Texas Pete hot sauce? Yes. Yellow mustard? Yes. Individual packets of salsa? Yes. Meatball subs and chimichangas? Yes to the meatball subs, but the chimichangas... well, not so much.

Midn. 2⁄C Anthony J. Valliere, age 21, passed away Jan. 26 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. A native of Palatine, Ill., Valliere was a mechanical engineering major assigned to 25th Company.

After a long week of hard work, many Midshipmen enjoy a trip to the Annapolis Mall. However, it’s not everyday that they end up in hot pursuit of a thief like Midn. 2⁄C Ian McMenamin and Midn. 2⁄C Thomas Flanagan of 30th Company did on Jan. 12.

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Sailors from the forward-deployed amphibious ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and the pilots and aircrew of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 rescued a merchant sailor who was suffering from stroke-like symptoms while onboard a Military Sealift Command ship in the Sea of Japan, Jan. 25.

With the continuing need for Sailors to serve Individual Augmentee (IA) and war on terrorism support assignments, the Navy recognizes the importance of rewarding these Sailors for their heroism. One of the rewards for these Sailors is meritorious advancement.

As of Jan. 18, USS Boxer (LHD 4) has sent 14 Sailors around the world to fill individual augmentee (IA) assignments since returning from its Western Pacific deployment.

Topp was nominated by MMCS(SW⁄AW) Jason P. Enge, 8th Company Senior Enlisted Leader.

U.S. Marine Corps Major Amy McGrath, Class of 1997, is one of twelve women whose stories appear in the book Band of Sisters, by author Kirsten Holmstedt. McGrath and Holmstedt spoke to an audience of more than 100 Midshipmen on Jan. 24 about McGrath’s experiences and the role women play in the Global War on Terror.

Last year the Superintendent’s Combo, a jazz quintet within the Naval Academy Band, represented the Naval Academy and the Navy at the Black Engineer of the Year ceremony, All Flag Officers Training Symposium, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund Giambastiani’s retirement, and, perhaps most notably, the Annapolis Mideast Peace Confer-ence.

Africa Partnership Station (APS) pulled into Lome, aboard High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift Jan. 28, as the first U.S. Navy ship to visit Togo in 15 years.

Fifteen wounded Marine and Army personnel were welcomed by an enthusiastic round of applause as they exited their plane on the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Jan. 25.

Electronics Technician 1st Class (SW⁄AW) Ryan Hogg

Nick Schwob and Matt Swezey each tallied twice to lead Navy’s ice hockey team to a 5-4 win over West Chester Jan. 25 at the McMullen Hockey Arena. Ranked #9 in the latest American Collegiate Hockey Association poll, West Chester fell to 20-6-2 overall. The win marked Navy’s first triumph over West Chester since a thrilling overtime victory in the 2005 playoffs.

Navy men’s track & field runners Paul Harris and Andrew Hanko each posted a victory in the second and final day of the Penn State National Open Jan. 26. The Midshipmen totaled three event titles this weekend, as the distance medley relay team paced the competition last night.

An NC State forfeit in the final bout of the night, the 174-pound weight class, proved to be the deciding factor as the Navy wrestling team scored a 21-15 victory over the Wolfpack Jan. 26 at Halsey Field House in Annapolis.

Army’s Jarell Brown scored a career-high 35 points, including the game-winning basket with 13 seconds left to lead Army past Navy, 69-67, in men’s basketball action on Jan. 27, at Alumni Hall.

Navy’s Jacqui Charnigo smashed the school record in the pole vault and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship as the Midshipmen women’s track & field team topped the field of 13 teams at the Patriot Games Jan. 26.

The shipboard terminology ''ship, shipmate, self'' was based on Sailor’s commitment to placing their common welfare ahead of their own in order to survive at sea. This mentality was as critical to those onboard the USS Forrestal as it was on USS Cole.