 Egypt, Republic of Estonia, French Republic, Georgia, Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Ghana, Hellenic Republic of Guatemala, of Haiti, Republic of India, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Iraq, State of Israel, Italian Republic, Japan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Republic of Kenya, State of Kuwait, Republic of Latvia, Lebanese Republic, Republic of Lithuania, Malaysia, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, United Mexican States, Montenegro, Kingdom of Morocco, Republic of Mozambique, New Zealand, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kingdom of Norway, Sultanate of Oman, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Peru, Philippines, Republic of Poland, Romania, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Senegal, Republic of Singapore, Republic of Slovenia, Republic of South Africa, Kingdom of Spain, Taiwan, United Republic of Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Timor-Lest, Totalese Republic, Tunisian Republic, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, United States Armed Services, United States Government agencies, represented the graduating class, including the United States Navy, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, United States Department of the Army, Department of Defense, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Command, Army Intelligence and Security Command, Central Intelligence Agency, Coast Guard Maritime Intelligence Inclusion Center, Cruise Missile Support Activity, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Contract Management Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Senior Leadership Development Program, Defense and Technology Analysis Office, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of State, Federal Air Monarchal Service, Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Executive Board, the Government Accountability Office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Installation Management Command, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, Marine Forces Cyberspace Command, Maritime Administration, Military Seal of Command, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the National Guard Bureau, the Military Seal of Command in Norfolk, the Nuclear Security Administration, the National Security Agency, NATO Allied Command, Resformation Detachment, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center, Naval Investigative Service, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Naval Post-Graduate School, Naval Sea Systems Command, Special Warfare Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, the Office and the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of the Inspector General, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Op-Nav, Spow Wars System Center, Atlantic, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. African Command, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States House of Representatives, the United States Joint Staff, the U.S. Marshall Service, the United States Pacific Command, the United States Senate, and the United States Special Operations Command. In Gonsilu, United States Naval War College and remains standing throughout the invocation. We signed by Musician 3rd Class, Christiane Piazza from the Navy Band Northeast. The Ethics Center will deliver the invocation. In 2017, we gather to honor this morning. Your word reminds that one person sharpens another, triggers a study of new ideas, their experience and insight tempered on the anvil of reflection and critique, and their critical reasoning refined through the crucible of academic discourse, debate, and discussion. We give you thanks for sustaining them through every test, exercise, and paper, and the perseverance that enabled them to run the course with endurance. As they return to the operational arena, grant them wisdom in applying the knowledge and skills they have mastered through this course of instruction. Give them the spirit of ever seeking a deeper understanding of the courses that play through appreciation of the operational arena in a more precise way forward in an hour of complexity and crisis. Enable them to maintain a steadfastness of purpose, fidelity to their nation, and self-sacrificial dedication to their profession and its high principles of honor, courage, and commitment in defense of liberty, justice, and freedom for all. Bless also the faculty and staff that have instructed, challenged, and demanded more of these students that they might be fully equipped and ready for the task ahead. And for the family and friends who have encouraged and supported them, we give you thanks. Finally, we pray that you would use this ceremony to stir in each of us a renewed desire to serve the cause of security, prosperity, and peace for all. Justice and righteousness shall reign. Amen. Please be seated. All military members, please uncover this time. 56th President of the United States Naval War. We did an extraordinary faculty and staff, admirals, generals, ambassadors, foundation members, family, and especially the students. Good morning and welcome to a beautiful day here in Newport. It's a great pleasure and truly your U.S. Naval War College. Today, we celebrate the many accomplishments of our graduates and to formally mark our transition from intellectually curious students at arrival to the enlightened and dedicated professionals in strategy and national security that they are today. For our graduates, I simply hope my words today reinforce your experience of this last year and perhaps in some small way tie together the threads of this rigorous year of education. For today, you all join the long line of Naval War College graduates that extends back 133 