Keywords: AnnapolisGraduation edit.jpg 050527-N-0295M-001 Annapolis May 27 2005 Newly commissioned officers celebrate their new positions by throwing their midshipmen covers into the air as part of the U S Naval Academy class of 2005 graduation and commissioning ceremony The hat toss now a traditional ending to the ceremony originated at the Naval Academy in 1912 The hat toss has since become a symbolic and visual end to the four-year program Nine hundred-seventy six Midshipmen graduated from the U S Naval Academy and became commissioned officers in the U S Military President George W Bush delivered the commencement address and personally greeted each graduate during the ceremony The men and women of the graduating class were sworn into the Navy as Ensigns or into the Marine Corps as Second Lieutenants United States Navy 2005-05-27 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain RELEASED Edited by Fir0002 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Original upload log en wikipedia AnnapolisGraduation+edit jpg 2005-12-23 05 15 Fir0002 1000×665× 140898 bytes <nowiki>050527-N-0295M-001 Annapolis Maryland May 27 2005 Newly commissioned officers celebrate their new positions by throwing their midshipmen covers into the air as part of the United States Naval Academy</nowiki> Hats Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony May 27 2005 |