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Like well-trained cadets, the children instantly stopped making noise and pressed their lips shut, in three straight lines.

For some, intensive preparation for military service begins in preschool, where cadet classes include physical drills carried out in army-style uniforms.

In March, a 15-year-old girl, Phoebe Beltran, told The Times she was attacked by a sea lion while completing her swim test for the cadet Junior Lifeguards program in Long Beach.

Angel Romero, center, an instructor in defense training, teaches cadets hand to hand combat.

Adm Key joined the navy as a university cadet in 1984 where he later qualified as both helicopter aircrew and as a principal warfare officer.