for a career in the Navy, the introduction to sail training in Oliver Hazard Perry "gave our midshipman candidates a taste of the sea that we can't give them with our current resources," said NAPS Commanding Officer M ike Doherty. ''At the Naval Academy, midshipmen have two designated times when they will get underway with some navy ship, submarine, or aviation squadron, but we don't have that opportunity at NAPS. The expectation is that these individuals are going to be the core leader-
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