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10/13/2025

We’re inviting all Chapter road bike riders, their significant others, friends of the Naval Academy and even kids to join us for a fun ride around beautiful Jamestown, Rhode Island.

📅 Date/Time: October 18 at 10:00 a.m.
📍 Start/Finish: East Ferry Square, Jamestown
We’ll have two route options:
Long Route: ~19 miles, approximately 1.5 hours
Short Route: ~9 miles, approximately 1 hour

Both rides will start and finish at East Ferry Square. Expect a no-drop group ride along the rural roads of Jamestown with some modest hills. The longer ride will be a loop around Conanicut Island. The shorter route will be south to Beavertail State Park and back. Afterwards we’ll gather for refreshments at either East Ferry Market & Deli or Narragansett Café.

https://myusna.com/events/146331

Please RSVP to the organizer in the myusna.com events link above or DM us here on IG with:
Number of riders
How many will ride the long vs. short route
Your preference for the Deli or the Café
Any questions, comments or suggestions

08/11/2025

⚓ Meet Rob Schult — proud USNA Class of 1992 graduate, submariner, lifelong sailor, and the newly appointed Secretary of the Rhode Island USNA Alumni Chapter 📝🎖

A Severna Park, MD native, he attended Naval Academy Prep School (’88) where he played soccer and sailed, then earned his B.S. in Naval Architecture at USNA while competing on the Varsity Offshore Sailing Team ⛵. After commissioning, he entered the Submarine Force, completing Nuclear Power School and serving aboard USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) in Pearl Harbor, qualifying as Engineer Officer and deploying on WestPac operations.

Following his JO tour, he served on the USNA Commandant’s Staff, earned a graduate degree in Engineering Management from GWU, and later transitioned to civilian life — all while supporting his wife, Meg (also USNA ’92), through her 30-year Navy career. His own post-Navy path led to an MBA from London Business School and a career as Research Director at TeleGeography, specializing in global telecom infrastructure.

Life has taken them from London to Naples, Italy, Monterey, CA, Bremerton, WA, and now back to Newport, RI — where he races Shields weekly, frostbites in the winter, and stays active in local sailing clubs, community service, and volunteer work. He and Meg have three grown children, two Catahoula dogs 🐾, and a shared passion for giving back.

08/07/2025

⚓ Meet CAPT Conrad Donahue, USN (Ret.) — Submariner, leader, mentor, and proud Member-at-Large on the Rhode Island USNA Alumni Chapter Council 🎖🇺🇸

A Class of 1973 graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a degree in Oceanography, CAPT Donahue dedicated 30 years to submarine service, leading multiple patrols and deployments around the world 🌍. He commanded two ballistic missile submarines — USS SIMON BOLIVAR and USS HENRY M. JACKSON, earning multiple Battle “E” awards and the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund prize for fleet excellence. ⚓🧭

Post-retirement, he continued shaping the future force as a Naval Science professor at MIT & Boston University, and later supported undersea training systems at NUWC with Northrop Grumman.

Now fully retired, Captain Donahue brings a lifetime of leadership, technical excellence, and mentorship to our alumni community. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Karen and is the proud father of four adult children 💙

We are honored to have his wisdom and experience guiding the chapter as Member-at-Large.

07/29/2025

⚓ 🎖 Meet Madina Petashvili — USNA Class of 2017, Navy veteran, Systems Engineer at NUWC, and the newly appointed Vice President of the Rhode Island USNA Alumni Chapter🎖 🇺🇸

Commissioned from the Naval Academy, Madina proudly served as a Surface Warfare Officer, leading in some of the Navy’s most critical roles — Ship’s Navigator, Legal Officer, Admin Officer, Main Propulsion Officer, and Executive Department Head. Her career took her from the USS Ashland (L*D 48) supporting amphibious missions with the U.S. Marines (forward-deployed in Japan 🇯🇵) to the USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) out of Mayport, FL 🌴, a ballistic missile defense destroyer, through her maiden and COVID-era deployment.

She operated across the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleets, navigating high-stakes missions with grit and precision — from the Suez Canal, Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, and Arabian Sea, to the Black Sea, Turkish Straits, and even the Arctic Circle ❄️. Madina is a proud Shellback (having crossed the Equator 🌍) and a two-time Blue Nose, honoring her Arctic crossings among many other time-honored naval traditions. ⚓🐢❄️

Now, she continues to serve in a new capacity as a Systems Engineer at KMS Solutions supporting undersea warfare innovation at NUWC 🔧. Off duty, she’s deeply engaged in real estate investing, exploring tech and data science, and mentoring fellow veterans and professionals.

Madina leads with heart, discipline, and a passion for service — committed to building resilient communities and making meaningful impact wherever she goes 💪🏽🏡✨

She’s got roots in resilience, a heart for healing, and a brain that loves solving hard problems 💡 — whether it’s building AI models, mentoring young professionals, or managing a multifamily property from scratch 🏘️. Oh, and she’s low-key obsessed with Amazon finds, yoga flows 🧘‍♀️, and her pup Bentley 🐶 🧭

07/25/2025

🎖 Meet Our New Chapter President! 🇺🇸
Please welcome CAPT (Ret) Wesley Bannister '90 — a decorated Naval Aviator, seasoned Joint Specialty Officer, and current professor at the Naval War College.

Wesley has lived in Portsmouth, RI, since 2022 with his wife and family. 🏡 They have three daughters and one son, with two children still at home. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 A retired Navy Captain ⚓, Joint Specialty Officer, and practitioner at the operational level of military operations, he enjoys training and educating the Fleet’s next wave of staff operators. 🎓🚢

Outside of work, Wesley keeps pace with family activities and attends his children’s sporting and theater performances. ⚽🎭 He also specializes in home and lawn maintenance 🌱🛠 and cares for four Dachshunds 🐾 ranging in age from nearly 2 to 16 years old. 🐕🐕🐕🐕

An aspiring author ✍️, he plans to write across various genres, from fiction and historical fiction 📚 to coffee table books on a wide range of fascinating topics. ✨

07/24/2025

📍Rhode Island USNA Alumni Association Chapter Update ⚓️

Welcome to our chapter's first official social media page since our establishment in June of 1949 with the first President being ADM Kaufbus in our log book. We are now active on IG and FB on top of myusna.com. You can find us on IG under .usnaaa handle and on FB pages under Rhode Island Chapter USNA Alumni Association.

This past month, the Chapter officers met to officially conduct turnover, get to know each other, and set our priorities for the year ahead. It was a productive and motivating start to what we hope will be a year full of connection, engagement, and support for our local Alumni community.

Meet your new Chapter Leadership:

📌 President: Wes Bannister '90
📌 Vice President: Madina Petashvili '17
📌 Secretary: Rob Schult '92
📌 Treasurer: Bryan Williams '92
📌 Member-at-Large: Conrad Donahue '73

Over the next month we will be making a post specific to each of the chapter leadership so stay tuned to get to know your chapter officers.

We’re looking forward to:

✅ Growing our active membership
✅ Engaging and supporting fellow Alumni
✅ Creating exciting events and speaker dinners
✅ Supporting Navy athletics, NAPS, and more
✅ Strengthening bonds across generations of service

We’ll be sending out a member survey in the near future through myusna.com — we’d love your input to shape the year ahead. Stay tuned for more updates and ways to get involved. GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY! 💪⚓️

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