| After sea duty, the Navy recognized Don's promise by sending him as a midshipman to Columbia University in New York City. |
| Horatio Hornblower begins his saga as a young midshipman in the British navy, during the Napoleonic era. |
| My wife's grandfather went through the battle of Jutland as a sixteen-year-old midshipman. |
| He joined the Navy as a midshipman at the age of 14, and fought in the battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar. |
| He then entered the United States Merchant Marine Academy, which wasn't so choosey, and became a midshipman. |
| His interviews became notorious, often pitting a four-star admiral against a midshipman or junior officer in his twenties. |
