The United States Naval Academy is a federal service academy in Annapolis,Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of the five U.S. service academies and it educates midshipmen for service in the officer corps of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. It is part of the Naval University System. The 338-acre (137 ha) campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County,33 miles (53 km) east of Washington,D.C.,and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus,known colloquially as the Yard,is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites,buildings,and monuments. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum in Philadelphia that had served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845 when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis.
John Smith Thach was a World War II Naval Aviator,air combat tactician,and United States Navy admiral. Thach developed the Thach Weave,a combat flight formation which could counter enemy fighters of superior performance,and later the big blue blanket,an aerial defense against kamikaze attacks.
Charles Robert Larson was an Admiral of the United States Navy.
Michael Harold "Mike" Miller is a former Vice Admiral in the United States Navy,and was the first active-duty officer to direct the White House Military Office. He was the 61st Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
Vice Admiral (ret.) Arthur Karl Cebrowski was a United States Navy admiral. He also who served from October 2001 to January 2005 as Director of the Office of Force Transformation in the U.S. Department of Defense. In this position,he was responsible for serving as an advocate,focal point,and catalyst for the transformation of the United States military.
William Porter "Bill" Lawrence was a decorated United States Navy vice admiral and Naval Aviator who served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1978 to 1981. Lawrence was a noted pilot,the first Naval Aviator to fly twice the speed of sound in a naval aircraft,and one of the final candidates for the Mercury space program. During the Vietnam War,Lawrence was shot down while on a combat mission and spent six years as a prisoner of war,from 1967 to 1973. During this time,he became noted for his resistance to his captors.
Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143),also known as the "Pukin Dogs," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana,Virginia. The Pukin Dogs are an operational fleet squadron and flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. They are currently attached to Carrier Air Wing One and USS Harry S Truman. They are currently at their homeport of NAS Oceana. Their radio callsign is Taproom.
Robert Frederick Willard is a retired United States Navy admiral who last served as the 22nd Commander,U.S. Pacific Command from October 19,2009 to March 9,2012. He previously served as Commander,U.S. Pacific Fleet from May 8,2007,to September 25,2009. Prior to that,he served as the 34th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from March 18,2005,to April 2007. On March 9,2012,Admiral Willard retired from the Navy after 39 years of service. On May 9,2012,he was elected president and chief executive officer of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations,succeeding retired Navy admiral James O. Ellis Jr.
James Lemuel Holloway III was a United States Navy admiral and naval aviator who was decorated for his actions during World War II,the Korean War,and the Vietnam War. After the Vietnam War,he was posted to The Pentagon,where he established the Navy's Nuclear Powered Carrier Program. He served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1974 until 1978. After retiring from the Navy,Holloway served as President of the Naval Historical Foundation from 1980 to 1998 and served another ten years as its chairman until his retirement in 2008 when he became chairman emeritus. He was the author of Aircraft Carriers at War:A Personal Retrospective of Korea,Vietnam,and the Soviet Confrontation published in 2007 by the Naval Institute Press.
Rear Admiral Draper Laurence Kauffman was an American underwater demolition expert,who served during the 1960s as 44th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. During World War II,he organized the first U.S. Navy Combat Demolition Units from which the SEALs and Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) would evolve. His wartime service also included participation in the invasions of Saipan,Tinian,Iwo Jima,and Okinawa.
The superintendent of the United States Naval Academy is its commanding officer. The position is a statutory office,and is roughly equivalent to the chancellor or president of an American civilian university. The officer appointed is,by tradition,a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. However,this is not an official requirement for the position.
Walter Stratton Anderson was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy,who served as the Executive officer of USS Arizona in World War I and as Commander Battleships,Battle Force in the Pacific Fleet,and of the Gulf Sea Frontier,during World War II.
Jeffrey L. Fowler is a United States Navy vice admiral who served as the 60th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy until his retirement in August 2010.
Rear Admiral Richard Joseph Naughton was the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 2002 to 2003.
Hispanic and Latino Admirals in the United States Navy can trace their tradition of naval military service to the Latino sailors,who have served in the Navy in every war and conflict since the American Revolution. Prior to the Civil War,the highest rank reached by a Latino-American in the Navy was commodore. Such was the case of Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy (1792–1862),a Sephardic Jew of Latin American descent and great grandson of Dr. Samuel Nunez;Levy served in the War of 1812. During the American Civil War,the government of the United States recognized that the rapid expanding Navy was in need of admirals therefore,Congress proceeded to authorize the appointment of nine officers the rank of rear admiral. On July 16,1862,Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut became the first Hispanic-American to be appointed to the rank of rear admiral. Two years later (1864),Farragut became a vice admiral,and in 1866 the Navy's first full admiral. During World War I,Robert Lopez,the first Hispanic graduate of the United States Naval Academy,served with the rank of commodore in command of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard,and during World War II five Hispanics served with the ranks of rear admiral or above in either the European or Pacific Theaters of the war. As of April 2007,twenty-two Hispanic-Americans have reached the rank of admiral,and of this number thirteen were graduates of the USNA.
Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy account for the largest minority group in the institution. According to the academy,the Class of 2009 includes 271 (22.2%) minority midshipmen. Out of these 271 midshipmen,115 are of Hispanic heritage. In 2004,of the total of 736 female midshipmen,74 (10%) of them were of Hispanic descent.
Admiral Robert Joseph Natter is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as Commander,U.S. Atlantic Fleet/Fleet Forces Command from 2000 to 2003.
John W. "Fozzie" Miller is a retired United States Navy Vice Admiral who last served as Commander,U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander,U.S. Fifth Fleet,based in Manama,Bahrain. Prior to assuming the duties of NAVCENT/C5F,Miller was special assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations,Plans,and Strategy (N3/N5) in Washington,D.C. He has also served as NAVCENT deputy commander.
Michael A. Brookes is a United States Navy rear admiral who serves as the director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office and commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence. He previously served as the director of intelligence of the U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Strategic Command.
Lyle G. Bien is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy. He served during the Vietnam War,where he instructed students on piloting the F-14 Tomcat,and later became an instructor at the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). He served as deputy commander of the United States Space Command between 1996 and 1998.
