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Veteran on the Move
A highlight from The CoverBag with Murp McCarthy
"Marine veteran Murph McCarthy is the creator of the cover bag the best protection for your dress hat or dress uniform cover Coming up next on veteran on the move Welcome to veteran on the move if you're a veteran in transition an entrepreneur wannabe or someone still stuck in that J -o -b trying to escape this podcast is dedicated to your success And now your host Joe Crain As a member owned not -for -profit Navy Federal puts members at the heart of every single thing they do Find out more at Navy federal org All right today we're talking with Marine Corps veteran Murph McCarthy owner of the cover bag calm and The women's rugby coach at the Naval Academy, that's pretty cool So Murph welcome to the show before we get to talking about business and entrepreneurship As a marine fellow aviator having had one of those on this show for a long time. Tell us what you did in the Marine Corps yes, so I Actually, I enlisted right out of high school and things went really well I was a tower air traffic controller and I ended up at the prep school for the Naval Academy and then graduated from the Naval Academy in 2000 then TBS and then went to down to Pensacola and When so helos went out to the FRS out there in Camp Pendleton quickly fell in love with it learned how to fly frogs Then I went to East Coast and I did two deployments on the East Coast And when I came back from that second one, there was a bunch of ospreys on the tarmac you know, I wasn't sure I wanted to get into that so I solicited my services back out to Camp Pendleton and then I ended up with the Purple Did foxes a couple deployments with them and then along the road. I got I got the the drone stink on me Stick with VMU doing drones and when it came time for me to get out of the cockpit I actually my services were sought by people other than myself To go do that again. So I went To VMU three and did a couple deployments With those guys then I came back to the Naval Academy where I was working in the Stockdale Center for ethical leadership and I was teaching leadership and that's when I started coaching rugby at the Academy in 2011 and then I had one last gig down at DITRA defense threat reduction agency where I was doing I was working on the open skies treaty which is a fascinating gig if you can get it, and I don't think you can get it anymore, but and then I retired in 2017 and You know, that was my Marine Corps story from the end of high school 92 to 2017 interesting so You know, sometimes transition is different. You're retiring because at least you got that paycheck of the month club membership, but Sometimes retirement isn't any easier than you know being in being in the military for four years and then getting out also So what was your transition like? Well, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do when I grew up You know, I was still like volunteering coaching rugby and that I Didn't see myself ever getting out of that because that was just a really fun thing for me to do It filled a lot of the you know, what you miss about the Marine Corps stuff for me But I started looking into a couple different business opportunities. I Started a business before I retired probably almost ten years before I retired and that was the cover bag and what ended up being the cover bag calm and that just grew and grew and grew to where You know, I could definitely take up a lot of time just working that when I retired But I'm I knew that was I wanted one more thing at least And that's when I started looking into other business opportunities and I got into fitness I a started franchise in Annapolis and did that I looked at a Number of other franchise opportunities, but I knew fitness was probably going to be what I wanted to do, right? So Was there an entrepreneurial bug inside of you the whole time? You're in the Marine Corps to just come about at a later time Totally. Yeah, like I've been into that kind of thing when I was since I was a kid So I remember getting in trouble for selling fireworks in the bathroom at my junior high school You know, I came up with ideas for stuff to put on ball caps Slinging t -shirts like that was always a thing but the cover bag was an idea I had when I went to the Naval Academy and You know, you're always wearing that combination cover like in the Marine Corps You're lucky especially if you're in aviation like you already ever even see that thing Yeah, buddy with the chicken you're trucking that thing all around all the time and it's white And you know, all you got to do is sit on it once or you know Be holding an ink pen that you probably should have retired a week before next to it And you gotta take the whole thing apart or buy new parts or buy a new one And I'm like man if I just had a bag for this thing, so it was like a couple years of me sketching out what it probably should look like and then designing it and then You know once you make the first couple and then you kind of go from there, but no I've always had that Hey, wouldn't this be a good idea Like I probably I probably do that like three times a week. Yeah, I've always been the same way but I think like especially when I was when you're a kid or when you're really young you have no idea how to Capitalize on your idea like yeah idea how to implement it or execute. I mean, you just don't have those capabilities and then especially nowadays with the internet and all the technology and everything and in Alibaba and China and all these resources that are available You can you could come up with a harebrained idea in just a few months be taking it to market Whereas like 20 30 years ago. It was like almost impossible to do to do. Yeah. No, and that's something you People should keep in mind. Like if you've got what you think is a crazy idea Just keep kind of fleshing it out and then you know for me it was a buddy of mine He's like, hey, I got a buddy who's got a hat and bag factory in Newark, New Jersey And why don't you send me that sketch you talked about? So I sent it to him and the guy produced a demo and And that was the first one like just like that dude. That's awesome. All right, hold that thought we're gonna take quick break We'll be right back As a member owned not -for -profit Navy Federal puts members at the heart of every single thing that they do Low fees and great rates resources to help you crush your financial goals 24 -7 access to stateside member service representatives with award -winning customer service Earnings and savings of four hundred seventy three dollars per year by banking with us an average credit card APR That's six percent lower than the industry average a market leading regular savings rate nearly two times the industry average I'm still with Navy Federal after 33 years and not going anywhere. 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So When I saw your interview come through Murph I gotta admit I'm like the cover bag and I went to your website and I saw it and I'm like ding I get it instant instant like yep thumbs up and Cuz my wife and I were Amazon sellers for many years. We're totally out of the business now. Amazon just got to be Amazon was like walking through a minefield you like you thinking you're fine all sudden kaboom your right leg's missing You're like what the fuck? anyways So we're out of Amazon now, but I loved Amazon cuz like we talked about earlier when you're when you're young You come all these hair brained ideas. That's a great idea for product That's a great idea and I could I could run them to ground and be and be putting it on Amma be putting a great product on Amazon, you know within a few months sometimes Sometimes that's not a good thing because if it turned out not to be a good idea you lose a lot of money At least I could exercise these ideas for the first time in my life. And so I have a true appreciation for a great product and I Remember, you know getting my uniforms at the Marine Corps shop or the marine the marine shop in there in Quantico And I think I still have that white shredded cardboard box with my white cover in it somewhere back in storage and and I The whole time I'm like, how am I supposed to carry this thing around? I mean for 20 plus years in the Marine Corps I carded that thing around in a cardboard box and somehow it managed to work out for him when I saw the cover bag I'm like, oh, yeah, like I get it that that's it. Like like how did how'd you just come up with that idea? It was just I mean I get it It's like it's like a problem every one of us dealt with but nobody ever thought of the idea or at least executed on the idea Yeah, well, I always thought we you know, they're expensive So all you gotta do is have to replace one and you're like man, how do I not do that again? Yeah, and that's where it started but when I had You know that run -in with my buddy's friend who said he could make me a demo I was like a demo sounds like it sounds like I'm in it But he he produced, you know The first cover bag from my sketch and I and all I had was like a little couple tweaks And he sent I ordered about 15 of them and I opened up the box of these 15 cover bags And I handed him out to the guys that were doing the color guard For the ball when we had the ball the next night and when the Marines were like, holy shit, sir This is awesome. Where'd you get these? I was like funny story like I invented that and they're like what and then I knew that I had something and that's Really? Yeah pulling my money together and like spending quality time thinking about how I was gonna do it Wow Yeah, I got like a thousand questions cuz and like I said, I'm a product guy Like I love cool products and the idea behind it. So interviewing somebody that created a product it became successful Because it was just the right idea and Let me tell you man. I don't know if you realize this bit. It is hard to find to Manufacture something in the US and it's great that this is a military product Which by the way, I want to point out like I know in the Navy Marine Corps. We call it a cover your uniform hat The other services. I'm sure the Air Force didn't call it a cover. They probably caught a hat I'm not I'm not sure about the army But you know, I want to point out a cut the cover is your official military head piece or your you know It's your military hat but in the Marine Corps Navy, we call it the cover So your product is called the cover bag But I suppose you you wouldn't have wanted to call it the hat bag because then it would have just been like anything No, and I you know how you always wondered like you watch a commercial Or hear like a radio ad you're like I'm confused but like three minutes later you're still talking about it I think some of that. Yes, I think some of that has happened with calling it the cover back You know because I thought that I was gonna be selling to guys like you and me Like I thought this was gonna be you know by the troops for the troops type thing Yeah, but I have a ton of customers that are moms and Grandmas wives like they don't know what a cover is So they're like I pick up the phone and somebody says cat bag 95 % of the time really and I just I just kind of roll with it because it's one of those You got all these old ladies buying it to you're talking about it. So let's keep that up It's like the the the Red Hat Ladies Club is buying your bag for their hats and stuff or fancy hat No, they're buying it for their husband's boyfriend's grandchildren The cover bag is a huge gift idea like I'll send I'll sell like six figures worth of these things through the Marine Corps exchanges in a year I sell a lot more than that to friends and families of people graduating Parris Island and MCRD San Diego. It's it's absolutely fascinating and Much in the same way as cover bags hat bags hat covers all that stuff My favorite is that you know, I don't pay anything for advertising like I tried it a couple times It was to me It was like wasting money because I couldn't figure out if it was doing anything at all But people will get on Facebook and argue about what should be Embroidered on the cover bag. No, it should be last name first name. No, it should just be the initials No It should be first name and then the middle name and then the last name and I'm like this is amazing because it'll go on And then the website goes ding ding ding Yeah, well I suppose you know first initial middle initial last name, you know, maybe rank before that might you know if you're selling them to all the eighth and I Marines if it becomes that if he becomes a Regular issue piece of gear. Well, then you gotta you gotta do by right? I think that's probably eventually gonna happen. Yeah Yeah, the Marines like solve a lot of your problems. They just make you do stuff The Marine Corps ever figures out. Hey, we don't want anybody walking around with a bad -looking cover again We're gonna put one of them cover bags in their c -bag issue. Yeah, that's it. That'll solve that. Yeah Yeah, well then they won't have to walk around with it in you in there with their bent arm and hand, you know So So what are some of your numbers that you can share with us or just to give us a perspective on? How successful the cover bags? Well, to be honest The company's not openly for sale, so I'm not really in tune exactly with the numbers But I've been trying to get in with the Navy exchange So the last gentleman that worked there He didn't really understand and like how the cover bag was an amazing piece of gear But they're starting to get the memo now and the main number I've been talking with them is like hey Do you know I I do over six figures worth of business with the MCX at the Navy exchanges of which there is many Many more. Can you imagine how good this would do if it was available? Yeah to the Navy first hand and then retail, you know I do I do a lot more business retail than I do goals for sale. So well, dude, that's awesome. This is good you're always gonna need to protect that cover and like I said the the parents and Girlfriends wives and grandparents are on Facebook talking about what needs to be on a cover bag and they're like, what's a cover bag? Cover and then there I am my website just gets the pinks. Yeah You know, it's like that the old the old Henry Ford story where he says Well, if I had asked the customer what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse, you know, or right There's a quote similar from Steve Jobs Like sometimes the customer doesn't really know what they're looking forward what they need until they see it You can have any color car you want as long as it's black the other Henry Ford one yeah, and The cover bags kind of like that because if you said what's one of the biggest, you know You know pain in the ass things you do you deal with with your uniform? Nobody would have said I wish I had something to carry my cover in but I mean hardly anybody would have said that but When they see when they see the cover bag, they're like, oh, yeah I want one of them because I that is a pain point for me I just never realized that there would be as ever solution for it yeah, no, it's it's a no -brainer and eat and like People that aren't, you know actively using the cover like the parents can figure out that a cover bags a great idea And the other thing is, you know, mom's don't want to be buying their kids, you know, whiskey flasks and knives Something Practical they're not gonna put alcohol in or possibly shank somebody with It works out pretty good to get him a cover back and embroidery everybody loves embroidery that Yeah Now it's got your name on it, oh, yeah The embroidery thing for the cover bag is when it really exploded Yeah, and there's a nice big surface area on the thing for plenty of embroidery you can Yeah It takes a while if you come up with a design and you want me to put it on there that takes a little more time a little more involved, but I got plenty of patch choices and You can put whatever name you want on there nicknames Like if people get too wrapped up in what name they want in there or what order I'll be like Does your does your son have a pretty cool nickname? They're like, oh, yeah, we call him Sparky.
