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Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F).

The SEASON FINALE! That escalated quickly...Brick killed a guy! Yeah...this season went by in the blink of an eye. We didn't know if we'd be running this thing back, but we re-tooled it to shift from sports stories to all alumni stories...and we loved it!

We have an exclusive interview with Chet Gladchuk. FInishing his 24th year as the Athletic Director reflects on a successful year for the physical mission. He previews what's to come for next year in Navy Athletics. He discusses the criticality of philanthropy to the success of our sports programs. And he even chats a little bit about his personal plans for staying in the job. What a great conversation...as it always is with Chet.

And we relfect on a great year for this podcast.

This pod became the alumni window to the happenings at the AA&F. We talked to the likes of Joe Cardona, Charlie Bolden and married Company Officers Collin and Rebecca Magaro. We brought you a full roundtable with the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ADM Mark Ferguson, and Jeff Webb and TJ Grady. And we continued to introduce you to programs at AA&F like Parents programs, Chapter leadership and the growth of Mike Lowe's Alumni Support Services portfolio.

And we featured a bunch of Alumni Businesses, like Kristen Cronic's Easel on Stribling and Jeremy Toten's Reef Point Group.

That and more on Sing Second...brought to you by ProMD Health in Annapolis, Scott Schuetter '00 and the Shrek Realty Crew, and StratasCorp Technologies.

Beat Army...Always!

SEE YOU IN AUGUST!

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.

The penultimate pod of the season comes your way with a trifecta of amazing interviews. Billy Hurley joins us to talk about his Foundation, his For the Brave golf tournament (which took place last week at USNA) and his newest venture helping alumni-owned businesses.

We also chat with Nicko West. THe former soccer team captain is currently working on the DoD task force helping Maryland and the Department of Transportation respond to the Key Bridge collapse. Its a fascinating convo.

And our alumni business segment this week features Christie Linnard. THis should have been Christie's COmmissioning Week as a member of the class of 2024, but a medical disqualification left her looking for options...and world-class videography and story-telling is what she dove into. Christie now runs Blue and Gold Productions and helps USNA AA&F make world-class videos to tell our story.

That and more on Sing Second...brought to you by ProMD Health in Annapolis, Scott Schuetter '00 and the Shrek Realty Crew, and StratasCorp Technologies.

Beat Army...Always!

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.

May 9-10 marks the Service Academy Career Conference (SACC) in Chicago, Ill. This is the 30th year of SACC, and we discuss the origins of SACC with the program's OG - Dave Church '67. Dave joins Mike Lowe '98, our current Director of Alumni Support Services, to talk about the benefits of SACC and the future of the program.

We also talk with former Commandant RDML (ret) Robb Chadwick about his father, Stephen. RDML Stephen Chadwick will be laid to rest May 10 at USNA. RObb joins the pod to talk about what made his dad so special and about all of the neat overlaps the two of them enjoyed in their careers.

Chris and John also talk about a rough loss for Navy Rugby and how utterly ridiculous it was that Navy Women's Lax didn't get an NCAA at-large bid.

That and more on Sing Second...brought to you by ProMD Health in Annapolis, Scott Schuetter '00 and the Shrek Realty Crew, and StratasCorp Technologies.

Beat Army...Always!

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.

The Alumni Association convenes the Spring Board of Trustees meeting May 10th. What progress has the Board and the AA&F organization made in the last 12 months? How are we progressing on our Strategic Plan 2030? What lies ahead for the board and AA&F? Chairman of the Board ADM Mark Ferguson '78, CEO Jeff Webb '95 and EVP for Engagement and Comms, TJ Grady '96, join us in a roundtable discussion as a primer and preview for the BoT meeting. It's a great convo filled with lots of gouge.

Chris and John also chat about Rugby going for a second straight Natty...Men's and Women's Lax both playing for a shot to go to the NCAA tournament...and winning the Star Series one more time.
That and more on Sing Second...brought to you by ProMD Health in Annapolis, Scott Schuetter '00 and the Shrek Realty Crew, and StratasCorp Technologies.

Beat Army...Always!

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.

We have a great interview with Class of '96 Alumnus Rob Hubert. Rob was a SWO, taught in Luce Hall and now is making it happen in the aesthetics industry for health and beauty care.

Rob has led sailors and civilians...and navigated a billion dollar company trough a global pandemic.

Chris and John also chat about the end of the academic year, the summer ahead and the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting.

That and more on Sing Second...brought to you by ProMD Health in Annapolis, Scott Schuetter '00 and the Shrek Realty Crew, and StratasCorp Technologies.

Beat Army...Always!

Welcome to another great episode of the Sing Second podcast. We bring you the stories and happenings at the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.
We've hit mid-April. Your Shipmate Magazines should have arrived by now, and maybe you saw the feature we had on married alumni.
We talk to more married alumni this week in our conversation with LTs Rebecca and Collin Magaro. Rebecca played basketball here and graduated in 2016. She's now one of FOUR female E-2 aviators in the Navy. Collin also graduated in 2016 and is an EOD officer.
They are both now company officers in Bancroft Hall. They give us their perspective on toughing it out in a dual-military marriage, what Mids today are like and a little insight into the Brigade.
Chris and John also chat about Navy winning the Star Series, losing Croquet and some great collaboration with Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley.
That and more on Sing Second...brought to you by ProMD Health in Annapolis, Scott Schuetter '00 and the Shrek Realty Crew, and StratasCorp Technologies.
Beat Army...Always!