New writing for the anniversary — and our archive of past coverage.
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, the Marine tank officers of Delta Company recall how the trust forged in Annapolis produced instant battlefield confidence in Fallujah.
On the morning of 9/11, students at the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, RI, were in class when word spread that a plane hit the World Trade Center. Like many Americans, they initially assumed it…
Just a few weeks after Plebe Summer 2001 ended, the leaves began to change, and life at the U.S. Naval Academy was starting to seem “normal.”
Commander Rik Dilgren ’72, USN (Ret.), wasn’t on the front lines during the Global War on Terror but he had an impact.
Sitting in the cockpit of an E-2 Hawkeye, Commander Bobby Hanvey ’00, USNR (Ret.), wasn’t going to miss a chance to wish his father, Colonel Stephan “Steve” Hanvey ’69, USMCR (Ret.), a happy birthday.
As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of women entering the U.S. Naval Academy, much of the conversation rightly focuses on barriers broken and opportunities earned. But true integration is revealed not only in…
These are the defining values and principles of three U.S. Naval Academy alumni lost in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
Vice Admiral Stan Szemborski ’71, USN (Ret.), was back in the Pentagon less than 15 hours after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The nation was at war, and the president needed a budget to fight it.
There wasn’t much to do outside of work at Commando Camp in the months preceding the invasion of Iraq. Most of the staff would go to a makeshift gym in one of the general purpose tents but I liked to run to burn off…