WTOP
"naval academy" Discussed on WTOP
"Team at the Naval Academy Buffett also connected to the more buttoned up DC crowd letting their hair down packing out local venues to see him in concert Kyle Cooper WTO P news President Joe Biden in Florida today seeing some of the spots hit hardest by Hurricane Adalia but Governor Ron DeSantis will not meet with them even though the two reportedly been in constant contact for days on Friday he approved a disaster declaration providing federal funds to help areas ill hello Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was touring aftermath when he took a call from the The President. damage the damage stretches into Georgia where Adalia lingered over the state CBS News correspondent badly Blackburn and 13 counties in Virginia under a drought watch advisory including parts of our area six of those counties are in Northern Virginia, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington and Fairfax counties. Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality issued the drought watch advisory at the end of August. They factored in precipitation groundwater stream flows and reservoir levels when coming up with them abnormal rain levels in the past two weeks high heat and no rain in the forecast were some reasons behind the decision. According to the DEQ Northern Virginia precipitation reservoir and stream flow levels are considered normal however those normal stream flows are below the 25th percentile groundwater indicators also reported to be low but Occoquan Reservoir and Lake Manassas levels are considered normal. Virginians encouraged to cut back on water use? Fauquier County says they'll start voluntary conservation and will inform residents about ways to curtail usage. Liz Anderson, WTOP News. COVID cases on the rise once again as kids go back to school and a lot of folks gearing up for holiday travel. It'll apparently be a few weeks before a new booster is available. Elaine Kiana with CBS says who's getting hit the hardest? The dominant variants that are circulating right now in United the States are variants that are able to evade in many times the immunity that's conferred from previous infections and from previous vaccines. Also, a lot of folks that the are in hospital and ending up with more severe illness are the under
Game of Crimes
A highlight from 110: Part 2: Ryan Steck is a Spy - The Real Book Spy
"Navy SEALs are so played out. The Delta boys are so played out. I'm looking for good reason. I'm not putting them down. I mean, come on. There's a reason why we all know about them. But I thought, you know, who's left? And the more research I was doing, the more people I talked to, like, who's the biggest bad that's -ass not a SEAL or a Delta boy? And it was like, finally, someone said to me, what do you know about the Marine Raiders? And I was like, you know, not much. So the more I looked into them, the more I thought, this is more Red's brew of coffee right here. Yeah. My character, Matthew Red, I just saw it instantly, man. It just clicked. And I kind of just ran with it. Yeah. Cause the Raiders, I mean, there's been some variations of stuff. So one of my friends came out of Naval Academy, FBI agent, but was a captain in the Marines. He was force recon. And there's this great picture of him. It used to be on his Twitter page. He's doing a halo jump in white. It's wintertime, but he's doing a halo jump in white. You know, and it's like, you know, that's some cool shit. But when I first started reading about Matthew Red, like you say, he almost, it reminded me of what you would get if you kind of put together like a Mitch Rapp and a Jack Reacher, you know, and a couple other folks, you know, somebody got some street smart as well as smart knows how to operate tactically. But I like the fact that you set it out in States that tend to be flyover countries. You know, I came from Kansas flyover country. Now I do have to ask one thing. Will Matthew Red ever work with the Dutton Ranch at Yellowstone to drive off the other people? Well, you know, it's interesting. When I first wrote about Montana, I kind of think a lot of people I was talking to was like, no one cares about Montana. Like, no one wants to read about that. And then like two years later, Yellowstone came out. And then 1823, 1883, then 1923. I think they care about Montana now, you know? And so, so that was, I won't lie to you. That was another reason why John Talbot was like, Hey, the timing's good. Let's get this thing out the door. Let's go shop it. You know, Yellowstone's huge. I don't think that hurt for sure. But you know, Red's got his own cattle ranch that he's worried about right now. And in book two, he's facing a very real threat of losing it. And I mean, that is just one of, put that farther down the list of problems he's got in book two. Well, we want to tie this back to our Game of Crimes theme, because it has to relate somehow to crime. So what happens is, he's kind of, kind of tell a little bit too, Matthew is set up in the beginning, team, something happens to his team, obviously, and then he's got the choice between getting court -martialed, you know, or taking a less than honorable discharge and getting out of the Marines, which kind of, that's the inciting incident. That's what sets him on the path coming back to Montana. So how did you come up with the, because you, like you said, you originally talked about human trafficking. How did you come up with the idea though, for Fields of Fire, in terms of the manipulation of the food supply? Yeah, I mean, I'll touch on it a little, I don't want to spoil it, but one day I was sitting around, I won't name names, but there was a billionaire who looks like a really nice dude, a friendly face, round glasses, just looked super nice, but was making headlines because he's buying up all this farmland. And I just was sitting there one day going, why? Is that Ted Turner? Why are they buying up all this, why are they buying up all this farmland? Well, that's the Chinese too. They've been doing a lot of that out there. Well, I couldn't let it go. And I just thought, okay, let's say that this nice looking billionaire is actually not, what might they be doing? And so in my fictional universe, there's a billionaire who comes from the tech world. His name is Anton Gage and he looks very nice.
The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Charles Duke
"Folks, welcome to The Eric Mataxas Show, sponsored by Legacy Precious Metals. There's never been a better time to invest in precious metals. Visit LegacyPMInvestments .com. That's LegacyPMInvestments .com. Welcome to The Eric Mataxas Show. Did you ever see the movie The Blob starring Steve McQueen? The blood curdling threat of The Blob. Well, way back when, Eric had a small part in that film, but they had to cut his seed because The Blob was supposed to eat him. But he kept spitting him out. Oh, the whole thing was just a disaster. Anyway, here's the guy who's not always that easy to digest. Eric Mataxas! I've already told you really everything I think you need to know about the man who lets me call him Charlie. A warm Socrates in the City round of applause for Brigadier General Charles Moss Duke. You go in the far chair right there. All right, I better get this out of the way right off the bat. Did you really walk on the moon? Be honest, because you're among friends. If it didn't happen, there's forgiveness. But is that true? It's true. About 20 years ago, the moon landings were a big hoax. And I was interviewed by somebody on NBC. And and I said, as Katie Couric, and I said, Katie, if we faked it, why did we fake it nine times? You're going to fake some, do it once and shut up. Right. But we went to the moon nine times, had six landings on the moon, and I was the fifth landing of the six. So I don't know, though, if you really want to be clever, you could you could do it several times just to throw people off, you know. Charlie, it's I'm not kidding. I go places and I talk and every now and again, I will bump into someone who is a flat earther. And I realize this because I would use it as the ultimate example of what we all dismiss. We don't take seriously. And there are people like they're out there. So have you ever encountered one who actually thought that you were that who confronted you personally and said this never happened? My first encounter with this fellow, I don't remember his name now, but he called me in the middle of the night and said, how do you get your number, Charlie? We're in the phone book, actually. All right. That's that's on you. That's on you. Not many, not many phone books left, but back 20 years ago. And that's called me. He says, my name's so -and -so. And he says, do you are you Charlie Duke? I said, I'm Charlie Duke. He said, Well, you claim you walked on the moon. And I said, Yeah, I walked on the moon. He said, Well, I have irrefutable proof that you did not land on the moon. And I said, Well, why don't you send me some of this irrefutable proof? So I hung up and he sent me a grainy video that he'd done. And it was a fake video, actually. And so anyway, I saw him, a friend of his showed up at a meeting in Japan. Yeah, I don't believe Japan exists. And this guy and this guy approached Buzz Aldrin in his office in L .A. one time. And he said he had a Bible in his hand. He says, swear on this Bible that you walked on the moon. And Buzz said, Get out of here. And the guy kept the guy kept bugging him. And finally, Buzz just popped him right right in the middle of the nose and knocked him down. And the so guy sued Buzz. But the lawyer says, You deserve it. I mean, the judge said, You deserve it. Get out of here. Wow. We need more judges like that. Yeah. So anyway, I had a similar experience in Japan with this guy. But the evidence is irrefutable that we landed on the moon that we did. You don't need to convince this group. We we believe you. It's kind of why we're here. Well, I mean, we need an argument. The rocks are six hundred pounds of moon rocks are totally different than earth rocks. The photographs that we took, you cannot fake photograph. Back in those days, you didn't have the technology to fake photographs like you could do it today. And so the photographs all real. The rocks are real. The experiments we brought back. We left the laser reflector up there. And it's all all that's being transmitted. I mean, you can so we can hit it with a laser from here. Yeah. And so there's evidence is overwhelming that the moon rocks are real and that we did land on the moon six successful times. I want to ask you a few geological questions, which is not typical of me, but I want to get into that. But first, I want to I just want to go backwards. You know, I was kidding around about the idea that once you've walked on the moon, you know, you know, people don't really care where you went to college or whatever you're you know, you've been published in the Atlantic Monthly or whatever it is, because, you know. But how did your path go? I alluded to the fact that you started in the Naval Academy, so you didn't even have it as a gleam in your eye to to be an astronaut, because in those days, in those days, there wasn't a space program. We were trying to launch rockets, but not nobody was talking about people. And so I graduated from the Naval Academy in 1957, and there wasn't an Air Force Academy in 1957. There wasn't. They started it in 1955, but the first class wasn't going to graduate until 1959. So up until that point, they would allow West Pointers and midshipmen to volunteer for the Air Force. It was up to 25 % of the class. And so I fell in love with airplanes and at the Naval Academy. And so the decision was Naval Aviation or Air Force. And I was leading Air Force, but I really didn't know. So I took my physical my senior year, first class year, we called it. And I said, and the doctor after I got finished, he said, Well, Mitch and the Duke, you don't qualify for naval aviation, but the Air Force will take you. So that's true. That's true. True story. And so I ended up in the Air Force. And the whole story was the doctor says, we have found a stigmatism in your right eye and you don't qualify for naval aviation, but the Air Force will take you. So so anyway, they're desperate. They're just getting started. They'll take anybody. Yeah. Did you I mean, I have to ask you this question as a kid. Did you ever have any inkling or premonition that you would do something like go to the moon or was it simply completely, you know, because I grew up at a time when I was a kid, people started going to the moon. So I can't think of a time when nobody was doing that. Well, I I'm 86 and I can remember Pearl Harbor. I was six years old, my twin brother. And it was a very I can remember it vividly. And so my dad went off to the Navy and at 35 years old. And we ended up in South Carolina with my grandmother and my mom. And and my heroes were that greatest generation is broke. And so I wanted to serve my country and I chose to go to the Naval Academy because and because my dad had been a Navy. And I was as a kid, I can remember making these baltic wood planes and throwing them off the front top story of my grandmother's house. And we could get some matches and we'd like to tail and we'd throw this thing off. So it was like the zeros crashing, you know, and so I can remember those kind of things. But certainly it wasn't any. I fell in love with airplanes, I guess, in those days. And I had this adventure spirit, I call it. And there's a book by Dr. Seuss called Beyond Z. And it talks about this kid who learns the alphabet on beyond zebra. Yeah, beyond zebra on beyond zebra. Yeah. And his name was Conrad Cornelius O 'Donnell O 'Dell, a very young man who's learning to spell the A is for ape and the B is for bear. C to C through disease is for zebra. I know them all well, says Conrad Cornelius O 'Donnell O 'Dell, but he almost fell flat on his face on the floor when I picked up the chalk and drew one letter more for the things that I see and the things that I do. I could never spell if I stopped with the Z.
