By MC2 Victoria Ochoa

Naval War College (NWC) Monterey students earning academic honors during the third quarter of the 2016 Academic Year are pictured following a brief ceremony in their honor near the NWC Monterey Program offices in Halligan Hall, July 26.

The graduates who earned "with Highest Distinction" honors by completing the program in the top five percent of their class include Army Majs. Timothy Ball, Clinton Gutierrez and James Self; Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Gamble; and, Navy Lt. Breanna Strand.

Graduates earning "with Distinction" honors by completing the program in the top 15 percent of their class include Army Majs. Christopher Ardohain, Zachary Hoover and Christopher Thielenhaus; Marine Corps Majs. Buddy Ellis, Eric Rogers and Amy Roznowski; Marine Corps Capt. James Connolly; Navy Lt. Cmdrs. Michael Bono, James Hanlon and Neal Heaton; and Navy Lts. Michael Beall, Robert Coffman and David Odom.

Pictured in the first row, left to right, are Ball, Ellis, Self and Thielenhaus; second row, left to right, are Gutierrez, Heaton, Beall and Gamble.