Naval Academy Class of 2024 to Have Herndon Climb Livestreamed
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)
19 Apr 2021 The Capital, Annapolis, Md. | By Heather Mongilio
The day before Commissioning Week starts, midshipmen will rush an obelisk, hoping to capture the cover on top of it.
The Herndon Climb is back.
The Class of 2024 will have its Herndon Climb on Saturday, May 22, the weekend before graduation, Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck said in a letter to parents of midshipmen.
The Herndon Climb, which was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be closed to families and guests, although the event will be live-streamed, Buck said in his letter.
. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Tribune News Service) The day before Commissioning Week starts, midshipmen will rush an obelisk, hoping to capture the cover on top of it. The Herndon Climb is back. The Class of 2024 will have its Herndon Climb on Saturday, May 22, the weekend before graduation, Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck said in a letter to parents of midshipmen. The Herndon Climb, which was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be closed to families and guests, although the event will be live-streamed, Buck said in his letter. It is unclear if the class of 2023 will get to do a climb. Buck and Commandant of the Brigade of Midshipmen Capt. Thomas R. Buchanan scaled Herndon in May 2020, using ladders, in order to complete the climb for the then-plebes. The class of 2023 officially finished its first year at the academy with their modified Herndon Climb, Buck said in a video posted to Instagram.
The Class of 2024 will have its Herndon Climb on Saturday, May 22, the weekend before graduation, Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck said in a letter to parents of midshipmen.
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US Naval Academy taps Marine Corps artillery officer as next commandant of midshipmen A new commandant is coming to the U.S. Naval Academy this year. Col. James “J.P.” McDonough III, a Marine Corps artillery officer and 1994 graduate of the service academy, has been tapped to serve as the 89th commandant of midshipmen, the Naval Academy announced Jan. 19. He will take the reins from Capt. Thomas R. “T.R.” Buchanan, who will wrap up his two-year stint as commandant this summer. “I am truly honored and humbled to have been selected for this position and am excited to join the great team at the Naval Academy,” McDonough said in a news release. “I look forward to the opportunity to help shape the Brigade of Midshipmen as they become the future leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps.”