LTJG Ed Moore

      Victoria Moore is USNA's 2nd Mitchell Scholar. MIDN Moore is a top
scholar-athlete at the U.S. Naval Academy: a national caliber runner on
the women's track team with a perfect 4.0 academic record.   From northern
Virginia, she also has substantial international experience, which most
recently included a five-week internship this past summer at NATO
Headquarters in Belgium. MIDN Moore, a member of 20th Company, majors in
information technology with a concentration in national security affairs
while minoring in French. To date, she has won eight varsity letters in
three years across three sports (cross-country, indoor track, and
outdoor track). In 2006, she ran the second fastest time in Naval
Academy history in the 1,000 meter race (2:52.8). Vicki is currently
the Brigade MISLO.
      Last spring, she was a Brigade Training Sergeant. This past summer she
served as the technology volunteer at the Fairfax County Public Library
for several weeks. After studying in Ireland, Vicki will begin her
career as a Surface Warfare Officer.

U.S. Navy Ensign Victoria E. Moore, daughter of Ed and Lisa Moore of Burke, VA and granddaughter of Oscar and Tillie Talmage of Metropolis, Ill. graduated first in her class from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD on May 23, 2008 and was commissioned as an Officer in the U.S. Navy. Ens. Moore successfully completed four years of intensive academic, physical, and professional training, resulting in a Bachelor of Science Degree with Distinction. Moore majored in Information Technology in National Security Affairs and minored in French. As a graduate of the Naval Academy, Ens. Moore completed a four-year, total immersion program where a strong, balanced academic program, focused on the educational needs of the Navy and Marine Corps, is superimposed on a strict, professional military training environment emphasizing the development of leadership skills. Following graduation, Ens. Moore, winner of a 2008 George W. Mitchell Scholarship, will do one year of postgraduate study at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland in Development. Upon completion of her postgraduate work she will proceed to San Diego, CA where she will begin service as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard the U.S.S. Green Bay.
While at the U.S. Naval Academy, Ens. Moore lettered 3 years in Cross Country and 4 years in both Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field. She ran the second fastest 1000m time in USNA history (2:52.80). Moore was recognized by her athletic conference, the Patriot League, for academic excellence while serving as a key player for her Track teams with being named the 2008 Patriot League Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for academic and athletic excellence with the award of a 2007 – 2008 Postgraduate Scholarship. Ensign Moore is a 2004 graduate of J. W. Robinson Jr. Secondary School, Fairfax, Virginia.
The Talmages traveled to Annapolis, MD to experience the USNA Commissioning Week activities. On Thursday, May 22, 2008, the day before the Graduation Ceremony, the Talmages attended the Color Parade and the Prizes and Awards Ceremony at Alumni Hall. The Color Parade/Color Competition is the oldest parade at the U.S. Naval Academy and a tradition which began in 1867. This parade is the Midshipmen’s last full dress parade while at the Academy. The highlight of the Color Parade is the formal presentation of the color company pennant to the “best” one of the thirty companies of midshipmen that has excelled in academics athletics and professional accomplishments during the spring semester. A color honoree is selected by the winning Company Commander. The 2008 color honoree is retired Cmdr. Edmund Moore, Naval Academy Class of 1970, and father of 20th Company midshipman commander Victoria Moore. Each company consists of more than 140 midshipmen from each of the four classes. The company commander oversees the midshipmen’s professional and military development, assumes full responsibility and accountability for their actions, and coordinates policies and directives within the company staff.
At the Prizes and Awards Ceremony, then MIDN Moore received a number of academic, athletic, and leadership awards, which included swords, binoculars, plaques, checks, watches, books, and certificates. Among her awards was a check for $2,008 from the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation as the midshipman who best exemplifies the ideals and traditions of the naval service and who best combines outstanding leadership, professionalism, academic distinction and athletic achievement in her class.
Considered one of the top educational institutions in the country, the U.S. Naval Academy was founded in 1845 and has graduated more than 60,000 men and women as Naval and Marine Corps Officers. Its graduates include 4,000 Admirals and Generals, one President, 200 members of Congress, three Governors, 73 Medal of Honor recipients, one Nobel Prize winner, and 40 Astronauts.
The Naval Academy currently has more than 4,000 students who comprise the Brigade of Midshipmen and who come from every state in the union.