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U.S. Naval Academy Plebe Ashley Bucholz is taught how to properly position her cover at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on June 27, 2007. The cover should rest two fingers above the top of her nose. Bucholz is starting her freshman year at the Academy.

U.S. Naval Academy Plebe Ashley Bucholz is taught how to properly position her cover.

U.S. Naval Academy Plebe Ashley Bucholz is taught how to properly position her cover at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on June 27, 2007. The cover should rest two fingers above the top of her nose. Bucholz is starting her freshman year at the Academy.

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