The Naval Academy Class of 2028 completed the annual Herndon monument climb in a time of 2:27:31 and are “Plebes no more!” Midshipman 4/C Aug.us Russo, 20, from 20th Company, removes the dixie cup hat ...

Naval plebes celebrated the end of their first year with a greasy climb. Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy's freshman class continued their hefty tradition of climbing the greased 21-foot Herndon ...

(Tribune News Service) — It was a tall and slippery climb up the Herndon Monument, but Ben Leisegang did it twice. Balancing precariously on the shoulders of two Naval Academy plebes stacked in a ...

It started and ended with the shot of a cannon. After all the grease was wiped away, the class of 2026 at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, were plebes no more—now midshipmen and women. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's a tradition going back 66 years. The Naval Academy class of 2028 shouts, Plebes no more! as they take on the Herndon Monument ...

Freshman Augustus Russo prepares to knock off the "dixie cup" and replace it with an upperclassman's hat to complete the climb. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI (Bonnie Cash/UPI) Naval Academy freshmen work ...

After 3 hours, 36 minutes and 58 seconds, Nick McGowan tossed a cap on top of the Herndon Monument completing the Naval Academy’s annual tradition. Nick McGowan, of Sioux City, I.A., celebrates ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — The U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2028 successfully completed the Herndon Monument Climb on Wednesday morning, marking the end of their Plebe Year. The climb, a storied ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — The U.S. Naval Academy's Herndon Monument Climb was back Saturday afternoon, after a pandemic-forced hiatus last year. The event started at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with freshmen ...

BALTIMORE -- Dozens of U.S. Naval Academy freshmen, known as plebes, gathered around a 21-foot-tall obelisk covered in lard Wednesday morning in Annapolis. Their objective: climb the slippery monument ...