VJ had gone to the Naval Academy, where he competed as a…

“Chester William Nimitz, Sr. was the last surviving officer to serve as a five star admiral in the Unites States Navy, holding the rank…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

“About a month after I returned from Vietnam, one of my former prison mates came running to me after a reunion at the Naval…

— Jim Stockdale

I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to…

— John L. Phillips

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.

— George Washington

The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of…

— Jim Webb

One of the things I learned at the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps is we have to make tough decisions.

— Todd Young

A few years later the Naval Academy was founded at Annapolis, and a similar course was pursued to provide it with a corps of…

— Simon Newcomb

The Naval Academy is a very prestigious place, and I choose to try it. I got there and darn near didn't pass, just about…

— Sam Smith

I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a fairly good…

— John McCain

I was suppose to be a Jesuit priest or a naval academy graduate.

— Jimmy Buffett

I began serving my country when I was 18 years old and entered the U.S. Naval Academy.

— Mikie Sherrill

When I left Kentucky at age 18 to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and lifted my right hand to swear the oath to defend…

— Amy McGrath

I went to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and then I went right into the Navy after that.

— Mikie Sherrill

Everything in my life I owe to God, my family, the Naval Academy, and the Marine Corps.

— Todd Young

“The Navy’s caste system has the reputation of being about as rigid as any in the world. The first thing most Navy officer do…

— Richard Marcinko