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United States Naval Academy in Annapolis: USNA is often just called Annapolis

Mission: "To develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government."

• 4 year, co-educational 
• located in Annapolis, Maryland
• 2nd oldest of the 5 service academies
• campus is a national historic landmark
•  on the Chesapeake Bay and Severn River

       George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded the Naval Academy in 1845 with the ideal of giving men and women the "academic and professional training needed to be effective naval and marine officers in their assignments after graduation."  With the door open, the academy began with only 50 students and seven professors.  Now, Annapolis is about the same size as West Point with around 4,400 students.  The current superintendent is Vice Admiral Michael H. Miller, an alumni since 1974.  Annapolis is the Alma Mater to many different and famous individuals such as the former president, Jimmy Carter.

       Many aspects of Annapolis are similar to those of West Point.  Applicants must apply directly to the academy as well as receive a congressional nomination and attend the academy tuition free in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation.  Graduates primarily commission into the United States Marine Corps or the Navy.  Along with participating in a varsity sport, midshipmen also endure tough physical training.  All students must complete plebe summer and the Officer Development Program before graduation.  Here is what a typical weekday schedule would look like in the life of an Annapolis midshipmen:  

5:30 a.m.	Arise for personal fitness workout (optional)
6:30 a.m	Reveille (all hands out of bed)
6:30-7:00 a.m	Special instruction period for plebes
7:00 a.m.	Morning meal formation
7:10 a.m.	Breakfast
7:55-11:45 a.m	Four class periods, one hour each
12:05 p.m.	Noon meal formation
12:15 p.m.	Noon meal for all midshipmen
12:40-1:20 p.m.	Company training time
1:30-3:30 p.m	Fifth and sixth class periods
3:30-6:00 p.m.	Varsity and intramural athletics, extracurricular and personal activities; drill and parades twice weekly in the fall and spring
5:00-7:00 p.m.	Supper
7:30-11 p.m.	Study period for all midshipmen
11:00 p.m.	Lights out for plebes
Midnight	Taps for upperclass

       Students or "midshipmen," are officers-to-be and therefore live by the words: Honor, Courage, and Commitment.  They also live by the Honor Concept:

"Midshipmen are persons of integrity: They stand for that which is right.  They tell the truth and ensure that the full truth is known.  They do not lie.  They embrace fairness in all actions.  They ensure that work submitted as their own it their own, ad that assistance received from any source is authorized and properly documented.  They do not cheat.  They respect the property of others and ensure that others are able to benefit from the use of their own property.  They do not steal." 

Fun Fact: Army and Navy have one of the biggest football rivalrys in history that has been going on with over 100 games.  Currently, Navy is ahead at 55 wins while Army is losing with only 49 wins.