Naval Academy seniors study future jobs with ‘crew jersey’ reveal

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Greater than 1,000 soon-to-be Navy officers came upon their future jobs Thursday on the U.S. Naval Academy with a novel reveal: a baseball jersey custom-made for the Navy or Marine Corps ‘crew’ every senior was headed towards after commencement.

Future pilots acquired a blue button-up with “Navy Pilot” in gold — the colours of the Blue Angels. Floor Warfare Officers acquired blue-on-blue unis that learn “SWO” whereas future Silent Service sailors wore under-the-sea themed aqua marine “Submarines” jerseys.

And the quarter of Annapolis seniors headed to the Marine Corps? Scarlet and gold, after all.

<img decoding="async" width="1210" height="680" loading="lazy" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&w=1210" alt="Three U.S. Naval Academy seniors celebrate their selection as future Marine Corps officers. Senior midshipmen learned on Nov. 20 what job they'll be in after graduation by receiving a customized 'team jersey' for that field." class="wp-image-349203" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=289&h=162 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=580&h=326 580w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=660&h=371 660w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=704&h=396 704w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=712&h=400 712w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=1024&h=575 1024w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg?w=1152&h=647 1152w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/583207818_18547943575024181_8318601147947640598_n-e1763758873183.jpg 1210w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px"/> Three U.S. Naval Academy seniors have a good time their choice as future Marine Corps officers. Senior midshipmen realized on Nov. 20 what job they’ll be in after commencement by receiving a custom-made ‘crew jersey’ for that area. Picture from Naval Academy Flickr web page.

The jerseys put a new twist on a long-running custom of seniors on the three main service academies studying what job they're headed towards on the identical day. The united statesMilitary Academy will maintain its all-at-once occasion at Department Night time in early December, whereas the Air Drive Academy’s project day is named Job Drop. At Annapolis, midshipmen maintain Service Choice ceremonies inside their firm, and senior courses usually create their very own memorabilia for the occasion. The final two courses, for instance, handed out customized t-shirts.

However the Class of 2026 might have completely raised the bar, with custom-made baseball jerseys prepared for all 1,063 midshipmen as they realized what profession area they’ll serve in.

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<img decoding="async" width="696" height="480" loading="lazy" data-id="349209" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?strip=all&quality=85" alt="A Naval Academy senior selected for Marine Corps service." class="wp-image-349209" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=50&h=34 50w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=280&h=193 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=289&h=199 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=308&h=212 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=313&h=216 313w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=370&h=255 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=574&h=396 574w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=580&h=400 580w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png?w=660&h=455 660w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-21-at-10.37.19-AM-e1763760591725.png 696w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px"/> A Naval Academy senior chosen for Marine Corps service. Picture from Navy Soccer Fb web page.

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Based on statistics launched by the Academy, near three-quarters of the category ended up in one among three tracks: aviation (237 pilots and 64 naval flight officers), floor warfare (260), or into the Marines (267, with 178 headed to floor jobs, 81 pilots, and eight into Marine cyber forces).

Amongst smaller jobs, based on the college, 30 college students will prepare in Naval Particular Warfare, which incorporates SEALs, and 18 in Explosive Ordnance Disposal — two jobs thought of among the many best to land on the college (notably, in a number of dozen images launched by the college of a whole bunch of celebrating college students, none present college students in jerseys for both job).

Seven college students will be a part of the civil engineer corps, whereas 14 shall be assigned to cyber or cryptological warfare. 4 seniors will subsequent go to medical college to affix the medical corps, three shall be in oceanography, and one pupil shall be an Aviation Upkeep Responsibility Officer.

Academy officers stated 79% p.c of the seniors acquired their first alternative for a job.

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