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"naval academy" Discussed on WTOP
"News. Naval academy commissioning week continues in Annapolis with the blue angels flights over the 7 river, this afternoon and Anna rondell county, the high speed aerobatic two hour performance starts today at two. It means if you are driving around Annapolis, you need to watch out for some road closures. The naval academy bridge will be closed, both cars and people starting at one 45 this afternoon continues until the blue angels are finished, which is expected to happen around 4 o'clock. The severn river will be closed to boats from the naval academy route four 50 bridge to spa creek. The blue angels were also performed during Friday's naval academy graduation. The pest control company orkin says D.C. is ranked number 6 in the nation for mosquitos, and that is not good news as the bloodsuckers reemerged for another season. There's about to be blood. The bug eye Mike round professor Meredith at the university of Maryland says conditions are perfect, the warm weather, The Rain. We've had several weekends where we've had rain on Saturday, rain intermittently throughout the week. That's filling up things like trash cans and toys in the yard where mosquitos can lay their eggs, but to combat them, you can keep an eye out for standing water. Lean at those things, get that water out of there. Also where light colored, lightweight and loose fitting clothing and use repellent such as oil of lemon eucalyptus for short periods outside, and for longer periods. Go with one that has the active ingredient to carrot and this could give me 6 to 8 hours of protection. Mike Morello WTO news. 7 O 6, pro football's top executive says he's confident the sale of the Washington commanders will be approved. But once that happens, will the team's stadium come home to D.C., NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is weighing in. Listen, I've had the conversation with the mayor. I've had conversations with others in the Washington D.C. region, which you probably know I grew up in Washington D.C. going over to RFK stadium. So I understand the passion of the fans in Washington. I think that's something that new ownership is going to have to address. The NFL record $6 billion plus purchase by investor Josh Harris and his large group was formally submitted to the league earlier this month. Now there's been no timeline set up for a vote on the sale, at least three quarters of owners need to approve it. Now, with the sale of the commanders likely ago, one part of the area can reportedly be ruled out for a new stadium. Montgomery county executive Mark L rich tells the Washington business journal a new stadium does not interest him. He says there's no viable place in the county for a stadium. He adds he has enough problems without having another drain on the county budget. Josh Harris and Mitchell rails who would be part of the ownership group are both from Montgomery county. Coming up in money news after traffic
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Art Piece Reflecting Jesus Christ Covered Following Complaint
"I saw a story when I got to New York the other day. I almost got back on the plane went flew back. They have a, I forget what building and they have a piece of art that shows Jesus Christ. Derek, can you find that story for me? They have an, it's a historic. I want to say it's the U.S. naval academy or something, but it was here in New York. And it's a historic building. And they have an oil painting on the wall. That features an image of Jesus. Somebody complained. Well, that's it. Take it down. And you know what they've done? I'm not making this up. They literally draped a tarp over the painting to cover up the image of Jesus Christ. Because some miserable miscreant complained about a picture of Jesus Christ in a painting. See, there's such a desperate effort to strip society. Of anything that reflects our nation's judeo Christian beliefs. And that wins out.
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Chip Roy: We Need to Preserve the Culture of Our Military
"It would be really cool to have a military focused on Dan bongino and his listener is not getting dead So thanks for doing what you're doing there You can tell us what's going on in more detail and we'd appreciate it Yeah it's great I mean look at you and I both know and your listeners know wokeness is creating a destructive division And it's destroying our military destroying what you know creating division within the ranks It's creating a culture the rewards have failed incompetent leadership like abandoning Afghanistan and it's a Marxist derived ideology that's giving China a clear strategic edge over us And so senator Marco Rubio from Florida and I our teams teamed up and we put out a report to go to the American people can see some of the things going on right It's like secretary Lloyd Austin Signing a memorandum directing all service members and DoD civilian employees to get up to one day stand down to discuss extremism in the ranks Of course there was a report that said out of 2.1 million active duty and reserves there were fewer than a hundred cases which is .005% They hired a guy to put in charge of the countering extremism activity working group who's a total known leftist and activist Who denigrates conservatives and stated systemic racism is one of our great national security challenges I could go down the list The service academies right The admiral told midshipman at the naval academy that they need to read how to be an antiracist Professor at the airport said don't refer to mom and dad It might be offensive And I could go on and on and that were destroying the culture of the military We have vaccine mandates that are killing our recruiting ability We have sex reassignment procedures that are being funded by the military Hell they won't even let you be in the military If you've got frigging braces but they're going to say oh sure sex reassignment procedures I could go on and on but we've got to stop it We got to stop funding it Republicans could have got to get serious about making sure the culture of our military is preserved and protected
Mark Levin
Get to Know Hung Cao, U.S. House Candidate for VA-10
"You're running as the Republican in the tenth congressional district in Virginia which is right outside of Washington but it also stretches a bit Tell everybody a little bit about your background From Vietnam in 1975 and then we escaped there within days of the fall Saigon Came over here and my father couldn't find work over here So we had to move to Africa So I grew up I spent 7 years in Africa And while we're over there my parents we spent 7 years over there I was going to French schools and my parents realized at the age of 12 that this kid probably needs to learn English also So we moved back here My mom brought myself in my sport sisters back here while my dad remained over there for 15 years by himself working and seeing him every 6 months but I want to I grabbed on to that American Dream and I want to Thomas Jefferson high school for science and technology I was the first class to graduate from there I went to the United States naval academy I got my master's in physics from naval postgraduate school and I was a fellow at MIT and at Harvard But I paid everything back with services country I served 25 years in special operations I thought in Iraq Afghanistan Somalia I was in Pakistan during the earthquake relief I was in the Balkans I dove the ocean depth I recovered John F. Kennedy Jr. but then that's been required last October because just watching Kabul fall and seeing mothers hand babies to marines Just broke my heart I mean that's exactly what happened in Vietnam And so I decided to run for Congress Wow And how old are you I'm 51 sir 51 well you've led a full life at the age of 51 And a very patriotic
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Who Is 'First Casualty' Author Toby Harnden?
"Before we get into these amazing stories, Mike span, David Tyson, John walker lind, who is Toby Honda. Tell us about what you did in the British armed forces and your life as a journalist before you became an author. Yes, well, you know, we share a somewhat similar accent as listeners and viewers will detect. You still got yours. Our minds kind of rubbing off a little bit, but I don't know. I'm worried. I'm worried about mind getting a little bit Americanized. But I trust yeah, you're a bit soggy in the middle of the Atlantic somewhere. Yeah, I mean the ace. So yeah, I'm 56 years old, I was born in 66. My father was in the navy. We moved around, we sort of ended up in Manchester, industrial city in the northwest. You don't have a mancunian accent. I think the Royal Navy actually did for the mancunian accent, which was pretty skin deep anyway. But you know, I sort of, you know, I wanted to follow in my father's footstep, I guess there's so many sort of young men do. And I also wanted to get out of Manchester and see the world and it just seemed like a very kind of insular sort of small sort of place. And so all that teenage angst was just channeled towards working hard to get out. And so I got a sponsorship from the I joined the navy at 18. Went to Dartmouth, which is the Britannia royal naval college, kind of the equivalent of the U.S. naval academy at Annapolis, but not really because it's more basic officers training. It's like santas is shorter. Yeah, that's right. I mean, I was there for less than a year. And I threw the navy I got a sponsorship to Oxford to study modern history, so I went off whilst serving naval officer, although I barely wore the uniform for those years apart from a few months sailing around sort of Hong Kong and the far east and Australia. So I had some good times. Yes, exactly. So I was serving naval officer for three years at college and then graduated from college and was pitched in to a career. Which I enjoyed immensely, but you know, it was after the Falklands War, which was 1982, I was joining and supplying to join just sort of join the Falklands actually, age 16. But I missed that. I was stationed in Scotland for the Gulf War, tried very hard to get involved. They managed to that's a long way away from Iraq. I know. They managed to win it without meeting my services. And I remember my boss at the time said, listen to, we don't worry about it. There's going to be plenty of time for medals. And I remember thinking, no, there won't. And of course I left after ten years of service without a single
Veteran on the Move
"naval academy" Discussed on Veteran on the Move
"Company. Steve some interesting things. We were talking about franchise and everything before we hit the record button looking forward to that. But before we get to all that, take us back and tell us what you did in the navy. Sure, sure. Actually, I went to the naval academy after growing up in the thriving metropolis of Fresno, California, but I was surface warfare officer..
