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Midshipmen from The George Washington University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps stand at attention before being commissioned by Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va., May 18, 2012. More than 200 family and friends joined the Navy and Marine Corps graduates and senior leaders at the event.

MIDSHIPMEN AT ATTENTION

Midshipmen from The George Washington University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps stand at attention before being commissioned by Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va., May 18, 2012. More than 200 family and friends joined the Navy and Marine Corps graduates and senior leaders at the event.

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