years. You are the new line of leaders from a list that includes the heroes that helped to make our nation and countless more unsung heroes whose daily efforts defined our nation instead of course that we follow today. Through your dedicated efforts and hard work, you have also been able to refine your war fighting skills and grown as members of the professional arms. Although each of you worked very hard to be here today, let's not forget the tremendous efforts of our brilliant and committed faculty and staff. To the faculty and staff, I would like to say thank you and bless you for your gift to this generation of future leaders. I also want to in particular thank the commanding officer of the base. Dennis, your extraordinary leadership makes this the most awesome base of the world. Friends who join us here today, thank you for supporting your spouses, your children, your brothers, your sisters and friends. It makes this ceremony more memorable for your graduates. It recognizes your goal and the accomplishments we celebrate today. Your love, your encouragement, your support, and the foundation of all we do. Thank you all for your love and support. Speaking of foundations, the U.S. Naval War College Foundation selflessly supports this great college to ensure the continued success of this great institution. Thank you to the War College Foundation. Now, I remember joining the foundation as a way of continuing my ties with this special institution and a way to pay it forward. Many thanks for the generosity and bless you all for what you do. To the students, welcome to the brotherhood and sisterhood of Naval War College alumni. For, to this story, shall a good man teach his son. And Crispin Crispin shall never go by from this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy, we band of brothers. Congratulations on your accomplishments, brothers and sisters. So it's been almost 20 years since I graduated from this amazing institution, your U.S. Naval War College, and I remember how I felt that day. I remember that feeling of accomplishment for completing a rigorous course of study, a two-year master's degree in ten months. That's a whole lot of reading, writing, and reflection, and thank goodness for company. I also remember the joy of having a new set of skills, a new tool kit perhaps, a new ability for critical thinking. I remember how odd I was by the extraordinary faculty. And I'm sure some of my professors were equally odd that I was able to somehow squeak by in this academic environment so far from the operations that I thought I'd do so well. I remember the camaraderie of my classmates, both international and from the then alien worlds of joint services. I was a better officer from that day forward. And I remember just a slight hint of uncertainty, a trepidation, maybe even a touch of fear about the road ahead and the more demanding assignments that potentially awaited me. And I trust that you all have some of these same feelings. And now to go forward, not merely to execute, or in some cases, God bless you, to lead others to the gates of hell and back when contours of the debate are impossible, to provide the key argument that carries the day of the ethical standard for others to emulate, but most importantly, to distill the essence of courage in all that you do. Albert Einstein said, any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. You may not know it, but you are that genius. You now must muster the courage. If not you, you will return to positions of greater responsibility in government, headquarters, staffs, and even leading forces in combat. Knowing this, I'm reminded of the great American revolutionary hero, John Paul Jones, who said, sign on young man and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call. Come to the sea. Come sail with me. Today, you sail away to destinations far and near, distant corners of the globe, to strange and curious cultures and places, including one called Pentagon. To the stature of your homeland, to keep her free, to even the last full measure of devotion if required, to keep that torch of freedom burning for now and forever more. And so today we graduate 178 students from the senior course, taught by the College of Naval Warfare and Naval Command College. 245 students from the intermediate course, taught by the College of Naval Command and Staff and the Naval Staff College. 10,079 students from the College of Distance Education, 92 of whom are with us here today. Congratulations to each of you. Your education is truly a gift from our nation. And as you continue to grow in rank and responsibility, you'll find there is no more precious commodity than time. And you've just been given a gift of study, reflection, and debate. A gift of time to grow intellectually and prepare for the challenges that wait. Do not take this gift for granted. I tasked each of you to be the best warfighter that you can be, to be ready for the terror of war in the commas, to be ready emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Our world is more dangerous than ever before. There are nations challenging the very fabric of our international order. Our technology is enabling irrational behavior. And in light of this, King Henry V said, according to Shakespeare, it is true that we are in great danger. The greater therefore should our courage be. I tasked you all then to have that courage, to know that your faith is not misplaced either in God or in a nation that for all its challenges is unmatched in all the world. There is no nation like ours. There is no country as capable. No skilled thinkers as abundant and more tested as you. You are the asymmetric advantage that must hold tight to the strange stins of liberty that echoes in our very soul. I tasked each of you to also develop the constructs of peace, to build the international partnerships and alliances critical for our future, to rage against the dying of the light, to make our children one more month, one more day, one more minute, one more precious second of peace where we can. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Education quotation on the wall of the DeWeldon Quarter should speak to us all. Again in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defenses of peace must be constructed. You attended the world's best, but its greatness is not only a better understanding of war, but also an understanding of the enablers of peace in order to make conflict a last resort. As we stand here, a mere century from a world war that was almost automated in its triggered nature, we must reflect too on the horrible costs of our work. I tasked you therefore to understand your art and the need for the constructs of both war and peace. I hope this college has given you that skill, really this skill. Our military art can never be an independent task divorced from the policy of our nation. Our Professor Milan Vago tells us in a concept no doubt hammered home in your studies that to have any lasting value, tactical successes must be achieved as part of a larger and broader framework determined by strategy and policy. You now go forward to be the individuals who will determine that strategy and contribute to that policy, and your journey will take you into the halls of the most powerful decision-making forums in the world. I hope, may I know, our great college has prepared you for this journey. So I'll close with the words of the great British philosopher, Christopher Robin, who said to his friend Hubert on a day much like today, if ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together, there's something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. And so, being braver, stronger and smarter at the conclusion of this year of study, we all of us wish you Godspeed. God bless you, God bless America, and God bless us everyone. Thank you. To select the students who have distinguished themselves by their academic achievement. In some instances, there are individuals receiving honorable mention for their work and they will have their names read aloud. Individuals receiving an honorable mention will stand and be recognized in their place. The first place awardees will then be announced and invited to the stage for formal recognition. The Robert E. Batesman's International Prize is presented for the best paper submitted by the Naval Command College student on a topic relating to a force planning or strategic issues of maritime interest. A cash prize is provided by the Naval War College Foundation for the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bateman. Mr. John E. Otegaard, Executive Director of the Naval War College Foundation will present the award. Bateman's International Prize for the SA Black Seat Calling in Maritime Response to the Ukraine Crisis goes to Captain Sandeep Singh Rindala, Indian Navy Naval Command... Distance Education Program. This year, there are 1,079 graduates of the College of Distance Education, of whom 94 are with us here today. Distance Education is unique. It's a unique challenge in that the student completes his or her education while engaged in their full-time day job, requiring special initiative and dedication. It is with a profound sense of camaraderie and appreciation for their efforts that we salute our Distance Education students. The McGinnis Family Award for Outstanding Performance in Non-Resident Education is sponsored by Captain D. Robert McGinnis, United States Naval Reserve Retire, Naval War College Foundation Trustee. The Cash Award it recognizes the Flink Seminar Program graduate of the College of Distance Education who displays superior standards of academic support performance, professionalism, and community service. The winner of the McGinnis Family Award for Outstanding Performance in Non-Resident Education is Ms. Cam Chin Donahue, College of Distance Education. The award is based on the recommendations of the Prize SA Committee. The award consists of a perpetual plaque displayed at the Naval War College bearing the winner's names. Recipients of the award are also given a described certificate to document their accomplishments, along with a cash prize provided by the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Jillson Gray and the Naval War College Foundation. The award is named in honor of their father's Commander Donald Zimmerman, United States Navy, and Commander Jillson B. Gray, Jr., United States Navy, both career naval aviators who saw combat during World War II. Mr. Jillson Gray and Mrs. Jean Zimmerman will present the award. I will mention, for the SA, think like a gorilla to beat hybrid warfare in the tutorials goes to Major Eileen Chua, Republic of Singapore Navy, Naval Staff College. For the SA, an imperative to engage relevant scope and prospects of U.S., India, China, maritime cooperation towards achieving stability and security in the Indian Ocean region is awarded to Lieutenant Commander Maudit Soni, Indian Navy, Command and Staff. These awards are given in memory of Randall Stephen B. Loos and Admiral William S. Sims, respectively. Admiral Loos was the first president of the Naval War College, and Admiral Sims was president of the Naval War College at two points in his distinguished career. Recipients of this award are chosen based on their outstanding achievement across a spectrum of disciplines, which include academic performance, participation in Naval War College activities, participation in civic and community activities, and promotion of armed and government service in the public interest. Mr. Thomas Feeney, President of the Navy