WTOP
"naval academy" Discussed on WTOP
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Green Connections Radio - Insights on Innovation, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Careers w Top Leaders, Women
"naval academy" Discussed on Green Connections Radio - Insights on Innovation, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Careers w Top Leaders, Women
"Because the country is ready to scale it. I couldn't be more excited about that opportunity and sometimes you know you get them. Throw them when you're working really hard your heads down and you can feel kind of tired. And then he gets to do a podcast with joan and explain. What you've done in your. I feel so excited about the future. So thank you joan. I think we're at a moment and we can do fabulous. I'm delighted to energize you into pull you back. So you get some perspective and see the forest through the trees and what an amazing impact. You're having so. There are a lot of women who would love to have the impact that you're having i get calls and emails and tweets from women who say you know i. I need to use my skills of a sustainable company. Or i to find a way to you know i might companies fine or my job is whatever but it's just it's not feeding me you know so. We like to give career advice to them. So what advice would you give to. A woman who say has twelve fifteen years of experience. Roughly wants to use her education and her experience to make a difference. She wants to make money. Advance has aspirations ambitions. There's so many routes to get there. What advice would you give her. I always give the advice that when given the chance always choose gumption very rarely and has gumption. Let me down. I might have stepped a little too fast but boy i learned something but if i didn't try i didn't. I didn't get the chance to learn so gumption is one and then the second one is don't be afraid to lead as a woman. I think all of us have had phased in life where we might have tried to do it more of a man way right like if i'm going to have to do this maybe i have to model something else a different way. So what is your. What is your women way for me. I'm comfortable with power. Very comfortable with being able to make the decision. But i also love the fact that the company that i built is a not for profit is very much a company and we re thrived because of our humans we are very person driven organization and i think that that is something that women can help bring to leadership is taking care of people and being aggressive with growth are not opposites. In fact i think the most successful path is when they're woven together. Beautifully said beautifully. Said that's really. That's really to refer so any final thoughts before. I let you get back to your menagerie there. I don't want people to give up on recycling. I can understand how they feel. Let down by it. But i think we need to remember that. It isn't a thing it's a it's a connection. It's a series of loosely connected highly dependent networks in has so much potential but we can't expect it to ever be more effective if we don't invest in it and i think we take all this momentum of now we add in the policy that has been missing from our us landscape and in ten years. We could fix it. We have the roadmap We have the return. We have foundations of the infrastructure in this country. We have the perfect personal commitment. And as i said earlier there is no time to be timid about it at the time is now so i encourage everyone not to to give up but to lean into use their voice ask companies in their communities and their leaders to say. It's time to make it work and you can tweet me and i'm ready to help cool and if you don't see a recycling bin ask for one because every time you ask for one matters. I couldn't believe it was at the naval academy the naval academy academy. And i'm like and i'm asking like all the including the head of communications right under and they're like well. I don't think that blue thing over there. No alert will maybe no not so anyway. Thank you for all the you do. Every day. you're brilliant and fabulous and energetic. And i'm so excited well. It was a real treat to talk to you. Excited about this I i can't wait to to hear from people who feel renewed connection themselves because you've certainly given that to me today Thank you so much. So keep harrison the founder and ceo of the recycling partnership so. Do you recycle. If not why. Not tell us on twitter at john michaelson and we will share it with keefe and maybe get you some ways to recycle. We'll also have a drawing of all the responses and the winner will get a complimentary thirty minute coaching session with me. Yours truly so. Please subscribe to our mailing list to stay. Abreast of our talented amazing guests. Like kief are blogs and career advice. i'm john michaelson. Thank you for joining us. See you next time.
Bloomberg Law
FDA Aims for Full Approval of Pfizer Covid Vaccine on Monday
"In the fight against the coronavirus. The fighter Covid 19 vaccine is close to full FDA approval. The New York Times reports the agency could get the vaccine. It's full approval as early as Monday. The CDC says at least 200 million Americans have received at least one shot of a covid 19 vaccine that's about 60% of the nation's population. The White House, said 534,000 Americans are recently vaccinated about 170 million Americans are fully vaccinated. The U. S Naval Academy is
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
Naval Academy Expels 18 After Online Exam Cheating Probe
"Dozens of midshipmen accused of cheating during an online physics exam in december or being punished. The us naval academy says eight have been expelled. Another thirty two eighty two sanctioned put into a five-month honor remediation program a probe was launched when officials learned outside sources may have been used on the test.
Mark Levin
Biden White House Purposely Held No Press Event Today
"Is it not amazing? That there wasn't a single press event at the White House today, when we have 10,000 or so American citizens in Afghanistan. Because they don't know what to say. They don't know what to say. They hope it'll pass. They're counting on the Pretoria Guard Media. So Joe Biden goes to one of his favorite. Democrats. George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America. Here in part is what happens. Cut one go. No good time to leave Afghanistan. 15 years ago would have been a problem. 15 years from now. The basic choices. Let's stop a minute. If you're going to leave Afghanistan. Then you need to do it with some level of competence and efficiency. The vast majority of you listening to me are not in the military and I've never served in the military. So those of you who have and are Listen, but I want to talk to the others. Even given the fact that you are a pedestrian like me, even given the fact that you are purely a civilian like me. Would it occur to you to pull out most of the military before you have taken out most of your civilians, Mr Producer? Do you have to go to West Point to figure that out? You have to go to the Naval Academy and all the you need. I mean, do you really need To be experienced in military tactics and so forth to know. That you've got to get the citizens out before you start pulling out the military.
Navy Sports Central
"naval academy" Discussed on Navy Sports Central
"You guys some background on varsity sport that i didn't even know existed at the naval academy until i got there Back then it was referred to as lightweight football or one fifties football because the weight limit was one hundred and fifty eight pounds now over the years. That limit is bumped up to one hundred. Seventy eight pounds. That was done back in two thousand seventeen. And by the way kinda rise gradually just didn't go straight from one fifty one seventy eight but it makes sense that they did raise it up because today's athletes just bigger and stronger. And just so you know the average weight of the navy offense and defense based on the most recent depth chart about two hundred and thirty pounds. Anyway the cool thing is that for those guys who loved playing football. There was still a way to do that at the naval academy without having to deal with somebody who's roughly fifty pounds heavier on average and they could do that. Bhai playing what we now know a sprint football. Which brings us to our guest for this episode. He is originally from chicago suburb of melrose park illinois where he played defensive back and wide receiver. He ran track for a couple years in spring as well and he was also recruited by the air force academy before he finally decided to go navy where his brother graduated three years before and while he was at annapolis he played quarterback on the sprint football team and was part of a defense that allowed only six and a half points per game his junior year during his playing career. His teams went fourteen and four including a share. The league championship is sophomore year while registering two big wins over army in both that year and his very next season as a junior. So i'm very happy to welcome former navy. Sprint football defensive back and also a fellow ex hilo pilot mark store to the podcast Mark thanks for being with us now. United exchanged texts emails and facebook posts on navy football for many years..
