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Sing Second Alumni

A weekly podcast for Naval Alums, friends and family. We bring you the latest news from the Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation. Send Feedback via DM on Twitter @wesingsecond

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00:52:58

Sing Second Podcast [Oct 20 '25] featuring Alana...

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2025/10/20

Season six, episode 11. It’s Homecoming week, and the Sing Second Pod has all the gouge on what’s going down this coming weekend. We have the Anchor’s Aweigh Golf Tournament, the reunions for the classes of 1965, 1975 and 2005 and a big Welcome Home event here at the Fluegel Alumni Center. Chris and John chat about that and some amazing members of the Class of 1975 arriving for their reunion after riding their bikes all the way from Florida! Our alumni interview this week is Alana Abernethy ‘10

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01:06:40

Sing Second Pod [Oct 14, 25] featuring an interview...

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2025/10/14

Season six, episode 10. Phew...what a weekend in Philly! We celebrated 250 years of the Navy...180 years of USNA...a soccer doubleheader and a thrilling football win over Temple University. Chris and John break down the action from the weekend as they try to recover from multiple cheesesteaks consumed and multiple heart attacks endured during the football game. We also chat with ADM Stuart Munsch...most recently the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Africa/Commander,

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00:58:19

Sing Second Pod [Oct 07, '25] featuring the 250th...

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2025/10/07

Season six, episode 9. A busy weekend came and went. We discuss and break down a 34-31 win vs Air Force, reunions for 1990, 1995 and 2015, President's Circle Weekend, a visit from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Annapolis Boat Show. We're getting ready for this weekend's Navy 250th celebration in Philly. We chat with George Leone, who is the Chairman of the 250th Commemoration. He breaks down the ships, the events and everything else cool about being in Philly this weekend. And as we emerge from

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00:40:21

Sing Second Podcast - [Oct 06, '25] Sing Second...

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2025/10/06

Hate reading magazines? Try listening to them. Shipmate Magazine Editor Jimmy DeButts, Digital Media Director Emily Lucht and John Schofield walk you through the September/October issue of the magazine. From DGAs to Legacy of Valor and 5 good minutes with filmmaker Brian O'Hare, we give you the content of the mag with a little taste of the behind the scenes elements of why the stories were chosen and the parts of the story that didn't make it in the magazine. Enjoy listening to the best alumni

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00:59:10

Sing Second Podcast [Oct 04, '25] Beat Air...

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2025/10/04

This is a joint Anchors Aweigh-Sing Second Podcast tapped live from Dry 85 to help get our listeners in the mode to Beat Air Force.

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00:47:07

Sing Second Podcast [Sep 29, '25] featuring AFA Game...

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2025/09/29

Season six, episode 8. It’s Air Force Week. Enough said. But there IS more. It’s President’s Circle Weekend for the Alumni Association & Foundation. We celebrate our PC donors with activities, receptions and tailgates Thurs-Sat. We also bring in three reunion classes - 1990, 1995 and 2015. And it’s Boat Show weekend in Annapolis. Looks like we picked the wrong time to quit sniffing glue (Airplane reference). On the subject of President’s Circle, we interview USNA Parent and PC Donor Parv Shalov. She

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01:12:11

Sing Second Podcast [Sep 23, '25] featuring Midn Mack...

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2025/09/23

Season six, episode 7. A big one this week. Football is back against Rice this weekend. We celebrate our Corporate and Finance Relations partners during the game, including the Olmsted Foundation. MG Bruce Scott, USA (ret) - Army Class of ‘72 - joins us as we drop names of former Navy and Army Olmsted Scholar winners. But we also talk about the impact Olmsted has to USNA in the form of philanthropy. We also talk to two members of the Naval Academy football team - Midn 3/C Mack Taylor and Midn 2/C

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00:50:58

Sing Second Podcast [Sep 15, '25] featuring RADM...

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2025/09/15

Season six, episode 6. We run back the best Alumni Association & Foundation pod with a discussion about last week’s lock down on the yard, discussion about a big football win for the Mids at Tulsa and some cool roadtrips this past weekend to Oklahoma and eastern North Carolina. Our featured interview is with RADM (ret) Mike Shatynski ‘79. He’s running the Surface Navy Museum. The National Museum of the Surface Navy is more than an exhibit — it’s an immersive movement to preserve stories, foster

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00:56:09

Sing Second Podcast [Sep 09, '25] featuring DGA...

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2025/09/09

Season six, episode 5. A big weekend ended without too much incident...unless 2 hour rain delays during a football game bother you. Football prevailed despite the lightning, the Class of 2000 showed out for an epic reunion weekend, and we honored four amazing Distinguished Graduates. Our featured interview is with our partner in podcasting, Grant Vermeer. Grant's Academy Insider pod is now in the "Fleet of Sing Second Podcasts." He joins us to talk about the critically important context and

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00:45:06

Sing Second Podcast - Sep 06 Live Pod

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2025/09/08

UAB pre-game social and Navy Women's Soccer Fanfest. We ran it back. Another live pod from Saturday's Women's Soccer Fanfest and pre-game social at Fluegel Alumni Center. Bill Wagner joined Chris and John to interview Coach Carin Gabarra, Midn 1/C Mimi Abusham and NWS alums from the class of 2000 Michelle Melendez, Grace Kelly and Shannon Filbin. Also joining the ladies of 2000 was long-time friend of the Pod Erin Bailey '00 to discuss the class' return to Annapolis for their 25-year reunion. We

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00:47:49

Sing Second Podcast [Sep 04, '25] VMI Game Day Live...

