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Naval Academy Graphic Novel to Aid Recruiting

by BRIAN WITTE Associated Press Writer , May 11, 2009

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The student then is shown ``a future where you graduate first in your class and are assigned to the USS Ronald Reagan.''

``Then one day ... while on watch navigating the ship ... you spot a pirate ship ... in the cornerstone of evil in the world.'' Panels illustrate the student peering through binoculars and spotting two armed pirates on a ship in the distance.

A shadowy adult character who earlier chided the students for not being able to ``see past the next five minutes to your future'' tells the student: ``Your eyes caught what no one else would have. And no one else might.''

Another student envisions being a doctor on the hospital ship USNS Comfort and going on to ``be the doctor to one of the greatest presidents of the United States.''

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