Commander Mike Murnane is Grant Vermeer, the Academy Insider's guest on this podcast. 

Commander Murnane was the commissioned officer in charge of plebe summer for the USNA class of 2020 while Grant was the regimental commander. 

Commander Murnane, a graduate of USNA class of 1995 became a naval flight officer upon graduation and his highly successful career brought him back to the naval academy as a senior officer.  He was the officer in charge of plebe summer and the leader for the sixth battalion during the academic year.

Commander Murnane is a leader Grant holds in the highest esteem and considers him a mentor.  Their conversation and stories about the behind the scenes of running plebe summer give a great insight into plebe summer and the naval academy.

If you want to learn more about how to prepare for plebe summer, Grant recommends many tremendous resources about plebe summer and the United States Naval Academy on his website. 

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Links Mentioned in the Show

Blog article on Purpose of Plebe Summer

Commander Murnane's Book Recommendations
 
Gates of Fire 
Siddhartha 
Resilience -
The Obstacle is the Way 

The mission of Academy Insider is to guide, serve, and support Midshipmen, future Midshipmen, and their families.

Grant Vermeer your host is the person who started it all. He is the founder of Academy Insider and the host of The Academy Insider podcast and the USNA Property Network Podcast. He was a recruited athlete which brought him to Annapolis where he was a four year member of the varsity basketball team. He was a cyber operations major and commissioned into the Cryptologic Warfare Community. He was stationed at Fort Meade and supported the Subsurface Direct Support mission.

He separated from the Navy in 2023 and now owns The Vermeer Group, a boutique residential real estate company that specializes in serving the United States Naval Academy community PCSing to California & Texas.

We are here to be your guide through the USNA experience.

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