Plebes No More

Plebes No More
First year U.S. Naval Academy students run to scale the 21-foot Herndon Monument to celebrate the end of their grueling first year, Monday, May 24, 2010, at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The Herndon obelisk was not greased with lard as in the past. The Climb to the top to place an officer's hat on the tip of the obelisk, after removing a first-year student's hat took 3rd Company's Keegan Albi, from Eugene, Ore., not seen, two minutes and five seconds. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)