United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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you didn't get to pick up mail everyday of plebe summer .. uf.-rv ag I ' K .U l f! 0 E I ..:.,-.i-L, , ,fm 1? 1 Q y'Q1O :Q-Q ,,8 Q h , Ax, M ,' es Y I 24 you were a plebe summer detailer twice and a squad leader both times 100s night meant more than skits and a fancy dinner you stood watch in the laundry rooml on red beachl in smoke halll in front of dumpsters for terrorists with bayonettes you didn't get a weekend for football games you were the first class to not get issued cotton whites, and instead got CNTs you were welcomed to the Brigade as the first class with a 10 o'clock curfew

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Major Nagel is a Law and Marine Corps Practi- cum Professor and helps coach the men's rug- by team. But what really defines his time at the Academy is a quote written in large letters on his dry erase board: lT'S ABDUT THE MIDSHIP- MEN. As Major Nagel explains it, Loyalty goes both ways...I battled for the Midshipmen, because it is not about being liked, it is about doing the right thing. He has battled so much that he was sur- prised he was allowed to receive this award, but as he puts it, you do not work hard for rewards because what makes a difference at the end of the day is the effect you have on those around you. Major Nagel has indeed had a profound effect on each member of the Class of 2005. Major Jeff N agel, USMC Gunny Sergeant Baker came to the Academy after being a scout sniper and is now the 30th Compa- ny Senior Enlisted. He is also involved with sev- eral teams on the yard. What he is really known throughout the brigade for, though, is pacing every single mile-and-a-half run for all thirty companies during the PPT forthe last three years. He believes that if he can pass thirty runs, he can motivate the midshipmen to believe they can pass one. He says, I will never ask the Mids to do something I am not able to do myself? Two years ago in June, Gunny Baker fell four stories while helping to run a Marine Corps summer training program, breaking multiple bones in his body. The doctors believed he would be learning to walk again after 6 months, but at the 6 month mark he was training for a mar- athon. He not only finished, but ran a personal best. The first thing you read when you crack a book on leadership is that you lead by example. Gunny has been an excellent example to our class. YSGT Judd Baker, USMC Honorary Graduates 23

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P.M.P. didn't just mean permanent military professor the detailers you saw I-day were not the same as four days later and none of them were in your ac year company you showed up on I-day thinking the next war was ten years away the quarterdeck wasn't just a place you boarded a ship at you lived in Ricketts or knew someone who did murder boards were the sole source of your performance grade you used to read emails that were signed SJL g qaylxgx 1 f' Mm 03 Q B Us if cg g ' , .J Ffftii-, ,'f c' y. A+ 25