By MC3 Michael Ehrlich

Naval War College (NWC) Monterey students earning academic honors during the first quarter of Academic Year 2015 are pictured following a brief ceremony in their honor near the NWC Monterey program offices in Halligan Hall, Feb. 3.

The graduates who earned the "with Highest Distinction" honors by completing the program in the top five percent of their class include Lt. Cmdr. Gary Pembleton, Army Majs. Jeffrey Han and Raul Medrano, Lt. Adam McCann, and Army Capt. Andrew Giesey.

Graduates earning "with Distinction" honors by completing the program in the top 15 percent of their class included, Lt. Cmdr. Jason Nakata, Army Majs. Daniel Husek, Brian Revell, Emmanuel Sioson, Matthew Mesko and Marvin Anderson, Marine Corp Maj. Kate Murray, Marine Corp Capts. Matthew Curry and Dwayne Littlejohn, Lts. Ryan Benitez, Adam Shapiro, Evan Wolfe and Joseph Simmons, and Army Capts. Christopher Couch and Brad Wesley.

Pictured, from left to right, are Han, Giesey, Pembleton, Sioson, McCann, Husek, Revell, and Curry.