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UNI TED S TATES NAVAL ACADEMY

U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
I NDUCTS CLASS OF
2018
Summer vacation ended early July 1 for the 1,191
men and women being inducted into the U.S. Naval
Academys Class of 2018.
Induction Day, or I-Day, marks the beginning of the
arduous six-week indoctrination period called Plebe
Summer.
More than 17,600 students applied to the Class
of 2018. The new class includes 303 women 25
percent of the incoming class. This represents the
largest number of women to be inducted at the Naval
Academy since the academy was founded in 1845.
Among the new plebes are 13 international students
from 12 countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, the
Federated States of Micronesia, Georgia, Mexico,
Montenegro, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, the Republic of
Korea, Senegal, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates.
Sixty-seven new plebes are prior-enlisted, including 57
Navy sailors and 10 Marines.
During I-Day, the plebes receive uniforms and military
haircuts, undergo medical evaluations, learn to render
a salute, and complete their registration.
They each receive a copy of Reef Points, a 225-
page handbook of information about the U.S. Navy
and Marine Corps, the Naval Academys history and
traditions, their administrative chain of command, and
the general orders of a sentry. New midshipmen are
required to memorize virtually all of the more than
1,000 facts outlined in the book.
I-Day concludes when the midshipmen take the oath
of offce.
Naval Academy sports team captains and company
commanders gathered in Gettysburg, Penn., June
21-22, to discuss the leadership challenges they will
face in the upcoming academic year.
After nearly 33 years as one of the frst faces plebes
see on their arrival at the U.S. Naval Academy, head
barber Ernest Smith, affectionately known around the
Yard as Smitty, retired on I-Day, Jul 1.
he United States Navy promoted Michelle Janine
Howard to the rank of four-star admiral July 1 during a
ceremony at the Women in Military Service for America
Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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WATER QUALI TY REPORT
The Environmental Divisions 2013 Drinking Water
Quality Consumer Confdence Report is available at
http://www.usna.edu/PublicWorks/_fles/documents/
USNACCR.pdf. This report covers the quality of water
produced on the Yard. Anne Arundel County produces
the drinking water on the North Severn area. That
report is available at http://www.aacounty.org/DPW/
Utilities/WaterQuality2013.pdf. Copies of both reports
will be available through the NSA Annapolis Public
Works Department Environmental Division. For more
information or to obtain copies please call 410-293-
1024.
MWR VOLUNTEERS
MWR Annapolis is seeking volunteers (ages 13 and
up) to work events at Naval Support Activity Annapolis.
get involved, help out, make new friends and even
satisfy community service hours. For more information
or to view the fyer, call Tony Figlia at 410-293-9210 or
Tony Burch at 410-293-4997.
SOUTH SEVERN POOL
The South Severn swimming pool is open noon-7 p.m.
Pool passes are on sale at MWR Recreation Services
Bldg, #89. For more info, call 410-293-9200.
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