Making midshipmen the best they can be

Encircling a conference room at the U.S. Naval Academy are pictures of the academy?s 82 commandants. The last one stands out in a significant way ? it?s the image of Capt. Margaret Klein, the outgoing commandant and first woman to hold the position. Klein, a 1981 academy graduate and former naval aviator, will leave the academy this month, having been selected for promotion to rear admiral. She is expected to join the Naval Warfare Command in Norfolk, Va. Klein, 50, has been a trailblazer at an institution that still deals with gender issues 30 years after women were first admitted.

What has been the biggest surprise about being commandant?