U.S. Army officers graduate among hundreds of Kings Pointers
Rear Adm. James Helis, superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, speaks to six midshipmen about to commission into the U.S. Army in Kings Point, New York, during a private commissioning ceremony June 18. Maj. Gen. Phillip Churn, commanding general of 200th Military Police Command, U.S. Army Reserve, a native of Washington, D.C., administered the Oath of Commissioned Officers for the Army lieutenants. Three of the lieutenants joined the engineering branch in the U.S. Army Reserve and will belong to the 306th Engineer Company (Vertical), belonging to the 412th Theater Engineer Command. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)