New chief petty officers

September 16, 1985, is a day I remember well. It's the day I was advanced to chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 16, 2008) Chief Storekeeper Joel Fababier, left, and Chief Culinary Specialist Ramon Angeles pin anchors on Chief Culinary Specialist Travin Harrell, from East St. Louis, Ill., during a Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). McCain, one of seven Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, is permanently forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Byron C. Linder.