ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It took Naval Academy plebes two hours, 19 minutes and 11 seconds Wednesday to accomplish the ultimate in upward mobility: scaling a greased obelisk and swapping out a cup with a cap, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Naval Academy plebes climb the lard-covered Herndon Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday to ...
BALTIMORE -- Dozens of U.S. Naval Academy freshmen, known as plebes, gathered around a 21-foot-tall obelisk covered in lard Wednesday morning in Annapolis. Their objective: climb the slippery monument ...
The U.S. Naval Academy welcomed approximately 1,200 plebes, or freshman, members into the Class of 2029 when they reported for Induction Day on Thursday. Discard hair from the plebes hair being shaved ...
Just four days after joining the U.S. Naval Academy on Induction Day, six freshmen — better known as plebes — were taken to an area hospital Sunday evening after showing signs of heat stress. Naval ...
With clumps of lard matted in their hair and water being pelted at their faces, hundreds of Naval Academy plebes slithered up a 21-foot greased obelisk Thursday to commemorate the end of their ...
The U.S. Naval Academy freshman class of 2023, also known as “plebes,” will reunite with their families for the first time since their rigorous training began six weeks ago. Roughly 1,200 plebes will ...