By Javier Chagoya

Students completing the Naval War College (NWC) Monterey program with academic honors this past Spring Quarter are pictured following a brief ceremony in their honor near the NWC program offices in Halligan Hall, July 28.

The graduates who earned the 'with Highest Distinction' honors by completing the program in the top five percent of their class include Army Maj. Steven Crowe, Army Maj. Jonathan Lipscomb, Lt. Garold Munson, Army Maj. Anton Soltis, and Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Webb.

Graduates earning 'with Distinction' honors by completing the program in the top 15 percent of their class include Lt. Emily Allert, Army Maj. Juan Carleton, Lt. Justin Dragon, Marine Corps Capt. Mark Fitzgerald, Lt. Thomas Freismuth, Lt. Anthony Grusich, Lt. Corwin Hardy, Lt. Cmdr. Richard Hartl, Lt. Richard Jordan, Lt. Cmdr. Robert Marsh, Army Maj. Jamie Nasi, Army Maj. Benjamin Spera, Lt. Kyle Sullivan, Army Maj. Jacob Sweatland, and Army Maj. Christopher Townsend.