USA Secretary of Defense administers oath to new Marine Corp officers

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The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America, address graduates and attendees during the US Marine Corp officer commissioning ceremony.

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The Pledge of Allegiance with the Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America, and Colonel Kris Stillings, United States Marine Corps, Commanding Officer, Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia, USA.

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Colonel Kris Stillings, United States Marine Corps, Commanding Officer, Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia, USA, addresses graduates and attendees during the commissioning ceremony.

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The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America, introduced by Colonel Kris Stillings, United States Marine Corps, Commanding Officer, Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia, USA.

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The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America, address graduates and attendees during commissioning ceremony.

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The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America.

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The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America, address graduates and attendees during commissioning ceremony.

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The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America, administers the oath of office to graduates of United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia, USA.

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The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, United States of America, administers the oath of office to gradutes of United States Marine Corps, Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia, USA.

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Lt. General John F. Kelly, senior military assistant to the Secretary of Defense, United States of America.

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The Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, Leon Panetta, presided over the oath of office, and commissioning of graduates of the Officer Candidate School for the United States Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia.

On 10 August 2012, the Secretary of Defense, United States of America, the Honorable Leon Panetta administered the oath of office to the latest graduates of Officer Candidate School, United States marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia.