USS McCain Performed "exceptionally well" in First Sea Trials Since Collision (Easterday '01) - November 2019
USS Olympia's Around-The-World Voyage Ends In Bremerton (Selph '99) - October 2019
Admiral John Richardson '82 Joins WHOI Board of Trustees - October 2019
Jordan Tropf '14 Wins Soggy Marine Corps Marathon - October 2019
The Honorable James H. Webb '68 Honors Lost South Vietnamese Soldiers - October 2019
Battling Brain Cancer, Dwayne Osgood '05 Out to Win Marine Corps Marathon with Former Navy Lacrosse Teammates - October 2019
Navy, Marines Wargaming New Gear to Support Emerging Warfare Concepts (Kilby '86) - October 2019
Woody Harrelson And His ‘Midway’ Co-Stars Attend Film’s Premiere At Pearl Harbor-Hickam - October 2019
Naval Academy Midshipmen Want To Revolutionize Artificial Intelligence - October 2019
CNO Names Timely Ship Maintenance, Sailor Training As Priorities During Italy Visit - October 2019
Naval Aviator Who Survived 6 Years in Hanoi Hilton Dies at 91 - October 2019
Cyber Security: More Than a Buzzwork (Gilday '85) - October 2019
Jimmy Carter: This is the key to living to 95 - October 2019
Happy 244th Birthday, U.S. Navy! - October 2019
September WaveTops - September 2019
Make Crew Endurance an Operational Warfighting Imperative - September 2019
Navy's New Top Officer Warns Sailors About Serious Threats on the High Seas - September 2019
Navy Band's Fall Concert Series Starts Sept. 22 - September 2019
August WaveTops - August 2019
Why is it important to safeguard free access to the seas? Discover the role of a NATO maritime expert - August 2019
As CNO Richardson Retires, USNA Class of ’82 Looks Back - August 2019
On the Upheaval Within the Navy and the Growing Tension with Iran - July 2019
In Memoriam: H. Ross Perot '53 - July 2019
July 2019 WaveTops - July 2019
June 2019 WaveTops - June 2019
May 2019 WaveTops - May 2019
Lawrence area's (Kansas) last Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 100 (Muirhead '41) - May 2019
Former Navy football safety is chasing his NASCAR dream (Iwuji '10) - May 2019
Revitalizing Navy Athletics' Hall of Fame - April 2019
April 2019 WaveTops - April 2019
Commissioning Week Schedule - April 2019
DGA Spotlight: CAPT Wendy Lawrence '81, USN (Ret.) - April 2019
DGA Spotlight:ADM Robert Willard '73, USN (Ret.) - April 2019
DGA Spotlight: Col. Walter P. Havenstein '71, USMCR (Ret.) - April 2019
DGA Spotlight: ADM Robert Natter '67, USN (Ret.) - April 2019
DGA Spotlight: Dr. J. Phillip London '59 - April 2019
Joe Bellino '61, Navy's first Heisman Trophy winner, dies at age 81 - March 2019
New Exhibit Open at the USNA Museum - March 2019
March 2019 WaveTops - March 2019
Where are they Now? USNA Alumni - February 2019
USS Porter's Trip to Turkey (Trent '00) - January 2019