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your presence is requested in the hallway.

Dismissed!

Major Moreland, he's our man.

Major Moreland, he's our man.

He's the baddest in the land.

- He's the baddest in the land.

- Thank you, Dave.

Thank you. Thanks.

That was a nice thing to do, Shawn.

I mean it.

Thanks.

The corps of cadets

is commanded by Major John Cooper.

The incoming corps commander

is Major Brian Moreland.

B Company is led by

Cadet Captain David Shawn.

Eyes right!

Eyes right!

A Company is led by Cadet Captain JC Pierce.

Company, turn!

C Company is led by

Cadet Captain Robert Harris.

Eyes right!

- D Troop is led by Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer.

- Eyes right!

Present arms!

Staff, present arms.

Stand at ease!

Staff, stand at ease.

Ladies and gentlemen,

for 141 years, old soldiers like myself

have stood here on this day

and told the finest of America's young men

the meaning of the word "commencement".

It is a beginning, we told them.

But today,

this day,

it has another meaning, an end.

An end to nearly

a century and a half of tradition

and an end to the heart of us.

I have been informed

that Bunker Hill Academy is to be closed,

all of its buildings torn down,

nothing to be left...

but memories.

It is the decision of the board of trustees

in their wisdom that this institution be sold

and the land developed

for its real estate potential.

In order to allow

the incoming seniors to graduate

and the underclassmen

to seek enrolment elsewhere,

the board has graciously extended

the date of termination for one year.

One year.

I stand here today with you

and look out over these young men

and of course I am reminded of other

commencement days and other young men,

men of courage and conviction,

men who have given everything.

In Mexico.

In the great catastrophe of the Civil War.

In Flanders and the Argonne.

In the jungles of the Philippines

and on Omaha Beach.

In the snows of Bastogne,

in the Mekong Delta

and at the siege of Khe Sanh.

How, then,

can others say this land is for sale?

It has been purchased and paid for

with the blood of our graduates.

I am a veteran of many terrible battles.

But no battle is more important than this one,

and this final battle I intend to win.

We have a year.

Entire wars have been won in less time.

Men of the corps,

so long as breath and spirit remain,

we must fight to preserve this academy

so that the traditions that were born here

may endure here.

We must pledge ourselves to that mission.

Yes, come in.

Major Moreland

requesting permission to speak.

Go ahead, Major.

Sir, those of us staying summer session

were wondering... We wondered if...

Stand at ease, Major.

Sir, how can they do this?

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