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Daniel Smart, bottom, of Miami, Fla., winces as a fellow midshipman helps him with a leg cramp during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges for freshman midshipmen, known as "plebes," that caps off their first year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Jonathan Freel, center, of Houston, eats mustard in an attempt to avoid cramps during a short break in Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges for freshman midshipmen, known as "plebes," that caps off their first year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Phillip Metcalfe of Plano, Texas, screams as he lifts a log during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges for freshman midshipmen, known as plebes, that caps off their first year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Freshman midshipmen, known as "plebes," perform sit ups on the banks of the Severn River during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges that caps off the freshman year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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A freshman midshipman, known as a plebe, crawls through a muddy trench underneath barbed wire during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges that caps off the freshman year at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)