TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Class Biography ..................................................................................................................... 4 Editor’s Notes ....................................................................................................................... 5 Trident Scholars .................................................................................................................... 7 Graduates Who Attained Distinction and Awards .............................................................. 7 Academy Activities Leadership ............................................................................................ 8 Editor’s Caveat ...................................................................................................................... 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................. 9 ANOTHER LINK IN THE CHAIN .............................................. 31 EDITOR’S CHOICE – Midshipman’s Evolution ....................... 32 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - “And Bancroft Hall’s A Stage” ..................................... 32 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Lucky Bag ......................................... 37 Chuck Hiles (9th Company) – Our Yearbook ....................................................................... 37 1st COMPANY ..................................................................... 39 1st Co. USNA Vignettes ........................................................ 41 Jack Balcom - Advice From a Roommate ....................................................................... 41 Roger Saylor -Dashed Basketball Dreams ...................................................................... 41 Clay Stiles – 100th Night Invitation ................................................................................. 41 Dan Rowe - The ‘Secret’ Air Shaft .................................................................................. 42 Clay Stiles - The Mouse They Gored .............................................................................. 42 John Long - Worms Too? ................................................................................................ 42 Tim Keating - Orrie Does it Again ................................................................................... 43 Fred Klein - The Best Prank Ever!!! ................................................................................ 43 1st Co. USNA Stories ............................................................ 44 Grant Lee Graeber .............................................................................................................. 44 Pressing Greek Wine in Uniform .................................................................................... 45 Scott W McKenzie ............................................................................................................... 47 10 The Noon Formation ....................................................................................................... 48 Vincent Novela Zabala Jr. ................................................................................................... 50 First Day Transformation ................................................................................................ 50 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Academia ........................................... 52 Philip Parker (12th Company) - We All Had Majors ............................................................ 52 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES - Cheerleading ..................................... 54 Ray Miller (29th Company) - “The Bikes” ........................................................................ 54 2ND COMPANY .................................................................... 55 2nd Company USNA Vignettes .............................................. 56 Carl Inskeep - Tear Gas On The National Mall ............................................................... 56 Leon Schierer – The Christmas Music Experiment......................................................... 57 Leon Schierer – Sudsing the Fountain ............................................................................ 57 2nd Co. USNA Stories ............................................................ 59 Carl Inskeep ......................................................................................................................... 59 Persistence Pays – A Love Story ..................................................................................... 60 Larry Simoneaux ................................................................................................................. 62 On Being AWOL ............................................................................................................... 62 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Ever ........................................................................ 65 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The BAC ............................................ 68 Pete Schneider (34th Company) – Tea Fights ..................................................................... 68 3RD COMPANY .................................................................... 70 3rd Co. USNA Stories ............................................................ 73 Bradley Dayton Closson ...................................................................................................... 73 The Missing Man ............................................................................................................. 74 Michael J Kehoe .................................................................................................................. 78 The Day I Realized I Would Survive Plebe Summer ....................................................... 79 Greyhound Races ............................................................................................................ 80 James Joseph (Joe) Sheppard ............................................................................................. 82 Joe Sheppard’s USNA Vignettes ......................................................................................... 83 11 The Great Popcorn Caper ............................................................................................... 83 The Joe Sheppard Memorial Room ................................................................................ 83 Hunt and Kill Mission under the Sink ............................................................................ 83 Sailing .............................................................................................................................. 84 ‘Lady’ Meets the OOD .................................................................................................... 85 Plebe Boxing ................................................................................................................... 85 Jack Williams ...................................................................................................................... 86 A Room With A View ...................................................................................................... 86 EDITOR’S CHOICE – The Seven Mile Limit ............................. 88 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - The Ox Bow Innocents ................................................ 89 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Big Brothers ..................................... 91 Mike Stewart (7th Company) - Being a Big Brother ....................................................... 91 SIGN OF THE TIMES – “Teach Me Tiger” ............................... 95 Jim Yeakley – 12th Company ............................................................................................... 95 4TH COMPANY ..................................................................... 96 4th Company USNA Vignettes .............................................. 97 Alan Schaffter - Key West Diving – Rapture For The Deep ............................................... 97 Steve Dunphy – Parents’ Weekend ................................................................................... 98 4th Co. USNA Stories ............................................................ 99 Mark Charles Scharfe ......................................................................................................... 99 ‘Twas the Week Before Army/Navy and… .................................................................. 100 Robert W. Stuart ............................................................................................................... 104 The Longest Mile .......................................................................................................... 105 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – NAFAC ........................................... 106 Hugh Marcy (18th Company) – Foreign Affairs Took Hold ............................................... 106 5TH COMPANY ................................................................... 108 5th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................ 109 John Muncie - Food Fight!! ........................................................................................... 109 Al Hutchins - A ‘Vulture’ Gets Grounded ..................................................................... 110 12 Bruce McClure - Welcome to Annapolis! ..................................................................... 110 Wayne Peters - Hide and Seek – Navy Style ................................................................ 110 John Muncie - An Army/Navy Bullshit Session ............................................................ 111 5th Co. USNA Stories