The 7th Week of Pro-Know transitions into teaching the plebes more about a few of the Navy service communities that they can eventually join. The following weeks will teach plebes about Surface Warfare, Submarine Warfare, and Naval Air Warfare! First up for Week 7 is the Surface Warfare communit...

The Navy vs Air Force game is coming up on October 5, 2019 which means it is spirit spot time. While USNA vs Air Force spirit spots can never compare to some of the Army-Navy spirit spot classics, there have been a number of tremendous creative cinematic efforts throwing shade at the United Stat...

My favorite part of being the Regimental Commander during the Class of 2020’s Plebe Summer was being given the opportunity to sit down and individually talk to each Plebe Company.  Named after FDR’s fireside chats, Plebe Summer fireside chats are a designated 45 minute time period in which the Re...

Upon my completion of Plebe Summer in 2013, the Northern California USNA Parents Club asked me if I would write an article for its newsletter, The Scuttlebutt. They wanted to hear from someone who had just gone through it, what Plebe Summer was really about. Everyone knows Plebe Summer is a combi...

Over Plebe Summer, the Plebes are broken up into 30 platoons.  Their Platoon number directly reflects their Company number during the Academic Year. Attached are all 30 logos of the Academic Year Companies.  Each company has a unique reputation and culture, and they all have little quirks that m...

During Plebe Summer, meals in King Hall are one of the least enjoyable experiences you can imagine.  Sitting at the table, starving, on the front three inches of your chair and having to square your meals and look forward (keeping your eyes in the boat), all while being rated (i.e. tested on requ...