"I think part of it is, it's the Distinguished Graduate Award of the United States Naval Academy," said Rear Adm. Thomas C. Lynch, one of this year's five lifetime-achievement award recipients. "Graduates of this school have a sense of selflessness. So whatever we accomplish in life, we're not doing it for ourselves. We're doing it for the unit, the mission, the country, the ship, whatever it...
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