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A group of delayed entry program recruits follows behind a truck full of U.S. Navy sailors during the Veterans Day Parade, Orlando, Fla., Nov. 8, 2008. The parade was one of the main events in the Orlando Navy Week, which is designed to raise awareness of the service in metropolitan areas that do not have a significant Navy presence.

NAVY RECRUITS

A group of delayed entry program recruits follows behind a truck full of U.S. Navy sailors during the Veterans Day Parade, Orlando, Fla., Nov. 8, 2008. The parade was one of the main events in the Orlando Navy Week, which is designed to raise awareness of the service in metropolitan areas that do not have a significant Navy presence.

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