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Navy Seaman Kyra Brinsfield is greeted by family after the Recruit Training Command's pass in review at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall in Great Lakes, Ill., May 8, 2025. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp.

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