The
United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate
college in Annapolis, Maryland that educates
and commissions officers of the United States
Navy and Marine Corps. The U.S. Naval Academy
was founded as the Naval School in 1845.
Students
at the Naval Academy are called Midshipman
and are commissioned as Ensigns in the Navy
or Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps
and serve a minimum of five years after their
graduation. Foreign midshipmen are commissioned
into the armed forces of their native countries.
On
August 8, 1975, Congress authorized women
to attend service academies. The class of
1980 was inducted with 81 women midshipmen.
To
be admitted, candidates must be between seventeen
and twenty-three years of age, unmarried with
no children, and of good moral character.
The current process includes a college application,
personality testing, standardized testing,
and personal references. Candidates for admission
must also undergo a physical aptitude test
as well as a complete physical exam including
a separate visual acuity test to be eligible
for appointment.
Considered
the highlight of each year is the annual Army-Navy
Game. The three major service academies (Navy,
Air Force, and Army) compete for the Commander
in Chief's Trophy, which is awarded to the
academy that defeats the others in football
that year (or retained by the previous winner
in the event of a three-way tie). The Army-Navy
Game football game is played on the first
Saturday in December. It pits the football
teams of the United States Military Academy
at West Point, New York (Army) against the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Maryland (Navy).It is one of the most traditional
and enduring rivalries in college football,
and the game is nationally televised.
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