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Top-ranked Tar Heels get behind-the-scenes look at Naval Academy

Stillman White skillfully steered a 510-foot destroyer off the dock and into the Atlantic Ocean.

Theo Pinson put on a helmet and flak jacket then got up into the turret of a Humvee and mimicked shooting a machine gun.

Kennedy Meeks squeezed his 6-foot-10, 260-pound frame into the pilot's seat of a helicopter.

Clearly, these Tar Heels weren't in Chapel Hill anymore.

Legendary head coach Roy Williams brought his top-ranked North Carolina basketball team to the Naval Academy on Thursday. The Tar Heels, in town to play in the second Veterans Classic, toured the academy and participated in interactive displays.