U.S. Navy Induction Day in Annapolis, Maryland

A plebe receives his first Navy haircut during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on July 1, 2009. Induction Day is the beginning of Plebe Summer, a demanding seven-week orientation that marks the period that roughly 1,200 selected candidates are transformed from civilians to Midshipmen. (UPI Photo/Gin Kai/U.S. Navy)