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220505-N-TE695-0002 BOSTON (May 5, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Megan Kearns, assigned to USS Constitution, provides a tour to Officer Development School (ODS) class 22040 students, May 5. USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat and played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, actively defending sea lanes from 1797 to 1855. ODS provides staff corps officers and several restricted line designators with the training necessary to prepare them to function in their role as commissioned Naval officers. (U.S. Navy photo by Darwin Lam)