In the weeks leading up to the annual Army-Navy rivalry football game, both United States military branches took to social media to share playful videos poking fun at their competition.
In one video, a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is seen preparing for “game day” by training with a football held tightly in his hands as he crawls under barbed wire and jumps over barricades.
One man then turns to another and says, “I wonder what Navy is doing to get ready.” The video quickly cuts to an apparent midshipman wearing children’s inflatable water wings who clumsily slips off of an inner tube and into a pool while trying to reach for a football.
In another video, Navy midshipmen “broke into” the Pentagon to “leave a little surprise” for the Army secretary. The United States Naval Academy also posted a video that lists “The Top 10 Army Cadets.”
Here’s a look at some of the videos:
Across the nation, @NavyFB has the fleet’s support!#GONAVY #BEATARMY pic.twitter.com/YhEP4iyWCD
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) December 10, 2020
Today, #USNavy excellence continues! #DontGiveUpTheShip#GONAVY #BEATARMY pic.twitter.com/43Z2IqTLWM
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) December 12, 2020
Tomorrow’s the day! 61 and counting!#GONAVY #BEATARMY pic.twitter.com/5nlIAIua56
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) December 11, 2020
Go Army! Beat Navy! GEN Daly, CSM Delgado and all of AMC are ready for Saturday’s big game. Join us for a Team Hooah! #GoArmy #BeatNavy @WestPoint_USMA pic.twitter.com/uDZSebVnNA
— U.S. Army Materiel Command (@ArmyMateriel) December 11, 2020
From the “Ivy Division” #GoArmy#BeatNavy @4thInfDiv pic.twitter.com/HAIx7cDP82
— U.S. Military Academy at West Point (@WestPoint_USMA) December 11, 2020
Accelerate your life… in the ARMY! @1stCAB1ID #GoArmy#BeatNavy pic.twitter.com/btaD73epiA
— U.S. Military Academy at West Point (@WestPoint_USMA) December 8, 2020
One of the greatest traditions in college football: The March On #GoNavy #BeatArmy @ArmyNavyGame pic.twitter.com/vw82iVUV3Y
— Navy Athletics (@NavyAthletics) December 12, 2020
This message will never get old #GoNavy #BeatArmy @TradocDCG #GoNavyBeatArmy pic.twitter.com/Ew3a68Sgk9
— RDML Paula Dunn (@ViceCHINFO) December 10, 2020
What do you think happens when you stand behind an #Army mule? #GoArmy#BeatNavy@8thPSYOPgroup pic.twitter.com/9MVn5ZBhBS
— U.S. Military Academy at West Point (@WestPoint_USMA) December 11, 2020
On Saturday, Army defeated Navy 15-0 in a historic game that brought the rivalry back to West Point for the first time in 77 years. President and Commander in Chief Donald Trump performed the game’s coin toss, flipping tails and giving Navy the advantage.
