 Looking for a way to go to the Naval Academy, but aren't sure about your study habits? The Naval Academy Preparatory School could be the perfect first step in your transition from enlisted to officer. NAPS was started back in about 1919 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the Navy. And the Naval Academy at the time had slots for enlisted applicants, but they had to take an entrance exam. So the enlisted applicants would take the entrance exam and a lot of times they wouldn't do very well. So we'd have 100 available slots and we'd only get 5 or 10 or 15 fleet sailors into the Naval Academy. So the Navy in its wisdom decided, hey, we need to have a formal prep program. For an in-depth look at what NAPS can offer you, stay tuned to age.mil.