Military Courtesies, Customs, and Ceremonies & USNA Notable Graduates

Class of 1905 Fleet Admiral/Chief of Naval Operations Born - Fredericksburg, TX 2 decades as submariner Commanded USS Augusta, flagship of US Pacific fleet After Pearl Harbor, Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet and then CIC, US Pacific Oceaen Areas December 1944, Congress promoted him to fleet admiral Chief of Naval OPerations at dawn of COld War USS Nimitz (CVN-68), first ship of new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers

Class of 1945 NASA Astronaut/1st American in Space Born - East Derry, NH Graduated Naval Test Pilot School 1951, Naval War College 1957 congressional Medal of Honor (space) two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Navy Astronaut Wings, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Distinguished Flying Cross. Langley Medal (highest award from Smithsonian Institution). Mad awards Rear Admiral Shepherd was one of the first Mercury astronauts named by NASA in April 1959 May 5, 1961, in Freedom 7 spacecraft. Altitude of 116 statute miles

Class of 1947 39th President of the United States Plains, GA Served from 1946 (accelerated wartime program) to 1953. Sub School 1948 1962 Georgia Senate 1971 Georgia's 76th governor Announced he was running for president 1974. Preseident from Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981. Nobel Peace Prize 2002

Class of 1947 Prisoner of War/Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Albingon, IL Navy Test Pilot School Masters in IR from Stanford Shot down over Vietnam on September 9, 1965 Hanoi Hilton for 7 years. Tortured, solitary confinement for 4 years, leg irons for 2 years Developed system of communication and rules governing prisoner behavior Injured himself to maintain his honor 26 personal combat decorations, incl. 2 purple hearts, four Silver Star medals, Medal of Honor Only 3 star Admiral in the history of thee Navy to wear both aviator wings and the Medal of Honor

Class of 1953 Entrepreneur/Presidential Candidate Texarkana, TX Worked for IBM as salesman Founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962, sold to GM in 1984 Ran for president as an independent with VADM James B. Stockdale in 1992 Won a fifth of the popular vote, finished third Formed Reform Party and ran again in 1996, third

Class of 1958 Prisoner of War/United States Senator Born Panama Canal Zone. School in Alexandria, VA 1973 Natl War College Navy Pilot from 1958 to 1981 1967 to 1973 POW in Vietnam Many awards, including Silver Star, Purple Heart, Legion of Mereit, Distinguished Flying Cross Republic Congressman and Senator Ran unsuccessfully for President as GOP nominee in 2008

Class of 1965 Heisman Trophy Winner/Professional Football Player Served 4 years active duty, one year overseas in Vietnam 11 years with the Cowboys. 2 Super Bowl victories First-ballot HOFer, 1985 1977 Staubach Company, commercial real estate firm Business awards

Class of 1981 Astronaut Jacksonville, FL MS in Ocean engineering from MIT and WHOI in 1988 Defense and NASA Medals More than 1500 hours flight time in six different types of helicopters and more than 800 shipboard landings Four space flights. Over 1225 hours in space

Class of 1982 First female four-star in the US Navy First black woman to command a ship in the US Navy - USS Rushmore, 1999 Currently 38th Vice CNO - another first

Class of 1987 Professional Basketball Player Went from 6'4\" freshman to 7'1\" senior who was College Player of the Year Selected by Spurs with #1 pick in 1987 draft 'The Admiral' put off rookie season until 1989-90 b/c of Navy commitments First male player to play on 3 US basketball teams in the Olympics 2009 - NBA HOF along w Jordan and Stockton Generously donates scholarships to students

Class of 1995 SEAL first a SWO, taught at USNA, attended grad school, then went to BUD/S In 2005, was deployed to Afghanistan June 28th, 2005, led a daring mission to rescue a four-man SEAL reconnaissance squad engaged in a fierce firefight with overwhelming Taliban forces in rugged 10k ft mountains Kristen, 7 other SEALs, and 8 Army \"Nightstalkers\" died when their MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down by an RPG Total of 11 SEALs died that day, biggest single loss for Naval Special Warfare since WWII