USNA 34th Company

The company is the most important unit in the Brigade of Midshipmen. Companies eat, sleep, study, drill, and compete together. Comprised of roughly 30-35 midshipmen from each of all four classes, they are led by 1/c Midshipmen. There are currently 30 companies in the Brigade, though this number has ranged from 8 in the late 1920s to 36 from the late 1940s to the late 1990s.

Some classes are in the same company for all four years; there is also "shotgunning" (all midshipmen in a class, usually following plebe year, are moved randomly to a different company) and "rifling" (again usually following plebe year, an entire group would move from one company to another). Even though many alumni were a part of more than one company during their four years at the Naval Academy, the list below is reflective of the company from which they graduated.

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Douglas Vaughan

Class of 1966

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Prospect Heights, Illinois

May 20, 1969 (25 years old)

Bronze Star, KIA, Vietnam, Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam, Ground, HOFH23, USNA 34th Company

	Douglas Vaughan
	Class of 1966
	Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
	Bronze Star, KIA, Vietnam, Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam, Ground, HOFH23, USNA 34th Company

Randy Rickey

Class of 1973

Lieutenant, US Navy

Pinellas Park, Florida

October 16, 1977 (26 years old)

Operational loss, Fleet Composite Squadron (VC) 5, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

	Randy Rickey
	Class of 1973
	Lieutenant, US Navy
	Operational loss, Fleet Composite Squadron (VC) 5, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

Randy Mikal

Class of 1974

Lieutenant, US Navy

Elmhurst, Illinois

November 2, 1978 (26 years old)

Operational loss, Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 37, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

	Randy Mikal
	Class of 1974
	Lieutenant, US Navy
	Operational loss, Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 37, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

Michael Brown

Class of 1977

Lieutenant, US Navy

Dallas, Texas

August 4, 1982 (28 years old)

Operational loss, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

	Michael Brown
	Class of 1977
	Lieutenant, US Navy
	Operational loss, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

Mark Lange

Class of 1979

Lieutenant, US Navy

Fraser, Michigan

December 4, 1983 (26 years old)

KIA, POW, Lebanon, Attack Squadron (VA) 85, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

	Mark Lange
	Class of 1979
	Lieutenant, US Navy
	KIA, POW, Lebanon, Attack Squadron (VA) 85, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

Michael McGinty

Class of 1981

Civilian

Omaha, Nebraska

September 11, 2001 (42 years old)

9/11, Civilian, Terrorism, USNA 34th Company

★ Though we honor his service and sacrifice on this website, he is not eligible for inclusion in Memorial Hall.

	Michael McGinty
	Class of 1981
	Civilian
	9/11, Civilian, Terrorism, USNA 34th Company ★ Though we honor his service and sacrifice on this website, he is not eligible for inclusion in Memorial Hall.

Jonathan Nolan

Class of 1991

Lieutenant, US Navy

Liverpool, New York

May 27, 1998 (28 years old)

Operational loss, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

	Jonathan Nolan
	Class of 1991
	Lieutenant, US Navy
	Operational loss, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37, Fixed Wing, USNA 34th Company

D. Michael Hillegas

Class of 1994

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Mission Viejo, California

March 6, 1998 (25 years old)

Operational loss, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 47, Helicopter, USNA 34th Company

	D. Michael Hillegas
	Class of 1994
	Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
	Operational loss, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 47, Helicopter, USNA 34th Company