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U.S. Navy Plebes lift Midshipman 4th Class Ryan Kavanaugh on a stretcher during the U.S. Naval Academy Sea Trials in Annapolis, Md., May 2,2009. Based on the Navy's Battle Stations and the Marine Corps' Crucible, Sea Trials is the capstone training evolution for the Naval Academy freshmen class.

STRETCHING OUT

U.S. Navy Plebes lift Midshipman 4th Class Ryan Kavanaugh on a stretcher during the U.S. Naval Academy Sea Trials in Annapolis, Md., May 2,2009. Based on the Navy's Battle Stations and the Marine Corps' Crucible, Sea Trials is the capstone training evolution for the Naval Academy freshmen class.

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