GRANT VERMEER

The Academy Insider Podcast - Your Guide to The Naval Academy Experience

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The mission of Academy Insider is to guide, serve, and support Midshipmen, future Midshipmen, and their families. Through the perspective of a community of former graduates and Naval Academy insiders, this podcast will help you learn about life at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Through our shared experiences, Academy Insider guides families through the anxiety and frustration caused by lack of understanding, misinformation, and confusion. This platform is designed to better relationships between midshipmen and their loved ones. This podcast is not affiliated with the United...

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GRANT VERMEER

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#012 - Life of a Surface Warfare Junior Officer (SWO) with Guest Teresa Meadows '16 08.10.2019 47:31

Send us Fan Mail Life of a Surface Warfare Junior Officer (SWO) with Guest Teresa Meadows '16 I'm joined by Teresa Meadows who is a class of 16 graduate from the United States Naval Academy and currently serves as a surface warfare officer. Teresa was in 28th company and a history major. In this episode, we talk about how she ended up as a surface warfare officer as well as what are the...

#011 - The Daily Life of a Plebe at the United States Naval Academy with Guest Matt Meltzer '17 01.10.2019 58:01

Send us Fan Mail The Daily Life of a Plebe with Guest Matt Meltzer USNA '17 In this episode, you learn a lot about what goes on in a typical day at the United States Naval Academy, specifically for the plebes. We go from the moment they wake up to the moment they fall asleep and everything in between. Everything from the military obligations to the academic obligations to the athletic obligat...

#010 - Patty Lutton - USNA MID MOMS!!! (and DADS!) Facebook Page Founder 22.09.2019 51:41

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer speaks with Patty Lutton the founder of the USNA Mids Moms (and Dads)!! Facebook page . Patty founded this page when there were really no other communication and sharing tools for service academy parents other than email list servers. Her page now has over 7,500 followers and is busy all the time with questions, issues, news, and celebrati...

#009 - Signatures Sheets at the United States Naval Academy with Guest Nicki DeGuzman '16 01.09.2019 59:47

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer speaks with United States Navy officer Nicki DeGuzman'16 about signature sheets and his experience at the Naval Academy. Nicki joins the podcast while serving in the information warfare community. He was in the 4th Company and a computer science and IT double major. He is from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Nicki takes the time to...

#008 - Temporary Assigned Duty at the United States Naval Academy with Guest Tilman Dunbar '16 25.08.2019 35:03

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer speaks with United States Naval Academy graduate Tilman Dunbar '16 about his experiences as a TAD ensign during plebe summer. Tilman was selected to serve after his graduation to coach with the varsity basketball team and serve also in the PE department during plebe summer. Grant and Tilman talk about Tilman's experiences as a stu...

#007 - Tango Company with Guest Chrishad Broadway '16 23.07.2019 43:13

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer speaks with United States Naval Academy graduate Chrishad Broadway '16 about his experiences as a detailer for struggling plebes in Tango company. Chris was hand selected to serve in this sensitive and important role by the officer in charge of this duty. Grant and Chris talk about what the little talked about Tango company is, their...

#006 - Julie Haller - 2023 BLB Parents Facebook Moderator and Experienced USNA Mom 25.06.2019 50:53

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer speaks with Julie Haller the moderator of the BLB 2023 USNA parents facebook page . Julie and her husband are both USAFA ‘88 grads. She left active duty after 5 years, but was a participating reservist for several years, leaving the reserves as an 0-4 (Major). Though Julie and her husband are USAFA grads, she jokes that all four of her...

#005 - Being Excellent with Guest Jon Bangsal '15 USMC 19.05.2019 42:25

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer speaks with United States Marine Corps officer Jon Bangsal '15 about his experiences and struggles to get into the academy and his lessons learned in Annapolis. Jon while serving in the Marine Corps in Southern California founded the brand B3 EXCELLENT in which the concept comes from the United States Naval Academy and many of the l...

#004 - Plebe Summer Series: Sarita Condie '17 Liked Plebe Summer 17.05.2019 37:13

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer speaks with United States Navy officer Sarita Condie '17 about her experience during plebe summer, being one of the best basketball players ever at the naval academy and her time as the honor and character liaison on the staff during plebe summer. Sarita joins the podcast while serving in the surface warfare community in Japan. She is...

#003 - Plebe Summer Experience Series: Being Your Best Every Day with Guest Troy Thompson '17 USN 16.05.2019 47:02

Send us Fan Mail Plebe Summer Series: Being Your Best Every Day with Guest Troy Thompson '17 USN Grant and Troy Thompson discuss plebe summer, leadership lessons learned at the United States Naval Academy and being your best every day. I specifically wanted Troy to be my first guest on the plebe summer experience series of the academy insider podcast because there are few individuals that I h...

#002 - Plebe Summer Organization with guest Christian Blanchard USNA Class of 2017 15.05.2019 1:02:34

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your host Grant Vermeer introduces for the audience how plebe summer is organized. He and his close friend and 26th company shipmate Christian Blanchard explain the various roles for midshipmen detailers during plebe summer. Grant served as the regimental commander during plebe summer for the class of 2020 and Christian chose to be a platoon leader. During the...

#001 - The Purpose of Plebe Summer at The United States Naval Academy with Commander Mike Murnane 15.05.2019 53:06

Send us Fan Mail Commander Mike Murnane is Grant Vermeer, the Academy Insider's guest on this podcast. Commander Murnane was the commissioned officer in charge of plebe summer for the USNA class of 2020 while Grant was the regimental commander. Commander Murnane, a graduate of USNA class of 1995 became a naval flight officer upon graduation and his highly successful career brought him back...

What is the Academy Insider Podcast? 14.05.2019 4:22

Send us Fan Mail Episode 0 - The Trailer Welcome to the Academy Insider podcast. I'm your host, Grant Vermeer . The academy insider podcast is for you to get an insider's view of all things related to the United States Naval Academy. I'm a graduate of the class of 2017 and during my time in Annapolis, I was a cyber operations major, a member of the 26th company and a four-year membe...