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Hate reading magazines? Try listening to them. Shipmate Magazine Editor Jimmy DeButts, Digital Media Director Emily Lucht and John Schofield walk you through the September/October issue of the magazine. From DGAs to Legacy of Valor and 5 good minutes with filmmaker Brian O'Hare, we give you the content of the mag with a little taste of the behind the scenes elements of why the stories were chosen...

This is a joint Anchors Aweigh-Sing Second Podcast tapped live from Dry 85 to help get our listeners in the mode to Beat Air Force.

Season six, episode 8. It’s Air Force Week. Enough said. But there IS more. It’s President’s Circle Weekend for the Alumni Association & Foundation. We celebrate our PC donors with activities, receptions and tailgates Thurs-Sat. We also bring in three reunion classes - 1990, 1995 and 2015. And it’s Boat Show weekend in Annapolis. Looks like we picked the wrong time to quit sniffing glue (Airplane...

Season six, episode 7. A big one this week. Football is back against Rice this weekend. We celebrate our Corporate and Finance Relations partners during the game, including the Olmsted Foundation. MG Bruce Scott, USA (ret) - Army Class of ‘72 - joins us as we drop names of former Navy and Army Olmsted Scholar winners. But we also talk about the impact Olmsted has to USNA in the form of philanthrop...

Season six, episode 6. We run back the best Alumni Association & Foundation pod with a discussion about last week’s lock down on the yard, discussion about a big football win for the Mids at Tulsa and some cool roadtrips this past weekend to Oklahoma and eastern North Carolina. Our featured interview is with RADM (ret) Mike Shatynski ‘79. He’s running the Surface Navy Museum. The National Museum o...

Season six, episode 5. A big weekend ended without too much incident...unless 2 hour rain delays during a football game bother you. Football prevailed despite the lightning, the Class of 2000 showed out for an epic reunion weekend, and we honored four amazing Distinguished Graduates. Our featured interview is with our partner in podcasting, Grant Vermeer. Grant's Academy Insider pod is now in the...

UAB pre-game social and Navy Women's Soccer Fanfest. We ran it back. Another live pod from Saturday's Women's Soccer Fanfest and pre-game social at Fluegel Alumni Center. Bill Wagner joined Chris and John to interview Coach Carin Gabarra, Midn 1/C Mimi Abusham and NWS alums from the class of 2000 Michelle Melendez, Grace Kelly and Shannon Filbin. Also joining the ladies of 2000 was long-time frien...

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...