{"id":122054,"date":"2022-12-09T18:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/09\/sibling-rivalries-family-legacies-continue-at-army-navy-game\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:18:48","slug":"sibling-rivalries-family-legacies-continue-at-army-navy-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/smr\/army-navy-game\/2022\/12\/09\/sibling-rivalries-family-legacies-continue-at-army-navy-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibling rivalries, family legacies continue at Army-Navy game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When cadets and midshipmen face off against one another at the 123rd Army-Navy game in Philadelphia on Dec. 10, the brothers-in-arms will again battle for victory in the friendly annual rivalry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for identical twins, Cadet Josh Lowe and Midshipman Jacob Lowe, the game holds an additional level of competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brothers, from Mission Viejo, California, will cheer for their respective military academies at this year\u2019s game from opposite sides of the stadium. While Josh, a member of a West Point skills competition team, and Jacob, a Navy track and field runner, were never far apart growing up, the class of 2023 siblings were soon able to forge their own identities at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think separating was best for our development as individuals,\u201d Josh, the cadet, said last year in a release<\/a>. \u201cI think that first semester my plebe year was pretty hard being apart, but overall, going to separate academies has been best for our personal development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brothers have also reportedly had some fun confusing people in their opposite uniforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople would go, \u2018Hi, and why are you wearing the Navy uniform,\u2019 \u2026 I would have no idea who they were, and they would keep getting us mixed up,\u201d Jacob, the midshipman, said in the release. \u201cThey\u2019d see (Josh) and go \u2018why did I see you in the Navy uniform,\u2019 it has been a fun semester.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Jacob participated in the \u2018prisoner exchange\u2019 that takes place on the field ahead of kickoff, where cadets and midshipmen who spent the semester at the opposite academy are \u2018returned\u2019 to their respective schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\t