First-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy are taking part in the annual Herndon Monument Climb on Wednesday, a ritual that marks the end of their plebe year and some say foreshadows career ...

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 ...

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 human pyramid at its base ...

Upperclassmen first smeared grease on the monument to increase the difficulty ... classmates and placing an upperclassman's hat atop the Herndon Monument. The Class of 2027 worked together to ...

It's said that the person who gets the hat to the top of the monument will be the first admiral in the class. Under rainy skies in Annapolis, Maryland, plebes linked arms around the monument’s ...

The rain made the annual Herndon Monument Climb even more slippery Wednesday morning. But after two hours, 27 minutes and 31 seconds, the members of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2028 are ...

The rain made the annual Herndon Monument Climb even more slippery Wednesday morning.But after two hours, 27 minutes and 31 seconds, the members of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2028 are ...

Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy's freshman class continued their hefty tradition of climbing the greased 21-foot Herndon Monument in Annapolis, Maryland. The ritual marks their official ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — First-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy are taking part in the annual Herndon Monument Climb on Wednesday, a ritual that marks the end of their plebe year and some say ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — Despite the rain, in just over two hours, U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen in the Class of 2027 worked together to climb a greased Herndon Monument in Annapolis ...