midshipman
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“They can miss a class if they want,” said one midshipman.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
More than 125 of Ms. Sherrill’s fellow midshipman were implicated in the Navy’s investigation, and 24 were expelled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
It’s not just that midshipman fish are easier to capture than actual sailors.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024
For talkative midshipman fish -- sometimes called the "California singing fish" -- the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning of sounds used in vocal communication.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
His elder half-brother, Lawrence, who had been a British officer, saw to it that George was accepted as a midshipman in the Royal Navy.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
Naval Academy, having deemed GPS dependable, stopped teaching midshipmen celestial navigation—the discipline of fixing a ship’s position based on timed sightings of the sun and the stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The stories midshipmen seem less interested in, surprisingly, are the ones closest to home.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
The navy did not want its midshipmen wasting their time on such frivolities.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
A retired Navy commander organized an effort to make the banned books available to midshipmen.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Navy destroyer, the crew of the latter on hand to cheer on the midshipmen from Annapolis.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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