All Hands,

About three quarters of the Class of '19 joined the AMP.  This is a program created to connect alums who have knowledge and/ore experience with those seeking it.  It's not about greyheads pronouncing sage advice to rapt newbies, but rather about men and women with experience providing insight as a resource.  It's also about younger alums with current, real world knowledge providing insight to what's happenin' now in the Fleet and the Corps. 

You can find out about AMP here.

Guy '69

The attached kit, which I received through my class admin, is something that everyone will likely find useful at some point. 

Guy '69

VASurvivorsKit.pdf 

Indiana University's School of Education ranks USNA as the #1 of the top 5 most prestigious military school in the world.  Please see the posting at the following link: https://blogs.iu.edu/education/2018/04/12/the-5-most-prestigious-military-schools-in-the-world/

DefenseNews published an article on October 8th highlighting potentially serious issues with the United States’ sealift capacity.  The article goes into the age and minimal size of the existing sealift fleet.  The author emphasizes the importance of being able to move the Army’s equipment to Europe in the event of a conflict there.  

What the article doesn’t touch on is Russia’s submarine capability and the threat that poses to an already inadequate sealift capability.  In WWII, we lost hundreds of ships, but we had thousands and the loss of no one ship was devastating. With fewer than 100 sealift ships, the loss of a single ship could spell disaster.