210729-N-MH811-1072 PEARL HARBOR (July 29, 2021) -- Retired Navy Capt. John Figuerres, from Carmel, Calif., administers the oath of office to Chief Warrant Officer Vanderla Akaka, a two-time breast cancer survivor from Chicago, during her frocking ceremony aboard battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). Akaka joins the ranks of 81 other CWO5s in the entire Navy.

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