League of the United States Newport County Council will present the award. The Stephen B. Loos Award for the Distinguished Graduate of the College of Naval Warfare is presented to Colonel Patrick Plum, United States Army. For the Distinguished Graduate of the College of Naval Command and Staff is presented to Lieutenant Commander Jeffery Bannock, United States Navy, Naval War College. It's a pleasure to appoint Thomas R. Fedeson as Professor Emeritus National Security Affairs. In recognition of your long, dedicated service to the United States Naval War College as Professor of National Security Affairs, it is my pleasure to present your appointment as Professor Emeritus with all the honors, rights, and privileges pertaining thereto on this date, 16th of June, 2017, signed Jeffrey A. Harley, 2017. Candidates of the United States Naval War College Diploma. They have been thoroughly examined and approved by the faculty. I confer upon you the United States Naval War College Diploma with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto. College, please be seated. Since 2017, candidates for the Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies, they have been thoroughly examined and approved by the faculty. Now are vested to me by the Almighty God, by the Secretary of the United Nations of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. I confer upon you the degree of Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. United States Navy Director, Naval Staff College will present the Naval Staff College. Naval Staff College, please rise. 2017, and approved by the faculty. United States Naval War College Diploma with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto. Naval Staff College of Class 2017 2017, please be seated. Naval Staff, please rise. 2017, candidates for the Master of Arts in Defense and Strategic Studies. They have been thoroughly examined and approved by the faculty. And the Secretary of the Navy and the accreditation of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, I confer upon you the degree of Master of Arts in Defense and Strategic Studies. The College of Distance Education will present the College of Distance Education. Master's degree to candidates in the College of Distance Education, please rise. Admiral Harley, I have the honor to present the College of Distance Education Class of 2017, College of Arts in National Defense and Strategic Studies or Defense and Strategic Studies. They have been thoroughly examined and approved by the faculty. The accreditation of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, I confer upon you the degree of Master of Arts in Defense and Strategic Studies. College of Distance Education, please be seated. Diploma candidates of the College of Distance Education, please rise. The Distance Education Class of 2017 candidates for the United States Naval War College Diploma. They have been thoroughly examined and approved by the faculty. I confer upon you the United States Naval War College Diploma with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto. I now receive their diplomas. Upon the requirements for graduation, certain individuals have distinguished themselves through academic excellence. A diploma with highest distinction is presented to the top 5% of each graduating class. A diploma with distinction is presented to the next 15% of each graduating class. Graduates will proceed to the stage as their name is read. Please hold your applause until all names have been read so that all names and recognitions may be heard. D. Akers, U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel, Zubir Benjama, Algerian Naval Forces. Lieutenant Commander, with highest distinction. Captain Juan Carlos Rume, Armada Armarino. Lieutenant Colonel Aaron A. Engel, U.S. Marine Corps. William Waters, Royal Australian Navy. Colonel Patrick C. Esplan, U.S. Army. Captain Moinal Hassan, Bangladesh Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Anthony J. Bank, U.S. Marine Corps. Colonel Fernandez Gomez, Marina Delegio. Miss Laura Anita Barker, Department of State, with distinction. Captain Galen Manif, Algerian Naval Forces. Miss Laura Estelle Beasley, Defense Senior Leadership Development Program. Captain Matthew D. Coates, Royal Canadian Navy. Mr. David Bokrad, Office of Director of National Intelligence. Commander Alberto Carrero Carcia, Armira de Chile. Commander John D. Berry, U.S. Coast Guard. Commander Alejandro Republica de Colomia. Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Bush, Junior, U.S. Marine Corps. Commander Sr. Gray, Klaus Lundholm Anderson, Royal Danish Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin D. Bain, U.S. Air Force. Captain Benino Alcantara, Guile, Armada de Republica de U.S. Army. Lieutenant Colonel Burke L. Bristo, U.S. Army. Captain Ahmed Fouad, Mamoud Fouad, Egyptian Naval Forces. Lieutenant Chris Stolz, Sharpentier, Marine Nationality. U.S. Air Force. Captain Danny, George and Coast Guard. U.S. Homeland Security. Maxwell, U.S. Marine Corps. Commander Stephanos Cuthias, Hellenic Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L. Cornelius, U.S. Air Force, with highest distinction. Captain Sandeep Singh Randhawa, Union Navy. U.S. Navy. Captain Chachet Ruggia, Indonesian Marine Corps. Captain David M. Crow, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. U.S. Navy. Ms. Cristina A. De Castillo, U.S. Agency for International Development. Francesco Pagnani, Italian Navy. U.S. Army. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Richard Donnelly, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Colonel Mofua, Jordanian Armed Forces. U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel Peter Shikoku, Union Defense Forces. Mr. Brent Downing, Defense Contract Management Agency. Commander Dilmo Khan, Republic of Korea Navy. U.S. Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Ali Ahrashagin, Kuwait Naval Forces. Mr. Todd B. Ebert, Defense Intelligence Agency, with highest distinction. Colonel Martin Lieberts, with a Latvian Army. Lieutenant Colonel Kirby M. Inzer, U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Fabiano, U.S. Army. Lieutenant Colonel Raemundas Jimannas, with the Winnie and Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Farrow, U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Ben Abu Hassan, Royal Malaysian Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Christopher L. Fott, U.S. Marine Corps. Commander Raul Hector Garza-Galvin, Caramara de Mexico. Mr. William B. Gannon, Department of State. Royal Moroccan Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Whitney Benjamin Gargo, Investigative Service. Art Obea Obea, Nigerian Navy, Wundersen, Royal Norwegian Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Rodney A. Hammond, U.S. Air Force Reserve. Captain Thani Harif Amaruki, Royal Navy of Amman. Colonel James Edward Hayes, U.S. Army. Captain Rizwan Qaved Sayed, Pakistan Navy. Commander Daniel Alfonso Cacencia, Nevada. Marina de Guerrera de Peru. Colonel Jordan V. Henderson III, U.S. Army. Chris Thoth, U.S. Coast Guard. Captain Marcel Necule, Romanian Naval Forces. Lieutenant Colonel Timothy L. Hughes, U.S. Army Reserve. Commander Abdul Aziz, Royal Saudi Naval Forces. Miss Heidi M. Holst, Defense Senior Leadership Development Program. Commander Abdul Salam Diallo, Senegalese Navy. Security Administration. Commander Covego Michael Mutsenek, South African Navy. Miss Marjorie June Hunt, Defense Intelligence Agency. Captain Juan Estrigas, Armada Española. Colonel Steven Lee Eisenhower, U.S. Army, with distinction. On Vince Patrick, Royal Navy. Colonel Sparrow C. Cumparacas, U.S. Marine Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Jason W. Knight, U.S. Air National Guard. U.S. Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Brian T. Cook, U.S. Marine Corps, with distinction. From the Naval Staff College, Class 2017. Captain Sadali Ben-Missi, Algerian Naval Forces. Suzanne J. M. Krauss, U.S. Navy. Captain Madani Mostafi, Naval Forces. Colonel Michael J. Kulakowski, U.S. Army. Naval Forces. Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander Muhammad Rafiq Islam, Bangladesh Navy. Lieutenant Commander Mark Bruce Leskoff, U.S. Navy. Lieutenant Gregory Sovoronis, Belize Coast Guard, U.S. Navy. Lieutenant Kadawi Frank Cezono, Benin Naval Forces. Lieutenant Commander Gorgie, Gorgiev, Bulgaria, U.S. Army National Guard, U.S. Air Force, with distinction. Lieutenant Commander Philippe Gori-Coetia, Chilean Navy. Lieutenant Rodrigo D. McCully, U.S. Navy. Captain D. Corvette, Erlen E. Kwongaloo, Lieutenant Colonel Mark McGill, U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Cedric Hallow, U.R. Navy. Colonel Jason L. Miller, U.S. Army. Lieutenant Steve A. Skellen, Croatian Navy. Colonel Trent I. Mills, U.S. Army. Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Jensen, Royal Navy. Ms. Carla D. Mullins, U.S. Special Operations Command. Lieutenant Commander Hendrick Lund, Royal Danish Navy. Lieutenant Colonel John P. Myers, U.S. Naval Forces. Lieutenant Colonel Mark D. Newell, U.S. Air Force, with distinction. Lieutenant Commander Estonian Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Ryan S. Nye, U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Commander Luis Cardenas, Guatemala Nair, Jason Yuki Osuga, U.S. Navy. Lieutenant Antoine Guichard, Haitian Coast Guard. Mr. Benjamin R. Auslie Naisman, Department of State, with distinction. Lieutenant Colonel Patrick M. Pascal, U.S. Army. Lieutenant Commander Maudit Sony, Indian Navy, U.S. Army, with highest distinction. Lieutenant Commander Ridwan, with distinction. Lawrence E. Phillips, U.S. Air National Guard. Lieutenant Commander Stephen Gordon, Israeli Navy. Mrs. Stephanie M. Phillips, U.S. Government. Defense Force. Lieutenant Colonel Timothy R. Pollage, U.S. Marine Corps, with highest distinction. Lieutenant Commander Juta, John G. Remiccio, Defense Senior Leadership Development. Lieutenant Commander J. Young Jung, Republic of Korean Navy. Mr. Free Robinson, Office of Director of National Intelligence. Lieutenant Colonel Abdulaziz, Burshed Kuwait Naval Forces. Ms. Kelly E. Sanmoren, Defense Intelligence Agency. Lieutenant Colonel Elena Sanchez, U.S. Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander Troulas, Lithuanian Navy. Justin Sad, U.S. Army, with distinction. Lieutenant Commander Jason Solomon, Royal Malaysian Navy. Colonel David L. Smith, U.S. Lieutenant Commander Muhammad Yahya, Mauritanian Navy. Lieutenant Coran Derkovich, Colonel Stephen E. Sexton, U.S. Army, with distinction. Lieutenant Commander Moses Beek, Armed Defense Forces. Lieutenant Colonel David William Shevchik, with distinction. Lieutenant Commander Anthony Yukwazi, Nigerian Navy. Investigation, service. James Parrish Smith, U.S. Army. U.S. Army Reserve. Justin Bradley Spears, U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Vojcik Estolski, Polish Navy. Lieutenant Commander Marchel, for Junior, U.S. Navy. Commander Sammy O'Forces, Colonel Ryan Todd Stewart, U.S. Army. Lieutenant Commander Abdu Kumbala, Senegalese Navy. Mr. Michael J. Farmer of State, Republic of Singapore Navy. Colonel J. Bradley Swift, U.S. Army, with distinction. Lieutenant Walter Visjack, Slovenian Armed Forces Naval Unit, Polish Defense Force. Mr. David R. Toler, Defense Senior Leadership Development Program. Lieutenant Duarte Loy, T-More-Less Defense Force, with distinction. Lieutenant Commander S. Visley, United States Air Force, with distinction. Lieutenant Commander Muhammad, Nazan Louise, Tunisian Navy, Visley, Junior, United States Coast Guard. Colonel Hussain, aviation command. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel T. Walter, United States Air Force, with distinction. Colonel Daniel Bryan, United States Navy. Mr. Barrett, Major Mary Drilley, United States Army, with distinction. It's our chance. United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander Christopher Long, United States Navy. Mr. Stephen J. Wyden, United States Marshal Service. Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey Weber, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Tony C. Wilborn, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Phong Damien, Vietnam People's Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Terry D. Williams, United States Army National Guard. Defense Force. Mr. Patrick J. Woolsey, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Representing College of Naval Warfare, Arleigh Burke Fellows, Lieutenant Colonel Lee Valor Jr., United States Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Lee Valor Jr., U.S. Air Force. From the College of Naval Command and Staff, Major M. Sean Abbott, United States Army. Lieutenant Colonel Brandon J. Crazy, United States Marine Corps Reserve. And with distinction, Colonel James R. Hackbarth, U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel John J. Calberg, United States Air National Guard. Lieutenant Colonel Shu Refool, M. Khan, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Miles G. Alvarez, United States Navy. Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Mckady, United States Marine Corps. Major William H. Anderson, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Mark A. Pontiff, United States Army National Guard. Mr. Guy Anthony, United States Government with Distinction. Lieutenant Colonel Raul L. Salcedo, United States Marine Corps. With highest distinction, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew W. Tracy, United States Marine Corps. Shu F. C. Archie, United States Air Force with Distinction. Representing the College of Naval Command and Staff Maritime Advanced Warfighting School. Lieutenant Commander Robert A. Ho, United States Navy. Mrs. Natalia C. Akin, Defense Intelligence Agency. Lieutenant Commander Ryan L. Baldwin, United States Navy with highest distinction. Also with highest distinction, Major Kevin P. OJ, United States Air Force. Major Nicholas Carl Beck, United States Army. Lieutenant Commander Zachary A. Bittner, United States Navy. United States Army. Major Adam W. Blanton, United States Marine Corps with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Andrea K. Buck, United States Navy. Major Andrew Edward Borda, United States Army. Major Joshua A. Berger, United States Air Force. Mr. Brad Boyer, United States Special Operations Command. Major Charles Campbell Percy, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Commander Robert J. Graves, United States Navy. With Distinction, Lieutenant Commander Brian R. Dear Olive, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Shane R. Dennis, United States Navy. Heath W. Bucklew, United States Marine Corps. Major Christopher Duck, United States Air Force. United States Army with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Kevin Patrick Durkin, United States Navy. Major George Edward Cain in the Third, United States Air Force with Distinction. Also with Distinction Major Matthew Halton, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander Luella Emmanuel Challenger Jr., United States Navy. Major Stephen L. Huckleberry, United States Army. Lieutenant Commander Russell D. Chapman, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Dominique Jackson, United States Navy. Chikowski, United States Air Force with Distinction. Major Ricky Michael Mendello, United States Army Reserve, United States Army with Distinction. Major Mark James Matkovic, United States Navy. Major Felix L. Cole, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Commander Thomas D. McCandless, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Lindsay Patricia Conti, United States Navy. Major Benjamin T. Nakamura Sr., United States Army. Commander T. Ryan Davis, United States Navy with Highest Distinction. Mr. John A. Nichols, Defense Intelligence Agency. Lieutenant Commander Alice R. Destatio Brickhouse, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Curtis B. Kneeboard, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander David L. Deaton, United States Navy with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Brent Merlin Nevin, United States Navy. United States Navy. Major Daniel James O'Donnelly, United States Army. United States Army. Major Byron J. Owen, United States Marine Corps. Miss Stephanie DeMontz, Department of Homeland Security. Lieutenant Commander Brent Ann Peterson, United States Navy, Graduating with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Robert J. Dipper, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Christopher J. Pittman, United States Navy. Major Roger A. Dominique, United States Army. Major Benjamin R. Poole, United States Air Force. Major Matthew A. Dotson, United States Army. Lieutenant Patrick T. Rawlinson, United States Navy. Major Terrence P. Dunn, United States Army with Distinction. Major Brian J. Roberts, United States Army. Mr. Daniel P. Duran, Defense Contact Management Agency. Major Anthony Nicholas Sama, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander Jason P. Faye, United States Navy. Major Brandon Estates Air Force Graduating with Distinction. Major Elise Victoria Fitch, United States Army with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Stephanie Marie Simone, United States Navy. United States Air Force. Lieutenant Commander Brent Lawrence Summers, United States