--- --- # Watch Live: Mike Pence Delivers Naval Academy Commencement Address by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 26, 2017 1:07 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 26, 2017 1:07 PM UTC Vice President [Mike Pence](http://time.com/4793901/vice-president-mike-pence/) will deliver the commencement address at the Naval Academy on Friday. Pence’s speech [breaks a recent tradition of presidents addressing the Naval Academy graduates](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/ph-ac-cn-usna-mike-pence-commissioning-speech-0527-20170525-story.html) during their first year in office. Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama did. But President Donald Trump is currently overseas at the G7 summit. Pence [drew protests](http://time.com/4787547/mike-pence-notre-dame-student-protest-commencement/?iid=sr-link1) from students, many of whom walked out, during his graduation speech at Notre Dame last weekend. On Friday he’ll be addressing about 1,000 midshipmen at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. He is scheduled to speak at about 10 a.m. E.T. You can watch it live above. Mike Pence Naval Academy Commencement Address: Watch Live ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4795577/mike-pence-naval-academy-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4795577/mike-pence-naval-academy-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Mike Pence Delivers Naval Academy Commencement Address","datePublished":"2017-05-26T13:07:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:08:13.424Z","description":"Traditionally it's the new President who addresses graduates","url":"https://time.com/4795577/mike-pence-naval-academy-watch-live/","keywords":["Mike Pence","White House","livestream","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mike-pence/","name":"Mike Pence"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4795577/mike-pence-naval-academy-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: Mike Pence Delivers Naval Academy Commencement Address"}}]}] ```