120914-N-DP652-212 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14, 2012) Chief petty officers fold the American flag at the end of a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62). Fitzgerald is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the Navy's only continuously forward-deployed carrier strike group based out of Yokosuka, Japan, and is participating in Valiant Shield 2012. Valiant Shield is an integrated joint training exercise that offers the opportunity to integrate Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps assets in a blue-water environment. ( Navy
120914-N-DP652-212 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14, 2012) Chief petty officers fold the American flag at the end of a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62). Fitzgerald is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the Navy's only continuously forward-deployed carrier strike group based out of Yokosuka, Japan, and is participating in Valiant Shield 2012. Valiant Shield is an integrated joint training exercise that offers the opportunity to integrate Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps assets in a blue-water environment. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Devenberg/Released) Chief petty officers fold flag 120914-N-DP652-212
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