The Wrath of Rickover

EVENING ADMIRAL OF THE DAY

The Wrath of Rickover
A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman endures legendary tongue lashings and banishment to a broom closet from the Father of the Nuclear Navy.
By Captain William J. Toti, U.S. Navy (Retired)
June 2010
Proceedings
Vol. 136/6/1,288
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The time was about 1900, after a series of very long days. Like the others, this day was filled with tests and interviews, hours of mental intensity interrupted by hours of mind-numbing boredom. I was a first-class midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, and this was the singular event that would determine the course of my professional life.

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