The Naval Academy Class of 2028 completed the annual Herndon monument climb in a time of 2:27:31 and are “Plebes no more!” Midshipman 4/C Aug.us Russo, 20, from 20th Company, removes the dixie ...

A lard-covered obelisk is more than a slippery slope for U.S. Naval Academy plebes, who view it as a rite of passage that changes them into midshipmen.

The culmination of a midshipmen’s academic career at the U.S. Naval Academy — graduation and commissioning — comes with nearly two weeks of celebratory and historic activities. Annapolis ...

U.S. Naval Academy plebes climb the lard-covered Herndon Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday to knock off a "Dixie cup" hat and replace it with an upperclassman's ...

The Herndon Climb, an annual tradition for plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy, is complete, marking a major milestone for the Class of 2028.

When the U.S. Naval Academy library banned his memoir — a personal account of growing up Black in Denmark, South Carolina — Bakari Sellers couldn't help but see the irony. His book ...

The climb coincides with the roughly 14-hour-long Sea Trials and is the true culminating event of their plebe year, the ...