GRADUATION ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK

 

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Students learning to line up on the "elevator" prior to graduation practice in the afternoon of the ceremony.

 

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Preparing for the arrival of guests and graduates

 

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Dr. Joseph Tafoya, Director of DoDEA, and of Principal Tari Wright in the Captain's stateroom just minutes prior to the graduation ceremony

 

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Addressing the audience of proper decorum before arrival of graduates

 

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 Welcome by Captain Thomas Parker, Captain of the USS KITTY HAWK

 

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Yokosuka, Japan (June 10, 2004) - Fleet Activities Yokosuka Kinnick High School (KHS) conducts graduation ceremonies on the flight deck aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), with hundreds of family and friends in attendance. Ninety-six KHS Seniors received their diplomas during the ceremony, a first aboard an aircraft carrier. The historic event aboard America's oldest active warship was organized by the senior class in hopes of strengthening ties between KHS, Kitty Hawk and all of Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Lamel J. Hinton (RELEASED) .

[Note:  Graduation of the Class of 1978 and 1980 was conducted on the 'carrier'  USS MIDWAY - Jim Hyatt]