The Naval Academy Class of 2028 completed the annual Herndon monument climb in a time of 2:27:31 and are “Plebes no more!” Midshipman 4/C Aug.us Russo, 20, from 20th Company, removes the dixie ...

The culmination of a midshipmen’s academic career at the U.S. Naval Academy — graduation and commissioning — comes with nearly two weeks of celebratory and historic activities. Annapolis ...

May 14 (UPI) --A lard-covered obelisk is more than a slippery slope for U.S. Naval Academy plebes, who view it as a rite of passage that changes them into midshipmen. Dozens of freshmen who are ...

U.S. Naval Academy plebes climb the lard-covered Herndon Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday to knock off a "Dixie cup" hat and replace it with an upperclassman's ...

When the U.S. Naval Academy library banned his memoir — a personal account of growing up Black in Denmark, South Carolina — Bakari Sellers couldn't help but see the irony. His book ...

Freshmen at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis tackled the slippery Herndon Monument on Wednesday, marking the end of their gruelling first year, known as “plebe year.” In a tradition steeped ...

The Herndon Climb, an annual tradition for plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy, is complete, marking a major milestone for the Class of 2028. The tradition dates back to the 1940s and is meant to ...

Demonstrating the teamwork and perseverance they have learned during their first year at the academy, the plebes build a human pyramid to remove the “dixie cup” hat at the top of the vegetable ...