The Ceremony

The recruits marching in. About 900 people in all. Around 20% didnt make it. 10% sent home and another 10% held back to graduate at another time. The recruits are given 12 months to prove themselves.

This is Christian's group, although he is not pictured because I could not find him. They all looked alike.

I thought these guys were special...they were, they were the ones who didnt earn graduation.

The Chaplin lead a prayer. Christian got really religious during the past eight weeks because it allowed him to be in a place of quiet. So on Fridays he became Jewish, then on Saturdays Muslin, on Sunday Catholic, Mormon, Christian and Baptist. I asked him if that was allowed and he said the Navy couldnt question his religious beliefs so yes he got to make the rounds each weekend.