Website & Reading Recommendations

We’re Here to Help!

The years at the Naval Academy are both rewarding and stressful.  If at any time during your son’s or daughter’s stay in Annapolis, you have questions, concerns or just want a shoulder to lean on, please contact us or one of the Officers associated with the Parents Club of Central Florida. 

We may not have all the answers, but generally we can point you in the right direction to take care of any situations that might arise.  Attending the meetings throughout the year, hearing and sharing with other parents of midshipmen, will provide you with a good source of assistance for your family and ultimately for your Mid.   

Web Sites We Recommend

http://www.usnapccf.org
United States Naval Academy Parents’ Club of Central Florida – Our very own!

http://www.usna.edu
United States Naval Academy web site.  There is a wealth of information on this site from explaining curriculum to updated class schedules.

http://usnaparents.com
This is the official parent’s site administered by the Naval Academy.  It just started up in the spring of 2004 and is a great resource for authoritative information.  You’ll soon learn that you should double-check information you receive from your Plebe, i.e., dates and times for flights home…

http://www.usna-net.org
USNA-NET started in June 1998 and since that time its membership has grown steadily. There are currently over 3, 050 USNA friends and families as members.  You can write daily or just read the messages that others share.  Your level of participation is always your choice.  Membership is free.

http://www.capitalonline.com
Annapolis area newspaper where you may be able to catch a glimpse of your plebe.  Photo opportunities are rare, but they do happen.  You also can keep up with the news of Annapolis.

Recommended Reading

**Mackenzie, Ross, Brief Points (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press), 1996.
An almanac for parents and friends of USNA midshipmen.

Flach, Andrew, The Official United States Naval Academy Workout (NY: 5 Star Publishing), 1998.

Smallwood, William L, The Naval Academy Candidate Book (Buhl, Idaho: Beacon Books),1997.
How to prepare, how to get in, how to survive.

Timberg, Robert, The Nightingale’s Song (New York: Simon & Schuster), 1995.
5 distinguished Naval Academy graduates and their relationship with the Iran-Contra conflict.

Fiction

Poyer, David, The Return of Philo T. McGiffen (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press) 1983.

Turowski, Hank,  Plebe (Kent, WA: Paradigm Press), 1998.
Read AFTER Plebe year.  No mid has committed suicide in recent years.

Webb, James, A Sense of Honor (Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press), 1995.
Life inside USNA.  First published 1981.