USNA

Maryland military college

USNA is the United States Naval Academy, a four-year military college in Annapolis, Maryland, that trains officers for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Graduates receive commissions as ensigns or second lieutenants.

She got her appointment to USNA last spring.

Also called Annapolis.

academy

Annapolis

Maryland's seat of government

naval

fleet

Vehicles under unified command

frigate · cruiser · maritime · naval aviation · amphibious · shiphandling · seamanship · anchor · compass · port

curriculum

engineering

Designing functional systems scientifically

navigation · weapons systems · leadership · seamanship · thermodynamics · fluid dynamics · physics · mathematics · chemistry · political science

career

commissioning

Ordering work to be made

oath of office · admiral · captain · commander · lieutenant · deployment · Pentagon · warfare · tactical · defense

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