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Naval Academy withdraws appointment over racist messages

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Naval Academy opens investigation into social media posts

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In this May 26, 2017, photo, U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform a flyover above graduating U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen during the Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Naval Academy probes Chase Standage alleged ‘racist’ tweets

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This Aug. 23, 2017, file photo shows the Buchanan House, the residence of the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy's Board of Visitors is calling for the removal of names of two members of the Confederacy from buildings at the academy. The home is named after Franklin Buchanan, the academy's first superintendent who left to join the Confederate Navy at the outbreak of the Civil War. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) ** FILE **

Naval Academy board chair calls to remove Confederate names

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This May 10, 2007, photo shows the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. In the fall semester for the 2020-2021 academic year, the USNA has an agreement with neighboring St. John's College to put up some midshipmen in the dormitories on the St. John's campus. St. John's College students will not be on campus in the fall as a measure to prevent coronavirus transmission. (AP Photo/Kathleen Lange) **FILE**

Scott Bethmann, ex-Naval Academy trustee, resigns on racial remarks

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Former Naval Academy trustee apologizes for racial remarks

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FILE - In this April 1, 2020, file photo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Esper is taking new steps to highlight and defend a Pentagon approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic that some Democrats have criticized as slow and disjointed. Esper is flying to the headquarters of U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to meet with Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, who is spearheading the military’s support for civilian agencies combating the virus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Mark Esper to give Naval Academy graduation keynote

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Midshipman dies during Naval Academy physical readiness test

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper cross the field after the first half of an NCAA college football game between Army and Navy, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Army, Navy investigate curious ‘hand gesture’ flashed for cameras at game

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this April 27, 2019, file photo Sean Spicer attends the 2019 White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington. Spicer is now a member of the U.S. Naval Academy's Board of Visitors. Spicer was sworn in Monday, Dec. 2, during a board meeting in Annapolis, Md. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary, joins Naval Academy board

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FILE - In this file photo made Monday, July 4, 2016, Vice Admiral Walter E. &quot;Ted&quot; Carter, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, stands before throwing out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Milwaukee Brewers at Nationals Park, in Washington. The career military man and former superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy was chosen Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, as the top candidate to become the next president of the University of Nebraska. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ex-Naval Academy head tapped to head University of Nebraska

By GRANT SCHULTE - Associated Press

Naval Academy: ‘Unlikely’ rope and knot meant to be a noose

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A sign stands outside of an entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., on Jan. 9, 2014. A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report that comes in the wake of scandals that rocked teams at all three academies last year. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Naval Academy investigating report of noose

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In this Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 file photo, Bruce Fleming, a tenured civilian English professor who has been a longtime critic of the Naval Academy, stands on the deck of his home after an interview in Davidsonville, Md. Fleming, with tenure at the U.S. Naval Academy who was fired by the school last year has returned to campus, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Naval Academy professor returns, but not to class

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

Parents to visit first-year Naval Academy students

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In a Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 photo, Bruce Fleming, a tenured civilian English professor who has been a longtime critic of the Naval Academy, stands on the deck of his home after an interview in Davidsonville, Maryland. Fleming, who was fired by the academy last year, was reinstated last month to his job with back pay by an administrative law judge. The academy informed Fleming on Wednesday, Aug. 7 that it is appealing the decision. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Naval Academy appealing reinstatement of fired professor

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

A general view of footballs on the field during work outs for the NCAA college football training camp, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Tommy Gilligan)

Navy football ditches ‘inappropriate’ ‘Load the Clip’ motto for ‘Win the Day’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Federal board reinstates Naval Academy professor

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It’s Induction Day for new Naval Academy midshipmen

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Naval Academy police chief fired amid sex harassment claims

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