FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: United States Naval Academy, Maryland ~ 08 NOV 2016

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: United States Naval Academy, Maryland

The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Established on October 10, 1845, under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, it is the second oldest of the United States' five service academies, and educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.

Candidates for admission generally must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a Member of Congress. Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as midshipmen. Tuition for midshipmen is fully funded by the Navy in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation.

Approximately 1,200 "plebes" enter the Academy each summer for the rigorous Plebe Summer, but only about 1,000 midshipmen graduate. Graduates are usually commissioned as ensigns in the Navy or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps, but a small number can also be cross-commissioned as officers in other U.S. services, and the services of allied nations.

The academic program grants a bachelor of science degree with a curriculum that grades midshipmen's performance upon a broad academic program, military leadership performance, and mandatory participation in competitive athletics. Midshipmen are required to adhere to the academy's Honor Concept.

In its 2016 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the U.S. Naval Academy as the No. 1 public liberal arts college and tied for the 9th best overall liberal arts college in the U.S. In the category of High School Counselor Rankings of National Liberal Arts Colleges, the Naval Academy is also tied for No. 1 with the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy, and is tied for the No. 5 spot for Best Undergraduate Engineering program at schools where doctorates not offered.

Learn More About the United States Naval Academt HERE!!

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[SandRat]

They haven't left the Peoples Republic of Maryland yet? Poor Folks.

[laurenmarlowe]

LOL! I guess not!

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Hi Lauren!

We will all probably be staying up late tomorrow, so I will be going to bed early tonight.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

And *hugs* back to you too. :-)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren!

***HUGS***



It's great to see you this evening! Thanks very much for tonight's Road Trip to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland!

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:-)

[radu]

Howdy, lauren! *Hugz*

How are things going? Still busy, busy, busy?

[mountainlion]

Like the trainees at military schools we are going through a period of education. In a couple days will be graduation. Our course will be plotted for the next four years. Half of the people will be disappointed and about half will be happy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Penny get out today? Learning the neighborhood?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

How’re things goin’ out your way today?

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All Day I kept trying to tempt Penny to eat, and her bowl just sat there with the accumulated delicacies that I had piled on...kibble, lamb, rabbit, and gravy.

Then I sat down with some popcorn to watch “Jeopardy”.
She came over and I tossed her a few pieces of popcorn which were seasoned with GOYA Adobo. (Not a whole lot, maybe four pieces)

Well, evidently the popcorn stimulated her taste buds, and she went over and cleaned her plate!

Now, I wonder, will she be expecting menu selections from Le Canine Sorbonne de la Haute Cuisine from now on?

[radu]

Howdy do, Conor. *Hugz*

Hope your day was a good one and that you’re feeling even better yet.

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Yes...we walk a mile every morning, and then around the complex several more times a day. She has met most of the neighbors and they like her a lot.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren...*HUGS*...work slowing down at all?

[radu]

Howdy, M-L.

Sounds like Penny’s training you well. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hmmmmm....you have a gourmet dog? Popcorn before every meal?

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She’s so docile that it’s not a stretch for me to accommodate her on SOME things...but I barely cook for myself!

(((My favorite thing to make for dinner is RESERVATIONS)))

[ConorMacNessa]

SandRat, USNA Annapolis Md is a place that carries great significance for me. In the mid-1960's my Uncle Maj. Jack Dowd, USA Ret. was Superintendent of the U.S. National Cemetery in Annapolis. When i got my driver's license in 1966, I headed up there almost every weekend. my cousin John and I assisted in parking cars on Saturdays in Fall at the then newly constructed Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, garnering entry into the stadium for games after about the first quarter.

John and I had other adventures on Academy grounds as well. We were 18 years old at the time and I was legal to buy beer and wine in D.C. I used to drive down Georgia Avenue near Walter Reed to the Cork and Bottle, load up the trunk of my '65 VW Bug with beer and head up the road to Annapolis.

We would go over to the Naval Academy at nightfall - we were granted entry by virtue of our military dependent ID cards - and set up under the footbridge that crossed College Creek. There we would drink beer and stick our nets into the water to snag blue crabs - returning to the Lodge at the Cemetery in the early hours of the morning, we would importune my Aunt Virginia (one of the most elegant ladies it has ever been my honor to know) to steam the crabs and we would have a morning crab feast. Good times, good people. Would that I could pass a word with them now!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[luvie]

Great thread...I’m always up for a road trip! :)

And now, I can go whenever I want to! WOOHOO!!

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Well, only 4 or 5 bits...but SOMEBODY has got to eat the rest of it!