OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 6, 2018) — Senior Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Luis Ruiz, attached to Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, is pinned by his wife and son during a ceremony at Hangar 6 on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI). VP-47 is a maritime patrol squadron currently station at NASWI. The Golden Swordsmen fly the P-8A Poseidon, the Navy's premiere long-range anti-submarine warfare platform, and have assumed Homeland Defense as 3rd Fleet's support of Pacific Fleet and Coast Guard District 14 objectives.

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