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would like to congratulate you on your impressive bearing, and on the excellence of your drill. The achievement of such a high degree of precision and smartness calls, I know, for a great deal of effort, and much credit is due to you all and to your instructors. For those of you who are about to leave the College, this ceremony marks the first milestone in your careers. All that you have learnt here during your years of training will doubtless have impressed on you just how much will be required of each one of you throughout your service. For in choosing the Royal Air Force as your career, you have given yourselves the opportunity of serving your Queen and your country with honour ; you have also dedicated yourselves to a life which, while offering infinite variety and adventure, will call upon all your efficiency and skill, all your judgement and endurance, and above all, on your qualities of leadership. You may be sure that these qualities will be of supreme importance throughout your careers, no matter what fundamental changes may lie ahead. By remaining true to yourselves and to the highest tradition of this great Service to which you have given your loyalty, you in your turn will bring fresh honour to the Royal Air Force. I wish each one of you good fortune and happiness. May God bless you all.\The March Past Page 143