Our Photo of the Day series this week shares photos of graduations all around China.

Today we’re taking a gander at how fresh China’s military boys (and it just boys in this case) are looking on their last day of school. These are graduates from the Dalian Naval Academy. The two Chinese characters on the red flag read “Ba Yi” — Eight One — the date (August 1st) upon which the Chinese Liberation Army was founded in 1927.

Photo: ECNS