One final challenge stands in the way of US Naval Academy freshman shedding their status as lowly "plebes": A 21-foot-tall granite monument with a round, "Dixie" hat on top. Scaling it and ...

Photojournalist Lucian Perkins reunites Naval Academy graduates Sandee Irwin and Don Holcomb, 30 years after his photo captured the new gender dynamics at the school (Photography Interview and ...

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy Cmdr. Clyde E. Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. The ...