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2025/09/04

Get prepped and ready for our Live Pod from Fluegel for the UAB game by re-living the greatness of our first "ESPN Gameday" Live Pod for VMI. Bill Wagner of The Capital joined Eric Kettani '09, Paul Saunders '01 and Navy Football Brotherhood legend Frank Schenk '91 for a pre-game party complete with orange crushes at 9am, eerily accurate core predictions and great conversations about the upcoming football season and what is special about the U.S. Naval Academy. Thanks for listening. Beat Army!

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00:42:10

Sing Second Podcast [Sep 02 '25] featuring Gabrielle...

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2025/09/02

Season six, episode 4. It’s UAB week. It’s DGA week. And epic Class of 2000 Reunion Week. We’re hosting another live pod at the FAC as part of a UAB pre-game social. And NO ONE knows what to get Jimmy and Millie for a wedding present. We got a lot going on! (sick Bull Durham reference). Chris and John drop the Alumni Association’s flagship pod this week with a convo about beating VMI, hob-knobbing with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the first reunion weekend with a new Supe and AD. Our

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01:02:58

Sing Second Podcast [Aug 27, 25] Featuring the HERO...

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2025/08/27

Season six, episode 3. It’s VMI week. The Mids are marching through Main Street. We’re throwing a pre-game social for the game here at the Fluegel Alumni Center 0900-1030 Saturday. We’re pumped. We also are honoring the life of John Elliott ‘00, who lost his life 25 years ago just after graduation to a drunk driver. The HERO campaign - which honors Elliott and raises awareness against drunk driving - will be partnering with Anne Arundel County (MD) police to wrap one of AA County’s squad cars in the

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00:45:10

Sing Second Podcast [Aug 20, '25] Featuring Navy...

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2025/08/21

Season six, episode 2. Let’s do this. A new Supe started Friday, Navy Women’s Soccer started the Navy sports season Sunday (with a win) and classes started Monday. We got a lot going on. Chris and John talk about the Change of Command and the future of the Academy with Lt. Gen. Mike Borschulte ‘91. We also chat about a transformational gift from Bruce ‘67 and Bernadine Lakefield of $10 million to build, maintain and operate the future Lakefield Pavilion behind the North end zone. Our interview this

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01:13:01

Sing Second Podcast - Season 6 premiere [Aug 13, '25]...

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2025/08/13

Like legendary 80’s band Ratt….”we’re back…back for more.” Season six is here. The Brigade reformed…so we did, too. John Schofield and Chris Servello are here for another season of podcasting to keep you up to date about the happenings at the Naval Academy and the Alumni Association and Foundation. Beaming to you every week from the Fluegel Alumni Center, the Sing Second Pod delivers alumni interviews that cover perspectives from the Fleet to the C-Suite…and everywhere in between. We interview

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00:58:26

Sing Second Podcast [Aug 04, '25] "Welcome to Sing...

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2025/08/04

The July/August issue of Shipmate Magazine hits mailboxes this week. Read more about our Vietnam Legacy of Valor and the traditional features of America's greatest Alumni magazine. But...what if you're on the road...driving cross country...at the beach or just sick of reading? Well...here is Sing Second Shipmate. John Schofield joins Shipmate Editor in Chief Jimmy DeButts and AA&F Digital Media Director Emily Lucht for one hour to break down the magazine...give you the high points from the articles

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01:07:50

Sing Second Podcast [Jul 17, '25] Season 5 Finale...

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2025/07/17

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). Well…we end season 5 with the doozy. Did you see the news? DoD announced a new Superintendent. VADM Yvette Davids ‘89 is headed to the pentagon and Lt Gen Michael Borgshulte ‘91 is nominated to be the first Marine Superintendent in the history of USNA. Chris and John discuss. New Supe…and New Dant. We get the first

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00:58:18

Sing Second Podcast [Jul 09, '25] featuring Former...

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2025/07/09

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 Class of 2029 is settling in for the real meat of plebe summer. Chirs and John talk about the happenings on the yard and how the culture of plebe summer has shifted from “running people out” to training the plebes properly. The number of attritions each summer seems to have faded as a conversation point. We

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00:48:37

Sing Second Podcast [Jul 01 '25] featuring VADM (ret)...

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2025/07/02

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). John and Chris have a great conversation with VADM (ret) John Nowell from the Navy Memorial. Our old boss breaks down the mission of the Memorial, talks about their outreach in DC and chats about the importance of philanthropy in supporting organizations like Navy Memorial....AND the Naval Academy. Admiral Nowell

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00:48:29

Sing Second Podcast [Jun 27, '25] featuring I-Day and...

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2025/06/27

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). John and Chris will talk I-Day, A&SP, the impact of the Iran conflict on current alums (and future alums) and more. Our featured interviews are must-listens. As the new Plebes arrive to take what is likely the biggest steps of their young lives to date, we talk to two people who made similar leaps later in life

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