Category Archives: United States Naval Academy

The Summer of ’68… From the Summer of 2017

♦ June 26, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

Each year, on June 26, Induction Day, or I-Day for the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1972,  I send this reminder to my Naval Academy Classmates and Company Mates of the Seventeenth Company…Seventeen, Mighty Mean…How Many Do You Want Sir? Our resolve was being newly formed… Greetings Classmates, 49 years ago today…and counting. It is …

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June 7, 1972…the first day of the rest of my life…The Day I graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis. Annual Letter to Seventeenth Company

♦ June 7, 2017 ♦ 2 Comments

Thirty years ago, on June 7, I sent the following letter of reminiscence, and thanks to my Seventeenth Company Classmates at the United States Naval Academy, explaining what they and Annapolis mean to me, and how it and they inspired, and continue to inspire me today. They all hear the story every year, and if …

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Army Navy Game – Tradition at its Finest

♦ December 12, 2014 ♦ 1 Comment

Saturday, December 13, is the Army Navy Game, the best of college rivalries. All the others are great…USC-UCLA, Michigan-Michigan State…the list goes on…but none compare or mean as much as Army Navy. A win-less season is a success with a win over Army (or Navy). I am fortunate to have been able to March On …

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