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| Keywords: US Navy 050527-N-0295M-008 Newly commissioned Ensigns remove their covers prior to tossing them in the air as part of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2005 graduation and commissioning ceremony.jpg en Annapolis Md May 27 2005 Newly commissioned Ensigns remove their covers prior to tossing them in 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 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 Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain RELEASED 2005-05-27 050527-N-0295M-008 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 24784 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain PD-USGov-Military-Navy Hat tossing Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony May 27 2005 | ||||
