Vance to Naval Academy grads: 'Country needs you now more than ever'

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May 23 (UPI) -- Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday addressed the 1,048 graduates of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., telling them, "Your country needs you now more than ever." During the ceremony, Marine 2 circled Navy- Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, and there was Blue Angels flyover. During the ceremony, Vance, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was deployed to the Iraq War, watched as 786 men and women received Navy assignments and 262 went to graduates who now will serve in the