WMAL 630AM
"naval academy" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"Of Chicago student riding the subway in Chicago, a the mother of the Naval Academy. He was just entering the Naval Academy coming in his first year, and mom was shot to death. Sitting there minding your own business, having a little snack outside in Annapolis, Maryland, and let me just say three words about those three horrible Horrifying incidents. Democrats, Democrats, Democrats and then baby Cuomo of the Cuomo organized crime family, the groper of women, and you notice how all that has just been swept under the rug. And when, when this story broke about baby Cuomo sexually assaulting women and groping women, just like Joe Biden and just like the lieutenant governor of Virginia, Fairfax and Just like Bill Clinton. And just like so many Democrats when that story broke, I said he will not go away. And although he's gotta go, there's fake, breathless. They're insincere shock. By the phone ease at CNN and beyond. Well, he's still there. He woke up in the governor's mansion and again, and now he's free to grow up Anybody who wants because it's already been focus group tested and media tested. In any case, he came out yesterday and his he knows the problem with the crime, but also last week they were just saying there is no skyrocketing crime. Crime is not increasing. Now they're taking drastic measures to fight the skyrocketing crime, and none of this rubs off on them at all. It never sullies that more stains them in any way. Because of the level of corruption that has been achieved in the news media on behalf of the Democratic Party last week. There is no crime wave. Republicans are making this up. There's no spike in crime crime is actually going down, a couple of Democrats said. Thank you, Mr Mayor, Lori lightweight in Chicago, where it's just off the church. Did you see this? My friends seek. Maybe we should send it out. It's pretty funny. It's kind of tragically funny. The new Chicago style pizza have you seen this? The new Chicago style pizza is a pizza looks like a regular pizza with lots of giant different sized bullet holes in it for the Chicago style pizza, and that's there. It is the new Chicago style pizza I'm going to. I'm going to share this with you. I have not yet shared this and On the computer on the text thread with Victor and Michael, Michael and Victor. But there it is. The Chicago Seven. Now giant pizza with giant bullet holes of different sizes. First glance It looks like it might be sausage or something. And then you see that it's that it's actually bullet house. Crazy stuff. So Governor Betty Doc Cuomo, Cuomo organized crime family that assault or sexual assault of women. Just fine. He's a Democrat. Don't worry about him, and he's now legislation to fight the crime wave that just last week didn't exist while we were pointing it out. Uh, he's he's going to hold gun manufacturers accountable, See, And he's going to close harmful gun sale loophole, which apparently in New York if their outstanding warrants for you on criminal charges, you can still go buy a gun, and that's okay. But they're going to fix that. Why? That wasn't fixed about 50 years ago. Nobody knows, but they're going to fix it. Now. He blames Trump naturally, because Trump you know, orange man, bad and all that stuff. I think they really missed Trump because everything was blamed on trip and their their their mental. They're just their mental and we'll get into that. And, uh And the crime is, of course, As I pointed out what happened before it all began. Is disproportionately impacting people of color POC as Democrats like to Sarah B. I. P. O. C. For black indigenous people of color. Even though black people are people of color indigenous people are people of color again. Double redundancy there. From the Democrats and POC. They like to divide us long lines of race, race, class and gender. Just like Karl Marx advised them to do great stuff so remarkable. And who was it? Dr Jill Biden. She's not a doctor, is she? Everybody knows she's not a doctor. Dr. Joe Biden is not a doctor. Is going up with the radical teachers Union chief Randi Weingarten, who was out there yesterday, saying Crazy things about critical race theory and lying a lot and stuff. You know she doesn't actually represent the interests of the Children of the students. She doesn't really represent the interests of the teachers, either just the interests of the leadership of the union and the money. It's a money game. These unions are about money. But Dr Jill, not a doctor and Randy the Kami Weingarten. They're going to be visiting a school today. They're going to go to a school and crazy bet bat guano crazy because they are pushing critical race theory and that critical race theory should be taught in schools. You may also remember that last week They were just saying that critical race theory is not being taught in schools. See last week, they're saying there is no crime wave. Now they're taking dramatic steps to check the crime wave to try to contain the crime wave, which last week they said didn't exist. And this week they're saying that critical race theory must be taught in schools because it's real good. The brain, Russian indoctrinate students in America with Soviet style pseudo education, anti American history, and last week they were screaming at the top of their lungs that it's not being tried. I could bring up all the headlines about how critical race theory is not being taught in K through 12. That's K through 12 is what they like to call it and thats kindergarten through the end of high school until you go into coach. That was their way of not denying it was being taught in college and lying that it wasn't being taught in grammar school in high school, and now they're saying, Of course, we need to keep teaching this and if anybody tries to keep you from teaching it, we've got a giant legal defense fund and we're going to sue anybody. That tries to keep you from teaching something that just last week, we said was not being taught. These people are pathological liars. And if you spend your life following the words of pathological liars, then you will be, um, Democrat Democrat and a moron. But those are two things and there are a number of other words that might apply to So we've got that guard and lunch bucket. Joe is apparently flying to Chicago's O'Hare Airport today, and he's going to be visiting a suburb north and west of Chicago to make stuff up about how we need to spend trillions of dollars by distributing around two Democrats in their big cities, which they're driving into the ground. San Francisco. Remember that used to be kind of a fun. You had the streets of San Francisco and chrome old Michael Douglas again as a matter of fact, before he was the president, United States And yet rice a Roni, the San Francisco treat. And, of course, you know if you're certain county you like clang, clang clang went the trolley to the three things that San Francisco behind.
WBAP 820AM
"naval academy" Discussed on WBAP 820AM
"Breaks the tackle from the security 20 down the middle to 10 the sides of the one and they converge on them at the goal line. Pull up your pants. Take off the brawn Be a man Kevin Harland, describing that streaker who ran into the field. The guy has pleaded no contest to trespassing charges and agreed to a year probation. Which includes 100 Hours of community service. $500 fine. Letter of apology to the NFL. I would love to hear that letter that he writes. Yeah, stupid could probably come up with something That would be a dear and F l sorry about the bra. Aw, Pull up your pants. Take off the pawn B a man. I'm their NFL sora Rude your Super Bowl party, right? Exactly. Sorry about the Ralph. I don't know about you, but I think he's getting off kind of light. What do you do to somebody like that Hide hours of community service, So he'll be picking up trash, huh? 500 bucks. Mhm. And dear NFL, right? Sorry. I was a Jerk. One set of one set of society said he broke the law. The other set of say, how do we get a hold of them? Have you at our pardon? I was gonna say money, saying it might be worth it. Yeah. Well, I would pay the $500 to see money streak. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Alright. That supports update. Uh huh. The F W stand Bongino. I'll be coming your way this morning at 11. Now it's the shape Morning News with al Jay and Bryan Estrin on Newstalk 8 20 w B A P W b a p dot com You see the way we're looking at stories that are trending right now, Do you see this story that involved Michelle Cummings from Houston? Michelle? No, I have not seen them. Michelle Cummings. I don't I don't even know who she is. She was in Annapolis, dropping off her son for induction day at the Naval Academy. Okay. And she was sitting on the patio of her hotel. The graduate hotel there in an apple. If you ever been to Annapolis, you know this hotel, the graduate Hotel. All right, Um, and while she was on the patio of the hotel She was struck and killed by a stray bullet. They say she was an engaged parent who was all in for supporting her son's athletic dreams. Her son, Leonard, coming to third. Going to Navy prep and was a football prospect. Uh, and they say apparently there were multiple shots were fired on Pleasant Street there in Annapolis just after midnight on Tuesday the intended targets of the shooting. Were two people sitting in a parked SUV, both of whom were unharmed. She was not the intended target, but she was struck at least once by gunfire. It may be more than once. The story is heartbreaking when you think about how this travel from Pleasant Street to the elevated graduate hotel patio. And she wasn't the target. That is just so sad. I mean, you do everything right to raise a kid and get him into an academy. That is a feat right there. Yes. Oh, this just breaks my heart for this. Yeah, And then you know that poor kid too. I don't know His mom is not going to be. How can he go on? Yeah, you know, you know, it's good to have a baby. It's going to be a bad memory. Annapolis will not be a bad memory. Surprised if he still wants to go there. Scrape. I hope they can catch them, but they won't catch it. Well, no, I think they're close. The feds have chipped in 20,000 bucks in reward money. 2000 bucks have come from locals, and they say that they're getting close on the investigation because of video. That it is so good. But still though, that doesn't bring her back. How close is the graduate from Mama? Is it close to campus? Yes. Right by campus. It is okay. Yeah. That's the thing about you know, the three academies are so different. And then you know you've got beautiful air force. Yeah, You got West Point tucked away. You know that you've been to you have to go find it. Yeah, you could walk out of the gates of the Navy Naval Academy. And in the block here in downtown Annapolis. Yeah, you know, so it's just a totally different look. Hmm. Yeah, man, you're like, how does this play? That is so sad. You know, I hope they hope they catch a Texas connection, too. By the way, she's from Houston as I mentioned, so, yeah. My God just crazy. The death toll in Florida's residents 18. Uh, in the counter that you saw they pulled out two young kids. How? Yeah. Uh, they found their bodies. Uh, this could go on for a long time in California. Yes. Do what in 149 remain unaccounted for. Wow. And I said, there's there's different numbers one says 18. Once as 12, I think we're waiting to hear. From the medical examiner on a couple house. So yeah, and several days ago, the number was 150 missing now and if they find it if they have found 18 more bodies and still 149 missing. The numbers don't add up. They may have realized that there were more there than I thought more there than what they thought. Yeah. She? Yes. Coming up here at 6 45 this morning. Only 10% of unemployed are actively doing this. And people stopped doing this during the pandemic. The question is, Will they restart? Is it playing golf? No, It's not going on. Yes, we'll get into that, though. Coming up next after we check traffic.
The Dan Patrick Show
"naval academy" Discussed on The Dan Patrick Show
"It's i guess a documentary. I don't know if it's a documentary. But it feels that way bo burnham and he is i don't know how to describe him a comedian performer. But i'm i'm mystified entrenched with how what he does on this special on. Netflix bo. burnham is his name. He's been around awhile. I think. Probably the last decade or so that you've probably heard or seen something he's done. He's thirty years of age. But he has a special that mic love in the The french kid told me about. And i started watching it i went. I don't know what this is. But it's different than anything i've ever seen. Yeah club so he shot the whole thing by himself in his corentin. That's what's so unique. So he's set up guy right. I think he packs houses and he tried to do a stand up routine on his own. It's very odd music. He sings light. Show how it's framed and he did everything on his own. Yeah he got his start. He was on a two thousand eleven comedy central show called stand up showdown in one. That got a little notoriety and But just been plugging away since. Then it's fascinating it really. Is there some funny funny stuff in there. A couple of phone calls in here on this topic kevin ohio. Hi kev. what's on your mind. I dan how are you good sir. Good yeah the question. I had is giving the situation at the naval academy Would that give. Nfl team second thought about drafting anybody from the academy. Not knowing if they're going to get permission to defer their their military career sure. Thank malcolm perry. I thought was spectacular at the naval academy dot. I voted for him for heisman trophy. I think i put him second on my list or third but he got a an opportunity to play for the miami. Dolphins keenan reynolds got a chance to play for the ravens. But they got that opportunity. I mean perry had nine catches last year at least got a chance to play. He's a backup but former quarterback. I agree i would go into this going. I'm not quite sure not quite sure if i'm going to draft somebody because you're not quite sure you can get somebody as a free agent. I don't know if i'd use a draft pick david in texas. Hi david hey. Dan thanks for taking my call. I'm a retired navy. Diver and i was schools coordinator for Divers seals. And i think i can shed some light at least on the enlisted side and you could probably draw some parallels from so i would take applications from people who are already in. Maybe working jobs like cooks or mechanics but wanted to go into one of my programs and i got authorization to take those people from their detailer. Cook detail the mechanic detailer because our programs had higher demand we were in the middle of a bunch of conflicts. So the only people i couldn't touch were nukes. 'cause they were deemed to be just as critical as us. And because this fellow is an information technology. If you look what's going on today with all the ransomware somewhere attacks. That's that's where our national risk is right now so in my opinion it's just as simple as it's his job. Okay well thank you. Thank you david. Thank you for your services. Well james in nebraska. Hey james yeah. Hi dan thanks..
