The Department of Veterans Affairs will host public ceremonies throughout the United States for the first time in two years since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III issued the approval Saturday in accordance with Directive-Type Memorandum 19-011. That policy allows service academy graduates to pursue employment in professional sports immediately following graduation.

South Vietnam, 1966: A 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry “Wolfhounds” radioman bandages the arm of his battalion commander, Maj. Guy S. Meloy III, during Operation Attleboro in the jungles of Tay Ninh Province.

Almost four decades after the original, and after sitting on the shelf for two years due to the pandemic, "Top Gun: Maverick" is flying full throttle into a new world.