Academy In Annapolis

Countians are officersTwo county residents are among the newest officers in the Maryland National Guard.They include 2nd Lts. Norman R. Paddy of Millersville and Patrick A. Mahoney of Hanover.Lieutenant Paddy, who earned the Army Physical Fitness Badge after scoring more than 290 out of a possible 300 points on the Army's fitness test, will be assigned to Company C of the 129th Signal Battalion in Cumberland.Lieutenant Mahoney reports to Company A, 2nd Battalion of the 115th Infantry, in Glen Burnie.

In some minds, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis once evoked a distinctly Protestant world, a sanctuary of white flannels and tea on the lawn.But that picture leaves out significant minority groups inthe academy's history, says Annapolis researcher Eric Goldstein.While the percentage of Jews attending the academy has never beenlarge, their contributions have been significant, Goldstein says. A Jewish professor taught at the college in its founding year of 1845, and many of the more famous instructors were Jewish.

Pvt. Craig J. Cordner has completed basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, militaryjustice, first aid, and Army history and traditions.Cordner is son of James R. and Kathleen A. Corner of Joppa.Heis a 1989 graduate of Joppatowne High School.WALTON TRAINS IN VA.Army National Guard Pvt. Richard Walton has graduated from the materiel storage and handling course at Fort Lee, Petersburg, Va.Students were trained in receipt, storage, shipment, issue, and preservation and packaging of supplies and equipment.

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf had this message for the Naval Academy's newest crop of graduates: "The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."While Schwarzkopf may have intended to give graduates greater perspective on their four years of hard work and future training, the midshipmen and their 20,000 guests found a more literal meaning in his message yesterday.Beneath a bright blue, sunny sky, with temperatures climbing into the mid-90s, midshipmen wiped their brows and spectators turned commencement programs into fans.

Since his return from the Persian Gulf, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf has been making the rounds.He's been honored as father of the year. He's been the grand marshal of the Pegasus Parade in Louisville. And, he's even had the Queen of England bestow an honorary knighthood upon him.Today, the Army general was doing some honoring himself, addressing 950 graduates at the 141st commencement exercises of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.Schwarzkopf, affectionately known as "Stormin' Norman" to the U.S. troops he led during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, was addressing this year's graduates before they tossed their caps into the air to signal the end of four years at the Academy.