Women of the Military
"naval academy" Discussed on Women of the Military
"Normally wouldn't have come across in your daily life go for fixture. You know netflix doing research to know if you're a right for the air force if you're right for the coastguard if you're right together in the army it which one offer shoes. What will work with you. I'll say this about the army is. There's something there for everyone. I want to be a cook. The chef go in the army. And they'll send you to a event schooling at some of the work with some of the best chefs in the next. If you want to be a warrior you'll be that no matter which serve that she going but he twenty has a culture and each one culture is different so pick the one that fits you. Then you think fits the way you like to work. Now you get along with people higher unit simpson's and where you want to go. I would say go do something at the age of eighteen or nineteen that kids. That is a gap year or two or three. You don't have to stay forever. Kisco how the experience travel is something different. Challenge yourself when. I can just speak to the truth of what i what i already do. when i'm By a woman that wants to join the military. And i just enroll the truth that i can because when i joined in when many of us join we get the recruiter golden ticket. They promised everything. Even if you're like me was thorough and got it in your contract a contract anyway you know rape in the military or civilian culture happens all the time women there is that. Did you wanna roll the dice. Do you want to see if it's gonna happen you or do you want to try to find another path and then also i discussed with him very clearly when you join the military all of your rights and our property you are government issued and if you're okay with that if you're really with that then i would say the forward if you're not okay with like you know being on burn issue damage government proper knee maybe the military is not for you and to explore all your options and potential. It's just truth and recruited in that. I held for more than anything. You truthful. if i'm going to be exposed to something. Like i made to now. That's not always case that i'm willing to talk trigger green for sure. Well i think there's one thing that when you think of anybody joining the military i would really look at who do you be on the other side and so all ties to my transition invite so they ought to give people the transition out like. Oh this is my. I'm going through a transition. I'm getting out of military people. Ever really look at the first transition. Getting out is actually the second transition when you first became our military that was your first transition and you had goals and objectives. You had dream and you had something to get out of that military service in. I would challenge you to really go understand with that moment. Going to be the new transition into a military branch. Understand what we want. Who want what do you want this vehicle to help you transform into. What do you hope to come out of it. Are you going in just kind of because your loss and your maybe hoping they help. Give you some direction. Which isn't a bad idea. Because sometimes you get exposed to a lot of different lights in a very short amount of time through the military so that can also be a way where you get the seaworld exposed new ideas but overall again it goes back to who wants to be on the other side of that military service. I would really focus on that because then when you get out of the military you're going to know when it's time is you're not gonna be hiding in the military is you never knew why you're joining joined instinct. Maybe drawing to all of that goes back to not to know where he what you want to get out of it to me. I joined. Because i'd never done anything hard my life in this the major tasks that whether i could do it and i would say it was an extremely difficult in air for years but that really gave me the nation of or of ignorant is now on acting like i now going back and figuring out report on me because i wasn't this intelligent on this topic and they didn't have any advice that when i was getting out so i figured on my own self and the other nearing what. They're saying really challenge. What you want on the other side of your military service and see which one with branch may be aligned. Get you there and what resonated use. You'll call for me. That i a miracle as burger and good them. Does that. Get you excited. And that my weeping ofri to left the different person want. Make sure that i wanna be. I would say the easy stuff out of the way. I like your physical fitness. Don't let anyone question that you know if you're strong in your physical fitness that buys you credibility elsewhere. Make sure that you're up to snuff in terms of your physical. Fitness know takes some advice from from greece stoic. Know don't take anything emotional people attack your label or your role before they actually know you and so i would say physical fitness But also i think i was in a position way back in the day where there was like this idea. There could only be one woman and that seldom offer the opportunity where you could pick up and support other women in see drastically changing so i would offer go in the in the military. You're absolute best and make sure that while you're doing that you're mentoring and helping another woman along the way and if you don't know if you don't have one seeking out if you made it through bootcamp and you're there you're worthy of being there and you're no less than the guys that are there and you don't have to do anything more or extra to prove yourself to them unless they're doing something more in extra to prove themselves to you which is rarely the case when it comes to work. You are equally as deserving worthy to be there and just as much as everybody else who has made it through that training. And so i would say just be do your job i would say go for it. I have a little story. I wanna share here. Because one of the things that i got to do. Last year was run. The camp pendleton run and it was the first time that i'd run that ten k. Course since i was in high school. So i had this really cool book end experience of. Wow the last time. I was on these trails. Everything about the marine corps was still a hope it was still a future and then last year i got to run it with a team of marines. Were wearing boots. So our our camouflage trousers are boots running through the course as a team and just reflecting on that at the end of the day it was like the marine corps was what i wanted it to be for me. I got to do the things that i really wanted to do. I got to deploy. I got to go to afghanistan. i got to learn and grow and meet amazing people up and down the chain of command. And i really became the woman that i wanted to be by joining the military and it wasn't an easy journey by any means like i was. I was cancelled in my entry level training for lack of confidence. The me that. I am at the ten year. Mark is not the same me that joined in when i started out at the naval academy and it will not even the same me when i was before i i got injured at the at the basic school so there will be challenges in there will be failures in. There will be those times where you're just like how the heck did i get here. What am i doing but You just have to keep pushing. Just take another step and reach out for help when you need it and you'll grow and you'll look back and be grateful for the experience so i think if any girls or young women have an interest in the military. They should not just like squash that curiosity. It's like chase it and see where it leads because the adventure that you might have you know. You.
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"naval academy" Discussed on How'd It Happen Podcast
"When it's something you've actually written down for yourself as opposed to just something you come up with in your head and some of those. I never work and you go. Oh you're probably right because you're not having committed it to give them thought about it enough and committed to to writing I wonder what would have happened if you're coach at said Yeah you know what these are home runs. This is definitely going to happen. Maybe you would have taken it all taken off. You know you would have been like. Oh well maybe. I wouldn't have worked so hard. Yeah yeah. I guess we'll never know but it was a Is definitely i it. It probably helped. He did doubt me. So i think doubt that. Yeah it sounds like a cause you to dig in and so when you when you I don't know what the right term is. We were approached. Recruited whatever by the naval academy was. That was that something that was on your radar or were you looking for rethinking august. Recruited to some you know non military school where that didn't come with a commitment to you know that to to serve afterwards what what was happening there. Yeah i'd always had interests in the military and probably part of that came from My dad's being in the military. And just i think just. I'd always been interested in like watching the navy seal shows on discovery channel things of that sort but i but i wasn't but at the same time i wasn't optimizing for that i wasn't saying like hey i i wanna go to west point or air force academy and naval academy. I was I knew i wanted to play football. And there were times in my life. Where i did see his like. Hey the military would be. That would be an interesting route or really liked the idea of marine or navy seals or things of. That always intrigued me. But at during that time i was i was in. I was being recruited by Looking assessing Potentially going to the university of kentucky university of south florida and and the naval academy as a as a had come into that conversation started. After i was looking at those other schools Where i was talking to the coaches there in terms of where there actually more of an offer that was put on the table but what actually helped there was as the naval kennedy came across sir research that talk to talk to family talk to others in kind of start to realize how good of an opportunity that was in in what more naval academy brought than just going in playing football somewhere and and that was that intrigued me. It was interesting. I was just thinking about like i do i do. I want to play professional football. Have the chance. Yes i do but but also is like it's not i'm not one hundred percent sold on that and there's there's other opportunities in their life after after football as well as i wasn't just completely consumed by it so i was so thing is really just i i saw Just get collect more. Data points Related to that opportunity and it just ended up. I think my heart me to go that direction in made a lot of sense to go that route and did you when you. You mentioned several times About flight school. In pensacola are you. Did you become a pilot would have what. What was the outcome of that. Yes when happening is i was about. Schools typically.
Sprinkled with Hope
"naval academy" Discussed on Sprinkled with Hope
"Just do what i tell you. You've got plenty of time to get all of it. Don't complain their many leaders. They gotta drive hours. You know other countries that don't complain you can do. This and i saw that in the first year. They're literally sometimes coming off. The practice field shall maybe six thirty or seven and maybe i had my first appointment seven thirty and i could make beyond get there so so then. We had our first season as being the state president. It was the best year i've ever had was thinking. Okay laura again like don't don't question. Yeah but then this year. We had the worst. My worst year is so it's almost like taking like okay work when things are good a faithful. These be faithful when you but in the same way when things aren't going so well in find interesting because it's what i tell my players all the time you know their leadership position guys. It's easy to lead when things are going. Well all of this. it's awesome. Yeah but someday you're going to be a father and things are going to break down and you know your kids are going to question things and there's going to be family fired who sickness or you're going to be a owning your company or something happens or you're going to be a leader of salem marines and things are going to break down. Can you lead them to versity. And i found that interesting to share. That's you know that happened a calico back real quick Jason syndrome when i had that interview to become the stake president as i sat down. I mean i didn't think meeting all bring some people to come in. Be me play more logical way the more qualified more spiritual than me but i just sat down with the brother. Just ask me. How's your relationship with the lord. And i just remembered bogging crazy because i came into like associated grade. How's your relationship with the lord and i just started just balling and then i started to realize the year before that year..
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"naval academy" Discussed on Sprinkled with Hope
"The all loved him. You know you know tiger woods. Charles barkley all these celebrities. They knew him and they were great friends. It coach robinson but he also talked to the janitor or the building. You know what i mean. He didn't there. Wasn't this hierarchy with him and i would sit back. You look at is man of great stats is of the world. But he was humble enough to talk to the guys clean our lockers and just all these different things. Then i realized you know people come around. That played for him. 'cause he loved him even arts. It didn't play for him. He has such great respect. So those guys. Like i said as i look back in i had such great influence on me because i saw the way they lead. They didn't really tell me anything. Then sent me. Docket can let me teach out via head coach or it was just their influence watching coach robinson from coach edwards from afar. My parents my coaches my head coaches at hawaii coach johnson and coach robinson there and so all those people But an i'll just say this but really. The biggest influence on me in my coaching in my leadership style has been savior. You know just. I just think about how the savior lead the wasn't any coercion. He loved people he talked. He was merciful. He was forgiving. He helped people. Countable wrong was wrong. Enright right was right in so i have a pitch on my desk. We'll just the picture of the savior and he's walk in front of the apostles but he's leaving at the front but there's like he's not pulling anybody along with their volume so he's the savior of my you know the gospel. Jesus christ the savior have been the biggest influence on me. The way i coach in in my profession. That's that's really cool. I have loved the things that you share. I think it. I keep being reminded that you're gonna you keep going back to your roots. Are your foundation You've talked a lot about your family and the influence they've had on you about your faith and and your religion and those things and i think that's what grounds us and allows us be who we are like you. Were talking about your head coach of a football team. But that doesn't change you can is. You can be yourself and still be that coach and i just. I've been very inspired by the things that you've said today can i. I really appreciate what your words in your wisdom and knowledge it's been interesting No recent went on my third year being the stake president in my stake in seoul when i first got called oz thinking How much does this have a hard enough time to coach. But i just you know. I trust it the brethren who came and were inspired. And so i. I know that there are men of god. And if staff's what they believe in the lord's call me. I'm going to do it and i just remembered it and Share these. This is why i am. I'm not absolutely please. I just remember just having a feeling when a hat that thought like wow. How many do this. When i was leaving the office after the united brethren had told my wife tonight they're going to call me to be state prison. I was still still walking like that just happened. But as austin how am. I gonna do this. I had this vision in my mind. I saw my house. I saw the stake center. And i saw my work in there literally within five minutes of each other and basically just this impression i had this the lord like i've thought this through you..
