Feel like reliving the pain of Plebe Summer? Thornton Studios filmed Pep, endurance runs, damage control and more as the Class of 2015 sweats it out all over Annapolis during what may have been the hottest summer at the Academy (argue amongst yourselves on that point).

He was considered the ultimate All-American boy, the athletic and educated son of a senator. He went missing in 1942 while in the Pacific and became a POW at Cabanatuan Prison Camp in the Philippines. LT Dial never made it home, but his ring did. Read this extraordinary story here.

We’re not sure if any of our alumni have encountered Transformer-like combatants on the high seas, but according to this movie, we should be training midshipmen to take down alien robots. Filmed during RIMPAC 2010, including active duty military as extras you may recognize, coming to a theater near you in 2012.

CAPT Spencer Johnson IV ’63, USN (Ret.), thought he had the first donation to his class’s Bonds of Gold program—a miniature class ring found in Pensacola, FL. However, the ring had different plans. It wanted to go back to its owner. Spencer Johnson tells the tale.

With the start of the 2011 Navy football season quickly approaching, it’s never too early to start planning and filming your very own Army-Navy football game spirit spot! Just like last year, we will feature the very best of these videos on our website. Send your submissions to shipmate@usna.com. Click here to view ours from last year that ran on the Jumbotron during the game.

An Iraq veteran, Sgt. Jacob Chadwick, received a kidney donation from a fellow Marine, 2nd Lt. Patrick Wayland ’10, USMC, squeezing what is normally a five-year process into two days. As Sgt. Chadwick prepared to leave the hospital, hundreds of motorcycles and police cars escorted 2nd Lt. Wayland’s casket through his hometown of Midland, TX as thousands lined the streets.

Another successful Induction Day has come and gone, this year proudly boasting that every plebe-to-be arrived and checked in. We were there all day capturing the plebes, parents and alumni on camera.

On the evening of Monday, 8 August, plebes and their Another Link in the Chain counterparts from the Class of 1965 gathered in Alumni Hall for the annual Honor Coin Ceremony. ADM Paul Reason ’65, USN (Ret.), headed the presentation … (read more)

We’ve been talking about the 2012 Dublin football game between Navy and Notre Dame for a long time now, and we know lots of you plan to go. Book now before the hotel blocks are sold out. Visit the website and choose your package, call Anthony Travel with any questions and join the Navy fans traveling to Dublin next August.

The Princeton Review has come out again with its rankings of US colleges and universities just in time for the fall admissions road trips. No surprise that the service academies ranked high in categories like “Dorms Like Dungeons” and “School Runs Like Butter.” See how they compared to each other.

LT Bernie Bennett ’43, USN (Ret.) graduated 70 years prior to when Midshipman Mckenzie Brannon ’13, USN, will. The distance has not kept them apart. LT Bennett is sponsoring MIDN Brannon through the scholarship he established for the International Programs Office. Thanks to his generosity, she spent part of her summer in Mexico.

Want a quick trip across the pond to explore London and the Cotswolds? Our great London trip is all-inclusive including air. See our great online-only brochure and book today. See you at the pub!