You can hear them， like a million heartbeats fi o
9f yaur own insides. A halfmile away， in fron~of Ba~
e drums peck and the bass drums boom: the，~Briga
\"umbeats are foreboding， speaking of power an~i exac
and brass join the drums， playing \"Diablo，\" a t~，talizing
by a midshipman in the class of 1966. It cuts into yo~z with a
rig， a yearning for action， and you stand on your seat，
thousand other searching heads from the grandstands to the
~lers ancient Isherwood Hall~ The sun-filled sky is a blue
boats dance on the Severn River and its tributary behind the
is， no， thousands of the most enticing women in America，
ded from all its distant corners， grace the stands with a color
，2 is almost incomprehensible. June Week is a military Mardi
s of parades and ceremonies andfestivities， a sensuous feast
a year of spiritual fasting. The men who are marching
the cris~~ edtre of the drums have eiven fift~ da ~s of drud~er~
zmo g i ow， j t~ttlrg
ith a tangible p
~. Brigade Staffg
m starched men
they are on the g
fla~s marking oi
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man out of step， and line up two con
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en from every
.~presenting the
mations on the
field that there are two regiments in the Brigade， with th~
battalions in each regiment and six companies in every battali，
The Brigade s thirty-six companies are identifiable by the yell
guide-on flags at the head of each company.
\"Today marks the final dress parade for the midshipm
of the class of nineteen sixty-eight. During the past four years t
members of this class have undergone extensive indoctrinati
and training， both here at the Academy and with the operati
forces of the Naval Service， developing the fundamentals
professional knowledge and personal character which h~
earned them the right--and the privilege--of undertaking I
responsibilities of leadership in defense of our nation. Tomorr~
eight-hundred and forty-one of the original thirteen hundl
members of this class will be commissioned as Ensigns in i
United States Navy， or Second Lieutenants in the United Sta
Marine Corps. Soon thereafter they will join the operating fort
following the thousands who have marched before them on t
field. We are proud of them. We wish them success a
Godspeed.
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Applause. No， not merely applause: the robust， p
together of hands from a crowd that had spilled o
packed bleacher seats and now surrounded the fiel
quite real， this audience filled with nubile beauties i
summer dresses， the sailboats moving up and down
someone had painted them onto a backdrop， the It
green grass and flowers， even the brilliant azure sk)
field， of course， an ocean of black coats and whit
perfect alignment， at exact attentions.
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