Another bicolano has added pride to the Region after graduating at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. John Berjuega from the province of Catanduanes was one of the 1,037 cadets who had graduated in the prestigious Academy in Annapolis. Aside from Berjuega, Carl Catalan, another Filipino from Dumaguete also graduated in the academy together with 14 cadets from 10 different nations. The Philippine government had funded the 4 years studies of Berjuega and Catalan who would be serving a minimum of 8 years in the Philippine Navy.