And seemingly in a blink of an eye, the career course is over.  Five months of exhaustive effort culminated with graduation on Friday.  It was a bittersweet day; the relief of the course completion balanced against saying goodbye to the many friends and families we've made here.


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"Forget country, forget king, forget wife and children and freedom.  Forget every concept, however noble, that you imagine you fight for here today.  Act for this alone: the man who stands at your shoulder."

Dienekes at Thermopylae

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Brothers in Arms

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