Patrick McDermott

United States Naval Academy Ensigns and 2nd Lieutenants celebrate their graduation by tossing their Midshipmen hats into the air during the ceremony on May 23, 2008. Founded in 1845, the academy will graduate 1037 1st Class Midshipmen, more than a thousand of which will go on to commissions in the armed forces.
Annapolis, MD

CAPTION: United States Naval Academy Ensigns and 2nd Lieutenants celebrate their graduation by tossing their Midshipmen hats into the air during the ceremony on May 23, 2008. Founded in 1845, the academy will graduate 1037 1st Class Midshipmen, more than a thousand of which will go on to commissions in the armed forces.