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The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly over the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Naval Academy's class of 2012 at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes raise their hand as they take Oath of Office, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes wait to make their pledge during the Oath of Office Ceremony, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes wait to make their pledge during the Oath of Office Ceremony, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming Naval Academy Plebes walk to their seats for the Oath of Office Ceremony, in Tecumseh Court, the courtyard of Bancroft Hall, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Naval Academy Plebe Brandon Hudson gets a hug from his father Brad Hudson after during the Oath of Office Ceremony, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Naval Academy Plebe Brandon Hudson is embraced by his mother Tracy Hudson after during the Oath of Office Ceremony, on Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their Plebe Summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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A U.S. Naval Academy plebe, or first-year student, adjusts his new Navy-issued belt in Alumni Hall during Induction Day at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. The plebes are instructed to wear their uniforms with pride and to make sure everything is perfect on them. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Blake Nixon, a plebe from Austin, Tex., makes his way down the stairs in Alumni Hall after registering and picking up his Navy-issued clothes and gear during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming U.S. Naval Academy students, or plebes, stand straight as they await further instructions during Induction Day in Alumni Hall at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their plebe-summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Midshipman 1/C Matthews Adams (right), a fourth-year student at the U.S. Naval Academy, instructs Ian Eversman, a plebe from Kingsland, Ga., to "walk fast and with purpose" as he makes his way from getting his hair cut to picking up his gear during Induction Day at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. It is tradition for plebes to be yelled on their walk. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Midshipman 1/C Ken Bunnell (foreground) gives instructions to plebes (from left) Anna Funkhouser and Michael Johnson during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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1/C Matthews Adams (right), a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, instructs plebes, or first-year students, to walk "fast and with purpose" as they make their way from getting their hair cut to picking up their gear during Induction Day at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Frederick McDonald, a U.S. Naval Academy plebe from Oceanside, Calif., gets fit for a hat during Induction Day in Alumni Hall at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Anna Funkhouser, a U.S. Naval Academy plebe from Littleton, Colo., learns how to salute properly during Induction Day in Alumni Hall at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Plebe Joshua Werling of Beloit, Wis., gets his hair cut during Induction Day for first-year students in Alumni Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their plebe-summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Incoming U.S. Naval Academy students, or plebes, learn how to put on their hats properly during Induction Day in Alumni Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Induction Day marks the day the young men and women begin their transformation from civilians to midshipmen and begin their plebe-summer training program. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith walks out for the coin toss before the football game between the U.S. Naval Academy and Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2002. (AP Photo/L.M. Otero, File)