U.S Naval Academy

Biden Announces Nominations for New N9, Naval Surface Forces

Rear Admiral Brendan McLane, Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic is piped aboard during a retirement ceremony for Captain Zoah Scheneman on Aug. 12, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo

President Joe Biden has nominated the next deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities, the commander of Naval Surface Forces and the deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, the Pentagon announced Monday.

Biden nominated Rear Adm. James Pitts to serve as the deputy chief of naval...

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/24/biden-announces-nominations-for-new-n9-naval-surface-forces

FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Lopez was first Hispanic American graduate of the Naval Academy 

Inactivated submarines at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on January 3, 1946. (Photo: U.S. Navy/ww2db.com)

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National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15 to October 15. It celebrates “the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.”

Hispanic...

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FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Katson served the U.S. Navy for nearly 40 years

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly over the U.S. Naval Academy. (Photo: Stacy Godfrey/U.S. Navy)

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National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15 to October 15. It celebrates “the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.”

Hispanic Heritage Week began in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsleaders-katson-served-the-us-navy-for-nearly-40-years

Commission Recommends Renaming Two Navy Ships with Confederate Ties

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) US Navy Photos

Two Navy ships christened with names tied to the Confederacy should be renamed, according to the commission tasked with purging Confederate names from the Department of Defense.

According to the latest report released on Tuesday, The Naming Commission recommended new names for Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and the oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury (T-AGS-66).

The Japan-based cruiser...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/13/commission-recommends-renaming-two-navy-ships-with-confederate-ties

Military Naming Commission Report on U.S. Military Academies

The following is the Aug. 29, 2022, report from the Naming Commission on recommended changes to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy to rename assets named for those affiliated with the Confederacy.

From the report

This is Part II of the Naming Commission’s Final Report, which addresses assets on the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis and fulfills the requirements mandated by the National...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/30/military-naming-commission-report-on-u-s-military-academies

SECNAV: New Navy Strategic Guidance Emphasizes Deterrence in the Pacific

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro discusses his strategic guidelines with Naval Academy midshipmen during a Forrestal Lecture on Oct. 5. USNI News Photo

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Navy’s approach to China is to deter, not to fight a war, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro told Naval Academy midshipmen on Tuesday night.

Instead, the Navy needs to work with allies to help countries China threatens and ultimately show China that it has no maritime allies, which will, in turn, discourage Beijing...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/06/secnav-new-navy-strategic-guidance-emphasizes-deterrence-in-the-pacific

Naming Commission Still Undecided How To Handle Ships with Confederate Ties

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) US Navy Photos

A commission tasked with identifying military assets with names tied to the Confederacy has not yet visited two ships that could be renamed.

The Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, which goes by the shorthand “The Naming Commission,” spent the past summer visiting military...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/30/__trashed-10

Naval Academy Alumni Board Of Trustee Member Resigns After Facebook Outburst

A member of the U.S. Naval Academy’s influential alumni association’s board of trustees and treasurer of his local alumni chapter was asked to resign Saturday after posting a live conversation to Facebook disparaging the academy’s admission of African Americans, Asian Americans and women.

Retired Capt. Scott Bethmann, USNA class of 1980, may not have realized his comments posted to Facebook Live. In the conversation with his wife, reviewed by USNI News, Bethmann used racial slurs against African...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/07/naval-academy-alumni-board-of-trustee-member-resigns-after-facebook-ouburst

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