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A pair of Midshipman Barber’s shoulder boards are on display in Ms. Harris’s ceremonial office, according to a senior aide to the vice president.

“There are almost two million security officials in Russia and they all want new stars on their shoulder boards.”

She wore a black military sweater with silver eagles on the shoulder boards—she had recently made full colonel.

Her mom, Janet, an Academy graduate, was a Coast Guard captain and will pin on Marina’s shoulder boards today.

“I said, ‘I need to order a four-star women’s shoulder board,’ and there’s this silence,” Admiral Howard recalled.