Keywords: US Navy 050527-N-9693M-026 A newly commissioned Ensign displays a U.S. Naval Academy ring in the moments prior to the.jpg en Annapolis Md May 27 2005 - A newly commissioned Ensign displays a U S Naval Academy ring in the moments prior to the hat toss during the class of 2005 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony The hat toss now a traditional ending to the ceremony originated at the Naval Academy in 1912 This 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 U S Navy photo by Damon J Moritz RELEASED 2005-05-27 050527-N-9693M-026 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 24776 U S Navy photo by Damon J Moritz PD-USGov-Military-Navy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony May 27 2005 Class rings |