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"naval academy" Discussed on Sprinkled with Hope
"Be in a coach. Mike culture you know being polynesian be somewhat. It's just mean so it's when did i like wow. It's not any different. And i mean i'm i'm the same person i'm a fiery person competitive person but i'm just a normal person have allowed flaws so it wasn't that hard doing those kinds of things because it wasn't script as just yes sir at work they Just you being you and you know you brought up a coach lavelle edwards and i think that a lot of us really looked up to him. I mean i know. I did you know i grew up watching. Byu football at a very young age and just watching him on the sidelines. So do you have some people that have inspired you I'm assuming coach edwards being one of those. But you have a couple of others that you know just inspired you whether they were football coaches or or just you know somebody that you really looked up to that that kind of helped you be the man in person. You are today well first and foremost where my parents like a lot of us. You and i mean just just see my parents my that you know come from american saw to you know to new country to make new way of life you know english being their second language in saying them work hard Those doubt that had big impact on me just watch. My parents work with my parents. Were effect to send member and Shared this example. That i think is pretty powerful one for me on my freshman year. I was actually going to a private school in town now. Lived in the country knows a tour bus ride in. My mom went to work in town because she's working at a bank. And i can only do that for one year. You know what i mean. It was tiring for me to get up early in the morning By the time we get from a basketball practice got do. Your homework is like eight o'clock. Whatever time is getting off the public bus and my mom did that for years. And i remember when they just right on the bus with my mom. I got on the bus before we got on different places and i was sitting in. The back of the bus was completely back packed. I was able to sit down and my mom stood up. She was basically asleep on feet. Man i just sat back knows. It's pretty emotional for me. Think about that. 'cause just see my dear mother just dead tired honor feet standing sleep your head. Bobbing holding onto the hand rails. And i could only do that for you. I i told my parents i can't do. I needed. I can't have private sky. Kept wasn't the school i just. I couldn't handle the ri- not here's my mother doing this for years. Two hours there two hours back. She came home and cleaned house. So give me my parents doing that. My dad working work at the polynesian cultural center. He is a us a cook for twenty three years in coast guard but he became the manager of the first the gateway restaurant. Which is the you know the big restaurant at the culture center and he didn't know how to be a manager so to speak. I still remember what his house. I mean at went to the restaurant and my dad was there but he wasn't in his office. He was down in the kitchen cooking. The cook's yun. I mean is so those examples. My parents work Mother lead in love..
Sprinkled with Hope
"naval academy" Discussed on Sprinkled with Hope
"Again. It was just more of a movie just to show that our churches. We're just normal. People all walks of life to allow different things. That was interesting because it's during the course of that season I was a rough season for us. I mean as if so faith wise l. Something that tried me. Because i here's doing something to be faithful to you know because i love i love the lord. I love my church and ag leaving. It might tests mois strong so foam is video. And it's like those are first lucius. How this but. I just you know because you can't separate who you are. I don't think you are who you are in so people like you know like i've said this before like i pray about certain things in games not so much to win on time but just pray about things you know things that you studied. Maybe that you could remember just like if anybody tests or something a rail stuff that i can just tell me to be able to remember things are on so i. I prayed for those kinds of things in my profession and sometimes you know maybe people are phased may not recognize her main. Not believing that which is fine. What has But even sometimes in a church people like law doesn't care about what you're doing in a game doesn't care about your team or and i don't know if i necessarily agree with that. I'm not saying that he's gonna make us a national champions or anything. What i think. The lord's concerned with all of our lives. Whatever your professionals in wants you to be successful. And i think you know it so in that because i remember saying that was you know. We're in a church in In talking came up mentioned in person comes. Well you know lord not really worried about navy football. I kinda stopped him a little bit as well. I agree suits All but i know that the lord cares about you. Watch your house being example of you're raising your crops and stuff that the lord he wants to help you you know what i mean you know. Everybody has different crops. Everybody guys this is all you guys are making a living in. Try your best and hopefully use some blessings to try to help you along with your work but So i guess those a long answer but it was all me. You know what. I mean as want couldn't separated My face might.
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"naval academy" Discussed on Sprinkled with Hope
"Games are why develop young men of character new ship within our how and what we do is going to know when it commanded chief trophy. Try to win our league and all these different things. But i feel like if you're y is to win games i feel like in this profession. White people sell their souls to the devil. Sodas because it's such a competitive ruthless cutthroat profession if you're why isn't clear let's consecutive no. You're great family is for right is my boss. Was i go so what ended up happening. We have uptick of cases at the academy so day of covert cases so they they kind of shut things down into this sort back to. It's almost like last year. So we're back to work at offices for at least fourteen days to let But to get back to. I feel like it. Why has to be clear. Sry to develop young men of character so really my number one. Coaching rule For coaches treat. Somebody like you want somebody to coach your son in so the the foundation of our our coaching is love. You know so you know. Just we hold people accountable. That doesn't mean you have to swear at people. You can be demanding without being demeaning but really a lot of the leadership. Stuff that i do in my team. Coaching are learned in my home. And i learned in church being a member of the church of jesus christ Saints and so those are the two great leadership places that i've learned and i find it interesting because i'm at an institution where it prides itself in being the leader in in the lead institution in leadership but and i've been to many seminars in different places of learning leadership in ways of the world so to speak the way the philosophies a man but my leadership stuff come foam my upbringing my religious. My my face. On my culture in we're family oriented so i think it bode well for football because you're building a family there's ups and downs. There's goods and bads is wins and losses which you learned to stick together. You learn to put the family ahead of the individual in some of the same things that i try to create on our football team so yes i want to win games in a war in the worst.
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"naval academy" Discussed on Sprinkled with Hope
"A couple of years Got fired what's unlv was there for three years It's kinda interesting Coach edwards was a guy really to help me get that job kind choice. You kinda man. I has never worked. Tim unites song him on the sidelines. Met him a couple of fire size and talk to him on the sidelines. Before games but never really worked with coach edwards. I knew he knew john robinson who was a head coach at university at that time. He called gummy that job. And then i came back to the naval academy two thousand one when paul johnson got job again who. I played for who. I started my coaching career with in was been at the naval academy ever since going on my twenty third or twenty four year coaching at the naval academy fourteenth years head coach be my thirty second year coaching. Been doing this a long time. That that's really cool. i'm. I'm sure that some might think at the naval academy. It's hard to recruit players to come and play with you. so how. How do you find to motivate them to come and play with you and to just to keep that motivation to work really hard. And how do you do. That is a great question too. I mean it's no recruiting is like another school year. You're trying to sell what you have at your school in. What would entice people who wanna your school First of all. We're looking for academics. Because academically type of students. You look forward to even be admitted to the means. You know it's kind of shaves off. We're looking at in the recruiting process but it also shaped sound even more because not everybody wants to serve in the military right and we recognize that. Just because you don't serve in the military doesn't make you a bad american actress and stuff for everybody in. So that gives the window down even more but We sell What our school has offered education the opportunities after you know. We've been a decent football team so we feel like hey come here play good football get a great education such as supplement for life after Recognizing we tell guys is going to be hard but most good things in life are hard most good things you have to work forward. So we don't pulling any punches recruiting process. We tell them this is what it is kinda weeds out kids pretty quickly like that's not for me. You know this is what it is if you love it come on if you don't understand and i think that's one of the great things that you have about your program you know is that he you know you're building men right to be These officers in the in the naval academy so so so how do you then You know prepare these men to be not just football players on the field but you know good citizens of the community and and representing the naval academy like like you know. We hope that they would write. Sit great question. Jason mean to me. That's number one in. We have a vision That everybody on our program has a you know we have a sheet of paper. That's in everybody's office in all everybody's Rooms but are y of our program is to develop young men of character That's why are why isn't to be army and airforce in these bowl..
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US Naval Academy coronavirus outbreak sends 98 midshipman to hotel for quarantine
"Group of nearly 100 Naval Academy midshipman Infected with Cove. It have apparently been moved. Who and Annapolis Hospital and Annapolis hotel that is a hotel in order to increase space in the academy's Bancroft Hall dorm. This is actually the second group of midshipmen moved out of the dorm, almost 200 all our quarantine we hear this morning and Different hotels. The academy is scrambling right now to control the Corona virus Outbreak,
Women Worldwide
Where Are the Good Guys in Business?
