While opportunities to see former classmates on a regular basis are nearly impossible during their years of naval service, mini-reunions between small groups are not uncommon. As an example, the 77 student-athletes who comprised the men's and women's swimming and diving teams during the 2006-07 academic year hailed from 23 different states.Īfter their four years together on The Yard, the graduates and newly commissioned ensigns and second lieutenants are immediately scattered again as they are deployed to ships, aviation units and bases around the world for the start of their careers in the Navy or Marine Corps. Navy's athletic teams also follow along with the national makeup of the overall Brigade. Congressional districts, giving every corner of our country a hand in forming the 4,000-member Brigade of Midshipmen. In contrast to many of those other schools that may have a high concentration of collegiate scholars from its home city, state or region, students attending Navy converge in Annapolis from nearly all of the 435 U.S.
Naval Academy is one of the many colleges able to tout itself as a national university due to having a student population representing all 50 states.
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