USNA Graduate Exchanges First Salute with Deployed Brother
Channel: U.S. Navy
Date: 2013-05-25

Newly commissioned officers traditionally exchange their first salute with a family member or a friend. 

Ensign Andrew Wondolowski exchanged his first salute with his brother Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Philip Wondolowski who is deployed on the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Wondolowski was one of 603 ensigns who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2013 on May 24. 

Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility promoting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.