Navy. United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Ryan A. Tomkins, United States Navy. United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Samuel Train, United States Navy. Air Force. Graduating with Highest Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey T. Van Nijk, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Thomas C. Groves, United States Navy. Graduating with Distinction. Major Benjamin P. Wagner, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander David Hale, United States Navy. Commander Larry Scott Wallace, United States Navy. Major Jacob E. Hale, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Commander Antonio R. Weatherspoon, United States Navy. Major Clint Savelle Hammer, United States Air Force. Graduating with Distinction. Major Christopher D. Wynn, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Lawrence R. Hanks, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Joshua Zelford, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Jared Anderson Harlow, United States Coast Guard, with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Kenneth William Zilka, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Benjamin R. Harvin, United States Navy. Air Force, United States Navy. Hawkins, United States Navy. Lieutenant Omar, U.S. Navy, with Distinction. Mr. Albert A. Hurtlein, United States Army, with Distinction. United States Coast Guard Reserve. Mr. Nicholas G. Hicks, Department of State. Lieutenant Terence H. Bennett, United States Navy. Major Matthew T. Houston, United States Army. Mr. Michael T. Berman, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Commander William J. Howe, United States Navy. Ms. Gwendolyn E. Breeland, Astronography Command, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. Hello. I'm Joseph Brown, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Christopher Andrew Jackson, United States Navy. Melanie C. Butler, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. Mr. Karim Mizar Jamjoon, Department of State, with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Arthur I. Sirali, United States Navy Reserve, Major Nicholas Boyd Jordan, United States Air Force. United States Navy Reserve. Mr. Scott H. Krenski, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Mr. Drew W. Kramer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., with Distinction. Mr. Todd R. Kukowitz, Military Sealift Command. Lieutenant Commander Clifford M. Denzel, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Osvaldo R. Levoid, United States Navy. Mr. Christopher P. Donnery, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Commander Julia LaFourre, United States Navy. Mr. Craig W. Dollar, Federal Air Marshal Service. Lieutenant Kyra, United States Station, Texas River, Maryland. Major Adam N. United States Brickmore, with Highest Distinction, United States Navy. Major John R. Leach, United States Army. Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey A. Drewiski, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Jose Luis LaPace Swasegui. Mr. David H. Erlich, Navy International Programs, Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Commander Carl Asaka, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Robert United States Army. Lieutenant James Edward Lewis, the Second, United States Navy. Graduating with Highest Distinction, Mr. Daniel E. Eldridge, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C. Mr. Charles A. Laudell, the Third, Department of State, with Distinction. Mr. Mark E. Fiori, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. United States Navy Reserve. Lieutenant Christopher Macaluso, United States Marine Corps Reserve. Graduating with Distinction, Major Benjamin P. Hernandez Stern, United States Air Force Reserve. Major Catherine M. Major Jean, United States Air Force. Mr. Robert W. Holloway, United States Secret Service, Washington, D.C. Major Jennifer A. Matt, United States Air Force, with Distinction. Lieutenant Jacob R. Huntley, United States Naval. Mr. Matthew J. Marchand, Department of State, with Distinction. Lieutenant Sean P. Hurley, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Machuda, United States Navy, with Distinction. Also with Distinction, Miss Amy P. Kelly, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, San Diego, California. Major Kevin Muthini, United States Army. Graduating with Distinction, Mr. Jesse T. King, Naval Air Systems Command, Texas River Marrow. Lieutenant Lisa M. Mitrella, United States Navy. Miss Diane T. Lundzman, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Commander Catherine M. Macaldo, United States Navy. Lieutenant Alexandra E. Maron, Jaguar, United States Navy. Major Barry J. McGee, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Scott J. McCann, United States Coast Guard. Major Marcus A. McGinn, United States Air Force. Miss Calpurnia L. McLean, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. Major Jeremy T. McNeil, United States Army. Graduating with Distinction, Captain David J. Moon, United States Marine Corps. Major David A. Burles, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander James F. Noelle, Medical Service Corps, United States Navy. Major Patrick David Maris, United States Army. Lieutenant Adam N. Notburn, United States Navy. Lieutenant John C. Miller, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Sean B. O'Loughlin, United States Coast Guard Reserve. Lieutenant Commander Robert Mills, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Samantha A. McNeil, United States Navy. Nicholas L. Morgan, United States Air Force. Miss Lauren N. Oprish, Office of Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C. Major Douglas Long-Morton, United States Army, with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Christopher J. Ozminecki, U.S. Navy Reserve. Lieutenant Commander Rodolfo Michael Munoz, United States Navy. Graduating with Highest Distinction, Mr. Bradley M. Thorpe Sr., United States Senate, Washington, D.C. Major Jeffrey D. Murphy, United States Army. Graduating with Distinction, Commander Keith E. Patton, United States Army. Major Andrew M. Narvin, United States Army, with Distinction. G. Phillips, United States Navy. Major Frank Adam Negri, United States Army National Guard, with Distinction. Lieutenant Christopher R. Reed, United States Navy Reserve. Major John Mark F. Nelson, United States Army National Guard. Dr. Michael J. Rich, Office of the Inspector General, Washington, D.C. Mr. Guinness C. O'Neill, Department of Homeland Security. Ryan C. Rowling, Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C. Major Wyatt C. Atmar, United States Army. Graduating with Distinction, Ms. Allison Iva, of Administration. Major Michael Donald Cochin, United States Air Force, with Highest Distinction. Commander Richard S. Rowe, United States Navy Retired, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia. Major Stephen Gabriel Page, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Commander Evita M. Salas, United States Navy. Major Joseph Paolilli, United States Army. Lieutenant Brian W. Sharp, also graduating with Distinction. Lieutenant Commander Jeremy L. Stalin, Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy. Mr. Scott R. Feigler, Department of State. Lieutenant Kyle A. Stone, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. Major Jeremy Clark-Rabin, United States Army. Lieutenant Gimmy Heat-Tibinelli, Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy, graduating with Highest Distinction. New Ramsey, United States Air Force, with Distinction. United States Public Health Service. Lieutenant Prime Administration. Lieutenant Stephen J. Walker, United States Navy Reserve. Major Robert Jacob Reddell, United States Army. United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Brian Francis Roche, United States Navy. Lieutenant Joshua A. Wymer, Nurse Corps, United States Navy. Major Craig C. Rumble, United States Air Force. Graduating with Distinction, Lieutenant Cory Zebian, United States Navy. Major Joseph T. Ryan, United States Army. Lieutenant T. Allerton, Supply Corps, United States Navy. Lieutenant Ethan E. Saban, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Raymond S. Alley, Supply Corps, United States Navy Reserve. Lieutenant Sachetti, United States Marine Corps, Graduating with Highest Distinction, Captain Stephen A. Bloodsworth, United States Marine Corps. Major Drew Anthony Shaw, United States Army, with Highest Distinction. Lieutenant Rachel Ann Bradshaw, Nurse Corps, United States Navy. Major Michael Edward Shouse, Beginning with Distinction, Lieutenant Joseph Stryker Brown, Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy. Major William Shue, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Commander Cynthia N. Chanel, United States Coast Guard. Major Matthew L. Scott, United States Army. United States Navy Reserve. Major Christopher Sharpe, United States Air Force, with Highest Distinction. Miss Katharina Demenstein, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Major David Sher, United States Army, Beginning with Highest Distinction, Miss Cam C. Donahue, Naval Air Systems Command, Texas River, Maryland. Major Pete Shockley, United States Army. Major Jordan F. Fernandez, Surface Forces Logistics Center, Norfolk, Virginia. Major R. Jason Smith, United States Army. Lieutenant Michael S. Funduano, United States Navy. Major Christopher Su, Lieutenant Mark Green, Jr., Medical Service Corps, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Ian M. Stard, United States Coast Guard. Lieutenant Commander Mary Beth M. Hendricks, Nurse Corps, United States Navy Reserve. Major Scott L. Stevens, United States Army. Major Tracy L. Holscherle, United States Marine Corps. Major Robert W. Stillings, Jr., United States Army. Lieutenant Kylie A. Hobby, United States Coast Guard. Lieutenant Commander United States Coast Guard. Plycore, United States Navy Reserve. James E. Tanner, Jr., United States Army. United States Navy. Umpkins, United States Army. United States Public Health Service. Lieutenant Commander David M. Tully, United States Navy. Anthony T. Leighigi, United States Army National Guard. Lieutenant Commander on United States Coast Guard. Lieutenant Michael D. Malikowski, United States Navy. United States Navy. United States Coast Guard Reserve. Major Damian P. Williams, United States Air Force. Lieutenant Garcia, Medical Service Corps, United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Shiree T. Williams, United States Navy. Lieutenant E. Honiel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C. Major Aisha D. Williamson, United States Coast Guard Reserve. Major Raymond E. Wilson, United States Army. Ms. Megan A. Roach, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dolgrin, Virginia. Lieutenant Commander Emily K. Wilson, United States Navy. Commander Michael R. Roeschel, United States Coast Guard. Lieutenant Commander Jacob E. Wilson, United States Navy. Latina M. Sotter, Medical Corps, United States Navy. Lieutenant David Schneewa, United States Navy. Thomas L. Stingrum, Supply Corps, United States Navy Reserve. They went to station Lieutenant Aaron T. Young, United States Navy. They're strong to save for continued service on behalf of the Wonders Ways, granted that we may be worthy of our high professional arms that they may guide it wisely and well. All military personnel, please cover. Please remain standing for the departure of the official party in dignitaries. Please remain standing for the departure of the official party in dignitaries.