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Get prepped and ready for our Live Pod from Fluegel for the UAB game by re-living the greatness of our first "ESPN Gameday" Live Pod for VMI. Bill Wagner of The Capital joined Eric Kettani '09, Paul Saunders '01 and Navy Football Brotherhood legend Frank Schenk '91 for a pre-game party complete with orange crushes at 9am, eerily accurate core predictions and great conversations about the upcoming...

Season six, episode 4. It’s UAB week. It’s DGA week. And epic Class of 2000 Reunion Week. We’re hosting another live pod at the FAC as part of a UAB pre-game social. And NO ONE knows what to get Jimmy and Millie for a wedding present. We got a lot going on! (sick Bull Durham reference). Chris and John drop the Alumni Association’s flagship pod this week with a convo about beating VMI, hob-knobbing...

Season six, episode 3. It’s VMI week. The Mids are marching through Main Street. We’re throwing a pre-game social for the game here at the Fluegel Alumni Center 0900-1030 Saturday. We’re pumped. We also are honoring the life of John Elliott ‘00, who lost his life 25 years ago just after graduation to a drunk driver. The HERO campaign - which honors Elliott and raises awareness against drunk drivin...

Season six, episode 2. Let’s do this. A new Supe started Friday, Navy Women’s Soccer started the Navy sports season Sunday (with a win) and classes started Monday. We got a lot going on. Chris and John talk about the Change of Command and the future of the Academy with Lt. Gen. Mike Borschulte ‘91. We also chat about a transformational gift from Bruce ‘67 and Bernadine Lakefield of $10 million to...

Like legendary 80’s band Ratt….”we’re back…back for more.” Season six is here. The Brigade reformed…so we did, too. John Schofield and Chris Servello are here for another season of podcasting to keep you up to date about the happenings at the Naval Academy and the Alumni Association and Foundation. Beaming to you every week from the Fluegel Alumni Center, the Sing Second Pod delivers alumni interv...

The July/August issue of Shipmate Magazine hits mailboxes this week. Read more about our Vietnam Legacy of Valor and the traditional features of America's greatest Alumni magazine. But...what if you're on the road...driving cross country...at the beach or just sick of reading? Well...here is Sing Second Shipmate. John Schofield joins Shipmate Editor in Chief Jimmy DeButts and AA&F Digital Media Di...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). Well…we end season 5 with the doozy. Did you see the news? DoD announced a new Superintendent. VADM Yvette Davids ‘89 is headed to the pentagon and Lt Gen Michael Borgshulte ‘91 is nominated to be the first Marine...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). The Class of 2029 is settling in for the real meat of plebe summer. Chirs and John talk about the happenings on the yard and how the culture of plebe summer has shifted from “running people out” to training the ple...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). John and Chris have a great conversation with VADM (ret) John Nowell from the Navy Memorial. Our old boss breaks down the mission of the Memorial, talks about their outreach in DC and chats about the importance of...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). John and Chris will talk I-Day, A&SP, the impact of the Iran conflict on current alums (and future alums) and more. Our featured interviews are must-listens. As the new Plebes arrive to take what is likely the bigg...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). A quiet summer? Nope. John and Chris welcome in Entrepreneur Summit week with a conversation about the Summit events here at the Fluegel Alumni Center. We chat a little more about the new Athletic Director, who jus...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). Chris and John break down a successful week for the AA&F leadership team out at Air Force for the Joint Service Academy Alumni Executives Conference (JSAAEC). And we chat about Mikie Sherrill ‘94 winning the NJ Gov...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). A double interview episode this week. First, Kyle Butters. Kyle is hosting the HERO RUN & COMMUNITY FESTIVAL Saturday, June 7, 10:00am – 2:00pm with the “Hero Run” at 11:30am at Annapolis High School. The event hon...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). A special pod this week as we sit down with Wendy Lawrence ‘81. Wendy walks us through her decision to attend the Naval Academy, the role her father played in that decision and her time as a female mid in the early...

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Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). A special pod this week as we sit down with Wendy Lawrence ‘81. Wendy walks us through her decision to attend the Naval Academy, the role her father played in that decision and her time as a female mid in the early...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). We can't be more excited about our Commissioning Week bonus pod. Chris and John break down the happenings of the week, discuss the graduating class stats and provide excerpts and quick round ups about the Blue Ange...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). We welcomed Chet and Kathy Gladchuk to the Fluegel Alumni Center May 16th to say farewell to a transformational leader and a great Naval Academy family. Bill Wagner of the Capital Gazette joins the team to intervie...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). The Pod returns this week with an awesome interview with Ray Spicer about USNI…the history of the organization, their role on the yard…and how USNI supports Mids and Alumni in their mission. Plus, Chris and John lo...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). We're back! We're not talking Orioles...because they're losing...but we're talking about amazing living and training experiences in Pensacola. We talk to Greg Sigler from Skywarrior and Carrier Landing Housing, the...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). A special visit to the Fluegel Alumni Center this week by Al Siegrist '99 and Mike Lisa '99. They were in Annapolis to speak with Midshipmen and staff at the Stockdale Center about their perspectives as recipients...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). We had a busy week last week and weekend. The A&SP Spring Meeting took place at Navy/Marine Corps Stadium. We also concluded the annual Army-Navy Star Series, hosted the alumni weekends for Soccer and Lacrosse and...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). This week we highlight the Alumni Mentoring Program (AMP). What’s that, you ask? AMP was formally established in 2012 as the 50th Legacy Gift of the Class of 1969. They promote the USNA culture of alumni helping al...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). We have another Podcast Collab this week as we take the pod to Dry 85 on Main Street with Josh. He and classmate Adam Hudson have started their own podcast appropriately called the 20:06 Podcast. They just intervie...

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F). We celebrated the USNA Women Annual Gathering at the Fluegel Alumni Center this past Saturday. What a great day of togetherness and community. We do a little Pod Cooperative Crossover with the hosts of the Sisterho...