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| USNA Grads are Heading to Space |
 NASA just announced the astronauts named to the first commercial crew flights to and from the International Space Station, and two of them are Naval Academy alumni. CAPT Suni Williams ’87, USN, Maj Nicole Mann ’99, USMC, and seven others are scheduled for multiple missions. See all 54 Academy grads who have been astronauts through the decades. |
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| 2018 Plebe Summer |
 The Class of 2022 has officially made it through Plebe Summer, 99 percent unscathed.
Members of the Alumni Association (login required), most notably worried parents, have access to thousands of plebe pictures that were taken all summer long, from sweaty O-courses to swampy drilling on Hospital Point. The struggle was real, and the class was up to it. |
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| Explore the World with Us |
 From Antarctica to Peru and everywhere in between, we are sure to have a trip that’s right up your alley or a new adventure to check off your list of dream journeys. The 2018 and 2019 catalogs and tour schedules are all online for you to daydream over. |
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| A Vote for Mhley ’96 is a Vote for Navy! |
 CDR Mark Mhley ’96, USN (Ret.), has a win-win solution for food and farm waste management. It began with a Marine Corps need for forward deployable renewable energy systems, which led to an Academy food waste digestor that exceeded Navy requirements. Re4ormed Organics’ anaerobic digester technology was born. He hopes you will vote for him as the top military veteran entrepreneur so he will receive funding to grow. (See Mark's submission video.) |
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| Shop the Alumni Store |
 These beautiful personalized captain’s chairs make great gifts. So do the personalized glassware and new Navy fleeces. Visit our online store for these and great gifts like pearls, Academy watches and the Class Crest Collection. |
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| New usna.com Coming Soon |
 This fall we will launch our new site, one that we have designed based on surveys and feedback from you, our members and friends. It should get you where you want to go with fewer clicks and streamlined information for faster transactions on your PC, tablet and on your phone on the go. Bear with us as we work through new system kinks and be ready to share your feedback. |
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| Cyber is Official |
 As Hopper Hall goes up, so does the number of midshipmen signing on for a B.S. in Cyber Operations. The Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET recently accredited the program. Midshipmen will participate in hands-on operations beginning their third class year. The Cyber Center remains one of our strategic priorities. |
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| McCain ’58 and Moran ’81: Surface Reforms |
 “As we have seen too often in recent months, the significant shortcomings in our Navy’s readiness can have disastrous results,” McCain said last winter. Since then, a series of reforms have been identified and 111 areas of improvement were found by the Navy via a group led by Vice Chief of Naval Operations ADM Bill Moran ’81, USN. Requested reforms include the YPs. |
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| Alumni Mentoring Needs You! |
 Going through some life changes and need advice? Interested in helping a fellow grad navigate career transitions? Sign up for the Alumni Mentoring Program! Close to 3,000 grads have already signed up to get and give advice about today’s challenges, career and life planning, goal setting and moving forward. |
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