A Plebe's Journey Begins; Arlington Teenager Survives First Day at Naval Academy From: The Washington Post | Date: July 26, 2001| Author: Nelson Hernandez | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A ragged column of teenagers and their anxious parents wait as the gray dawn sky over the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis begins to brighten.

It's 6 a.m., and these young men and women are about to undergo the most important transition of their lives. When they pass through the doors of Alumni Hall, they will be stripped of their civilian clothes, their hair, their old identity. They will emerge as plebes, freshman midshipmen and the lowest-ranking creatures at this fiercely hierarchic...

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