The Naval Academy Preparatory School, or NAPS is the preparatory school for the United States Naval Academy, the United States Coast Guard Academy, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, located at NETC, Newport, Rhode Island. The mission of NAPS is: To prepare selected candidates morally, mentally, and physically, with emphasis on strengthening the academic foundation of individual cadidates for officer accession through the US Naval, and Coast Guard Academies. The students are called by their rank midshipman candidates or cadet candidates, depending on whether they are bound for the Naval, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies. However, all are informally known as NAPSters.