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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). Give this pod a listen because the boys welcome in our merch partners we support on www.usna.com/shop. We chat with Kristin Cronic '11 from Easel on Stribling. She talks about the special holiday ornaments she does...

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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 super-sized FOUR INTERVIEW segment comes your way as the boys go on location for the South Florida game in Tampa. We chat with class of ‘68 alum and Tampa Chapter icon Rick Buchanan ‘68 at the Tampa Chapter tailg...

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…the dream is over! The football team lost at Rice…and this is why we can’t have nice things anymore. Chris and John break it down and talk about how the team can keep the alumni base excited through the rest o...

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). From the Fleet to the C-Suite, we bring you the "Real Deal" interview this week - a conversation with GDIT President Amy Gilliland '96. Amy came to Navy from humble beginnings working at Hallmark and starring in hi...

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 bonus pod this week as we welcome in VADM Fred Kacher ‘90 from Yokosuka, Japan. After his tour as the “Accidental Supe,” Fred pinned on his 3rd Star and landed as the Commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet in Japan. Fre...

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 did a live show again! This show is starting to get to our heads. We hosted HUNDREDS of alumni and guests at the Fluegel Alumni Center this past Saturday for our Welcome Home event. We chat with Navy Women's Lax...

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). Navy Football is ranked...and for the first time since Eisenhower was president, Army is ranked at the same time. We chat about the excitement of that and the upcoming Homecoming weekend at AA&F. And our Alumni Fea...

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 first leg of the trip to winning the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy is complete. Navy Football and the AA&F descended upon Colorado Springs…and we had a full weekend. We watched Navy Men’s and Women’s Rugby both d...

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). Happy Birthday, JIMMY CARTER! President Carter turned 100 Tuesday, and he was greeted by videos from USNA, AA&F and across the country. President Carter became the only living President to live to 100 years old, an...

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). Wow…what a weekend! We celebrated President’s Circle Weekend, celebrated the reunions for the classes of 1974 and 1979…and we hosted a live pod and pre-game social at the Fluegel Alumni Center. That was amazing! We...

Live from the Fluegel Alumni Center our team hosts a pregame pod with celebrated grads Keenan Reynolds, Billy Hurley, Bill Toti, and VADM Mike Miller. Go Navy, Beat Memphis!

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). Episode 6 comes in hot with a HUGE weekend at USNA. We welcome in the Classes of 1974 and 1979 will be in town for their reunions. We also celebrate our annual President's Circle weekend, with nearly 600 people rol...

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). Episode 5 is a first. This is the first time we don't talk to a mid, alum or staff member. Yep...we're branching out. We talk to Phil Wasielewski from the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He's helping USNI put on...

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). Episode 4 is a good one. Do you like history? Denis Murphy joins the pod to talk about his time on the yard, being a Submariner...and being the Editor of the famous Log Magazine. Denis dishes on what it takes to be...

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). Episode 3 is a doozy, people!! Like Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson like to say...."IT'S REUNION SEASON!!" How many of them are cash bars? Great question...I love where your head's at! Reunion Season and Football Seas...

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). Episode 2 of Season 4 drops hard with an interview with new Navy Football Offensive Coordinator, Drew Cronic. He has a unique family connection to the Naval Academy...his first cousin is '11 grad Caleb Cronic...who...

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 SEASON PREMIERE That escalated quickly...Brick killed a guy! Wow...we blinked our eyes and our little baby is 4 seasons old. Yep...we started this pod back in May 2020 in the pandemic as a way to talk Navy Spor...

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 SEASON FINALE! That escalated quickly...Brick killed a guy! Yeah...this season went by in the blink of an eye. We didn't know if we'd be running this thing back, but we re-tooled it to shift from sports stories...

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. The penultimate pod of the season comes your way with a trifecta of amazing interviews. Billy Hurley joins us to talk about his Foundation, his For the Brave golf tournament (which took place last week at USNA) and his ne...

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. May 9-10 marks the Service Academy Career Conference (SACC) in Chicago, Ill. This is the 30th year of SACC, and we discuss the origins of SACC with the program's OG - Dave Church '67. Dave joins Mike Lowe '98, our current...

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. The Alumni Association convenes the Spring Board of Trustees meeting May 10th. What progress has the Board and the AA&F organization made in the last 12 months? How are we progressing on our Strategic Plan 2030? What lies...

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. We have a great interview with Class of '96 Alumnus Rob Hubert. Rob was a SWO, taught in Luce Hall and now is making it happen in the aesthetics industry for health and beauty care. Rob has led sailors and civilians...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. We've hit mid-April. Your Shipmate Magazines should have arrived by now, and maybe you saw the feature we had on married alumni. We talk to more married alumni this week in our conversation with LTs Rebecca and Collin Mag...

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. We log our last Women's History Month pod with two great interviews and an awesome conversation about Shipmate Magazine, Orioles baseball, married alumni and the Central Intelligence Agency. We have an amazing morning win...