PEARL HARBOR, Hi. (July 6, 2018) – Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darienne Slack, assigned to Navy Reserve, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West (NRNPASE-West), is frocked during a ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial on historic Ford Island. Slack, surprised her mother Charlotte with a flight to Hawaii so she could be present for her promotion. The frocking ceremony, where Sailors receive the right to wear the uniform and assume the responsibilities of their next rank, is a Navy tradition.

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