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JUNE 1, 2012
CLASS OF 2012 COMMISSIONED IN ANNAPOLIS With his grandfather being a retired Navy captain, David Phillips always figured he’d join the Navy. But during summer training away from the Naval Academy last summer, the midshipman from Davidsonville realized he wanted to join the Marines. The decision earned the soon-to-be second lieutenant friendly jabs from his grandfather. True to form this morning, his grandfather told him how much hotter his uniform would be than the white Navy dress uniform at commissioning. When he came out dressed in his Marine Corps dress blues, Phillips earned a much different response. > > C A P I TA L TO P S TO R I E S
USNA GRADUATES FIRST PARAPLEGIC STUDENT
Kevin Hillery made history when he became the first paraplegic to ever graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy. > > W B A LT V. C O M
PANETTA CALLS ON GRADS TO FOCUS ON ASIA-PACIFIC
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CLASS OF 2012’S HIGHEST HAT TOSS
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NAVAL ACADEMY BONDS FOUR STAFFORD WOMEN
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