delegating orders from the senior military staff to the students, taking accountability of the battalion, writing the watchbill for other students, organizing their respective companies and platoons for each event the midshipmen candidates attend, and maintaining general cleanliness of Ripley Hall. The head of the entire battalion is the Battalion Commander and Battalion XO and MA. The Battalion XO is in charge of TAPS sheets every night, which is an accountability process throughout the battalion that ensures all the Midshipman Candidates are back at Ripley Hall safe. Athletics NAPS athletics consist of football, lacrosse, men's and women's basketball, baseball, wrestling, men's and women's track & field, and men's and women's cross country running. Most of the athletes will move on to their respective sports at either the USNA or the USCGA after successful completion of their year at NAPS. Midshipmen candidates that are not on any of the school teams, as-well as athletes during their sports off-season, must participate in daily physical training. Each midshipman candidate will take the Physical Readiness Test (PRT), four times throughout the school year. The midshipman candidate must pass the PRT in order to move on to the USNA or the USCGA. In 1998, a NAPS platoon created the chant I believe that we will win! and used it at NAPS sporting events. These NAPSters brought the chant with them to the USNA where the cheer team adopted it for its sporting events. Alumni Colonel John Ripley, USMC (ret.) NAPS 1958 Captain Lance Sijan, USAF, NAPS 1961, USAFA 1965, posthumous Medal of Honor, Vietnam General Michael J. Williams, USMC (ret.), NAPS 1963, Assistant Commandant USMC General John R. Allen, USMC (ret.), NAPS 1972 Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III, USN, NAPS 1973, Commander U.S. Pacific Command Television host Montel Williams, NAPS 1976 Rear Admiral Peter Gumataotao, USN, NAPS 1977, Commander Naval Surface Force Atlantic Rear Admiral Tim Szymanski, USN, NAPS 1981, slated to command Naval Special Warfare Command in 2016. Major General Matthew G. Glavy, USMC, NAPS 1982, Commander, Marine Corps Cyberspace Command Captain Christopher J. Cassidy, USN, SEAL, NAPS 1989, NASA Astronaut Vice Admiral Robert Harward, USN (ret.), NAPS 1975, Deputy Commander, USCENTCOM Captain William Lederer, USN, wrote of his 1930 or 1931 NAPC experiences in his 1950 book, All the Ships at Sea. Malcolm Perry, NFL Player Major General Austin E. Renforth, USMC, NAPS 1984, Commanding General, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Notable