"Everyone. Welcome to another episode of women worldwide. Thank you so much for showing up for tuning in and we appreciate. How much sharing you're doing sharing the episodes and also letting us know how you're doing and how you feel because as you do we continue to deliver stories. The gas the inspiration motivation in the advice to help you so today's show is no different. Let's get right to it. The topic is men supporting women in the workplace. We're are the good guys in champions in the allies who were there to support and that is the perfect segue to my special guest today. And i say special guests because i have two guests joining me on the show. We have david. Smith and david is associate professor of sociology at the college of leadership ethics and at the us naval war college. And i think i might have mutilated that a little bit. So you can always crack me david and we have brad johnson who is a clinical psychologist of professor of psychology in the department of leadership ethics law at the united states naval academy and they are co authors. They i wrote a book called sina rising and now they've written a new book. It's called good. Guys how men can be better allies for women in the workplace david brad. Welcome to women. Worldwide's read to be here with you. Dear dre exterior Thanks for inviting us. Well my pleasure and what a topic to be talking about on women worldwide. We're thrilled that you wrote the book and before we get to good guys. Maybe you can each share how you've got to focusing on gender in the workplace in bringing men into extra david. Why don't you start us off certainly brandon. I taught together at the naval academy for almost eight years. And as you heard. I'm a sociologist. And i focus all of my research. We call the intersection of gender work and families looking at gender perspectives of work in careers and family interacts with that. In my good friend and colleague here dr brad. Johnson is a clinical psychologist. Whose done all of his research in the area of mentoring relationships. We found that together. We had a common interest in particular as we were looking at. How gender equity was playing out in a variety of different industries and professions including the ours around the military that that often these were conversations where there were more women and just not very many guys who were involved in these conversations in creating that equity in in really how men tuned out From the conversation the minute went something around gender or it was a women's leadership initiative. Whatever the case might have been the guys look at that in many cases that oh that's not for me. That's there's not a place for me there in so brad and i were really interested in learning more about how we get more men engaged in this conversation why they weren't engaging in this conversation because the way we are looking at it was women have advanced to a large degree in our organization today in senior leadership to probably about as far as they're gonna get without all of us really getting involved in really committing to creating this gender equity in the workplace and it was going to take men right because this is not just a women's issue. This is a leadership issue. So it's gonna take women and men to be involved in that and so that leads to our first. Our first collaboration excellent in brad. You wanna add anything to that from your perspective. You know i. i think there's also The personal case. For dave and i write so dave dave graduated from the naval academy here. And that's where he met his wife and and he got to see her go through the navy. He's as he stayed with his career. He sees her facing all of these headwinds that he's never encountered and and i think that gave him a real sense of empathy for the experience of women's You know Moments in the workplace being quite different in my case it was my younger sister whose also in the navy she's a navy captain and you know i was in the navy too and i i have just seen shannon my sisters experienced as being quite different right she fit gets told to smile all the time She gets shamed for running too fast on physical fitness test. Because it makes the guys feel bad you know there are just so many things i never encountered. I think for both dave and i. You know we've had these eye opening moments with women we care about. So yes there's yeah condemning business case. That got us intrigued here. But there's a personal as well.
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West Point facing worst cheating scandal in decades
"Cheating scandal, they said the ranks of the military academies one day after West Point acknowledged its largest cheating scandal since the 19 seventies, the U. S Naval Academy said it is reviewing final exam results for a physics course because of potential inconsistencies. Unlike the West Point exam, which was completed online, the Annapolis exam was taken in person. Statement said. All midshipmen who are enrolled on the course were given an incomplete while the Naval Academy resolves uncertainties surrounding the final examination
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West Point facing worst cheating scandal in decades
"Another cheating scandal in the ranks of the military academies. Here's a B C's Aaron Khutor ski One day after West Point acknowledged its largest cheating scandal since the 19 seventies, the U. S Naval Academy said it is reviewing final exam results for a physics course because of potential inconsistencies. Unlike the West Point exam, which was completed online, the Annapolis exam was taken in person. Statement said. All midshipmen who are enrolled on the course were given an incomplete while the Naval Academy resolves uncertainties surrounding the final examination.
All Things Considered
Sydney Barber Becomes 1st Black Female Brigade Commander At Naval Academy
"Two news. Now of an important first in Annapolis, Sydney Barber will be the first African American woman to serve as brigade commander at the U. S Naval Academy. It is the top post for midshipman. She starts next semester. Sydney Barber Welcome and Congratulations. Thank you so much. Appreciate this opportunity is so great to be here. Yeah, We're very happy that you're with us. Tell me what does it brigade Commander do what's the job description? So I guess And if you were to look at it in a civilian sense, the brigade commander is what someone would describe is a student body president. So I am the sole representative of all 4400 midshipmen to the common on into the superintendent. So I'm the link between the Midshipmen body and our senior officer ship. So you told me. What kind of what A brigade commander does. What do you Sydney barber want to do like, How are you gonna make this special and make it yours? I feel like I have the heart to do it. My purpose in my objective is to build a team. People who appreciate each other appreciate every single thing that every person has and brings to the table who are really embracing our are blended organization and want to pursue a purpose, no matter what that looks like but are driven towards a shared short shared in common. Goal. So that's what I want to instill in my staff. That's what I want. And still in the brigade is a hole. I guess. First of all, if this whole military thing doesn't work out, please come work with me. I loved Tonto. That would be amazing if we could use you it at NPR. As I noted, you will be the first black woman in this role. And now the first woman to lead the brigade that came back in 1991. So not that long ago, um and back just then, in the early nineties, women were prohibited from flying warplanes couldn't serve on war ships at sea. In the Navy and the Marine Corps have changed so much Is there something what's left that the guys could do that you are prohibited from doing 00? My goodness. There probably are things out there that some limitations that still exist. There definitely are, but I am not worried about it. I'm not worried about all the any restrictions because I feel like we can keep. We can keep Breaking glass ceilings. This is just one of many something that I've heard recently and that I've really likes And I've said this a lot is that with every every step that I take, I mean, I leave the ladder down for the next person. Um and I've talked Tomo Miss Galina. She's been someone that's been a mentor to me the past week that all of this is kind of unfolded in the announcement. Has come about and I've gotten the chance to talk to people like her. Miss Jane is fine. She's the one who was the first woman back in. Yes, Yes, Mister Kalina? Yes, So she's been She's been reaching out to me Miss Janie Minds who the first African American female graduate of the Naval Academy. She's also been I've been speaking to her in depth. I got off the phone with Simone ask you who was the first African American first captain at West Point? Actually, 30 minutes ago, I was on the phone with Dr Rubin. Brigadier E S O. I just had a so money mentor who's also a brigade, commander of Black Brigade commander in the passing so many people who who have inspired me. Um, your story letters done to you. It sounds like right. And so when I think about this experience, I feel like it's special because it's not just about me. It's important that this story circulates for the purpose of The next generation all over the world. Who could look at this experience on Gluck at at this story is something that motivates them and inspires them Tonto amount of whatever goal that they have in their life. When did you know you wanted to join the Navy? Oh, I never wanted to join the Navy girl. So no, my so my dad. He was a graduate from the Naval Academy class of 91. He played basketball here. Andre something that they say is once you're in Academy grad or once a midshipman, always in mid shipment, and he lived by that everything everywhere. Any time was all about navy. This, namely that I was tired of it. By the time I was looking at colleges, I was trying to get away from that time. I wanted to write my own path. I'm looking at a lot of different schools. But what I really foster's in my heart is eyes just a drive for for wanting to pursue. Ah, Career of service. No matter what I did, I wanted to give back to the world. The reason we're doing this interview, the reason this is national news is that you are breaking a big old barrier there in Annapolis. I wonder how how big a deal is it on campus to your classmates care or you Sydney Barber, one of them and you know, like, Do you think about breaking the barriers as you walk around every day? Oh, I I try to keep a level head. I try to stay as grounded as possible. I try to keep a low profile, my friends, my teammates, especially on the track team with me. They kind of laughed because they know who I am. They know that I'm the last one to want my picture taken. Um, I usually I never post any stories on social media because I just don't usually like to Document everything that's going on in my life and just the shift of the past week they laugh because my face is everywhere. My picture is everywhere, People I also I don't usually like to To talk in front of a lot of people are talk about myself, but my mentors have actually helped me with that, and it's great to be humble, and that's something that I tried to be as best as possible. But at the same time, they're like Yeah, you need to be. You need to be confident you don't own this moment own the fact that you are the brigade commander. It took me forever to just say that to say those words because I don't. I don't like to fly. I don't. I don't want everyone to anyone to think that I'm any higher than them. So I'm going to try toe talk to the person that's taking out my trash or sweeping the floor outside my room and make them feel special. But the same time I need also step out of that. Like I need to own this moment to lead the brigade with confidence and with boldness. I do look forward to the day when we're not celebrating these firsts when when we're done because it is just not news that a woman that a black woman could do anything that her male classmates or white classmates could do. Um But it is also kind of. Ah, it's great, and it's a big deal, and I'm sitting here thinking If your grandmother so great grandmothers could see you. They must be so proud. Yeah. Yes, I think about something that I shared and in a founder's Day video about how I think about I'm so humbled by the fact that I get to walk here and be at the Naval Academy and be someone's wildest dream. And when I think about that, in my contents of my own history, my own family, my own ancestry, I think about My great grandparents were sharecroppers on a plantation in Mississippi. My grandmother now lives in Chicago. She was born on that plantation. Um They would never even pictured. This moment. This America looks nothing like the America that they experience and they died before they saw anything different, So I'm I always take that. Take that to heart. And I think about it pretty much daily as I go about my day here at the academy. Well, well, Those are words to live by own the moment. Congratulations again that Zbynek real pleasure and an honor to speak
WBZ Morning News
Black woman to lead Naval Academy's brigade for first time
"CBS NEWS Los Angeles U. S Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, will have an historic first this coming Spring Midshipman first class Sydney Barber will be the first black woman to serve as brigade commander in the academy's 175 year history. He also holds an academy record in track and field. Still, there are times when she doubts herself, and that's when she turns to her brother Justin out, say if there's anyone in my life Who's inspired me most. It's him Born with a rare condition that has left him blind and death, Justin was given less than two years to live. Was celebrated his 19th birthday. This past man. He just reminds me that every single day is a questioning Every day's a gift I can't take for granted a gift she shares with her classmates
WBZ Morning News
‘Important Day For Our Country’: Bill Belichick Salutes Armed Forces On Veterans Day, Boston
"Veterans Day, a federal holiday, where America celebrates active service members and vets. Patriots coach Bill Belichick was just asked by reporters to reflect on the importance of the day. It's an important day for our country and for all of us without brother, no football way should only very appreciative of what people on the our forces have done force and continue to do force stuff world out there. Coach Bill Belichick, who is the son of a Navy veteran and grew up near the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, singled out the Navy, saying it's very special to him.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Black woman to lead Naval Academy's brigade for first time
"First in Annapolis at the Naval Academy, the first black woman to assume the top roll. Leading fellow students at the U. S. Naval Academy will take up that position next semester as brigade commander. Midshipman first class Sydney Barber will be the commander for the Spring semester Brigade commander is the highest leadership position within the student body. The semester long position is selected through an application and interview process by senior leadership and the commandant's staff. The Naval Academy's His Barber of Lake Forest, Illinois, is a mechanical engineering major and aspires to commission as a Marine Corps ground officer. That Piper CBS News. There's