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Navy Football On-Sale Dates and Information

112th Army-Navy Game

December 10, 2011 – FedEx Field, Washington, DC

Priority On-Sale Dates:

March 1 – March 8 Admiral’s Row Blue and Gold Members
March 10 – March 17 3-Star Blue and Gold Members
March 22 – March 29 Season Ticket Holders, 2-Star Blue and Gold & NAAA Life Members
March 31 – April 7 1-Star Blue and Gold Members
April 12 – April 22 USNA Faculty and Staff, Alumni, and Midshipmen
May 17 General Public
June 1 Plebe Parents (Application only)

*On sale dates are based upon availability

Season Tickets

The 2011 season ticket package includes all five games in Annapolis at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and is on sale now. Tickets may be purchased online or by calling (800) US4-NAVY.

Single Game Tickets for Home Games

Priority On-Sale Dates

February 2 Season Ticket Holders
March 1 Admiral’s Row Blue and Gold Members
March 10 3-Star Blue and Gold Members
March 22 2-Star Blue and Gold Members & NAAA Life Members
March 31 1-Star Blue and Gold Members
April 12 USNA Faculty and Staff, Alumni, and Midshipmen
May 17 General public

Away Game Tickets

Tickets to away games will go on sale May 17th.  Only 2011 Blue and Gold members are eligible to purchase tickets for Navy at Notre Dame and are limited to ten (10) tickets per Blue and Gold account. For more information regarding ticket limits, prices, and on-sale dates, please visit the Football Ticket Information Page.

Latest Letter from Sean

Greetings Class of 1979,

This past Sunday we all remembered our family members and friends lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our country ten years ago, including our classmate, Jerry "Fish" DeConto. Carl Rehling, (
carl.rehling@tx.rr.com), who was Jerry’s roommate, sent out the following link to a poignant story about Fish from the CapeCodOnline.com web site:

Story Title: Cape native led 'extraordinary' life http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110911/NEWS/109110343&cid=sitesearch

This story is now posted as well on www.usna.com under Alumni News if you have any trouble with this link.

There is also some 79er Flag News to pass along:

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced today (9/12/2011)
the following assignments:

Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Lemmons will be assigned as director, Inter-American Defense College, Washington, D.C. Lemmons is currently serving as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for readiness, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.

Rear Adm. Patrick E. McGrath will be assigned as deputy commander, Third Fleet, San Diego, Calif. McGrath is currently serving as commander, Naval Air Force Reserve/vice commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego, Calif.

This Saturday, Navy Football takes its 2-0 record (and 40 point/game average) into South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks. It is my
understanding the game will be televised on ESPN2 at 1800 EDT. After a week off, Navy returns home to face Air Force (10/1 at noon on CBS), the first step toward returning the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to its proper location. I want to extend a well done to all classmates who turned out at the Delaware game on 9/3. I believe this was, by far, our largest turnout for a non-reunion game ever, and we even were honored to see many of our local Flag Officers.

So – Beat South Carolina! BEAT AIR FORCE!

BEAT ARMY!

Omnes Viri 1979,

Sean

Adm Lawrence Recognition

Our Senior year Superintendent,  Adm Lawrence, has been selected for enshrinement in the Naval Aviation Hall of Fame in Pensacola next summer.  Through the class of ’51 I have permission from Mrs. Lawrence to share her notification letter with our class.  Mrs. Lawrence was touched that the Class of 79 expressed an interest in sharing it with our classmates. 

Steve Smith

Webmaster Note:  Click on this LINK to see the full letter!

Memorial 5k Run

Every year in Sandwich, Mass., the community does a memorial 5K run in honor of our classmate, Gerry Deconto. As most of you know, Gerry was killed in the Pentagon on 9/11. Perhaps you didn't know that Gerry was a member of the Sandwich High School Soccer team that won the state championship in 1975. Funds raised for the run are used to endow a scholarship at Sandwich High. A few of our classmates have completed the run every year wherever they are on the day of the run (this year on 9/20). Even if you are not a runner, this is a worthy cause to contribute to in honor of one of our own. The site is located at http://geralddeconto5k.com . If you do sign up, please let them know that you are a 79'er. Gerry's family is very proud of his classmates and they appreciate hearing from them.

Thanks,
Pat McGrath

J News Articles about Classmates - click on the link for the full article

July 2012

22Jul11 - MECHANICSBURG, Penn. (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Mark Heinrich relieved Rear Adm. Mike Lyden as Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) and Chief of Supply Corps, during a change of command and retirement ceremony at the Naval Support Activity, Mechanicsburg, Penn., July 22......

May 2011

6May11 - The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release: Rear Adm. Nevin Carr, the U.S. Navy's chief of naval research, will be the keynote speaker at Savannah State University's 178th commencement ceremony 10 a.m. May 7 at the noted Georgia institution's Tiger Arena.

5May11 - SOUTH BEND - For an astronaut, the initial view of Earth from outer space is the experience of a lifetime.  "When you first look down on Earth, it's amazing to see," two-time space shuttle astronaut and retired Navy Capt. Michael J. Foreman said. Our planet viewed from space is a wonderful mixture of shades of blue, he said. "Pictures just don't do that view justice," Foreman told an audience Monday night at the St. Joseph County Public Library in downtown South Bend.

2May11 - YOKOSUKA, Japan, April 29 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following press release: Command of Naval Forces and Navy Region Japan changed hands during a change of command ceremony April 29. Rear Adm. Dan Cloyd relieved Rear Adm. Rick Wren during the ceremony which was held at the Commander, Naval Forces Japan headquarters building.


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