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After details of a lawsuit settlement between a midshipman facing expulsion and the Naval Academy were never made public, his name is included in the Class of 2021 graduation program for today’s ceremony.
'Plebes No More': Naval Academy Class of 2024 Puts Cover at the Top of Herndon Monument Naval Academy freshmen, or plebes, climb the Herndon Monument, a tradition symbolizing the successful completion of the midshipmen freshman year, May 20, 2019. (Josiah D. Pearce/U.S. Navy) 24 May 2021 The Capital, Annapolis, Md. | By Danielle Ohl The Naval Academy Class of 2024 almost set a new record in their effort to scale the Herndon Monument — just maybe not the one they had hoped for. The now 4th class midshipmen Saturday record...
The now 4th class midshipmen made history Saturday recording the second-slowest Herndon Climb in Naval Academy history at 3 hours, 41 minutes exactly.
Groans and chants rippled through the exhausted hoard, which was covered in grass, mud and sweat.
The Herndon Climb is back this year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of it, as well as Sea Trials, last year. The climb — Saturday at 1:30 p.m. — is closed to the public but will be livestreamed.