210729-N-PC065-1100 NORFOLK, Va. (July 29, 2021) Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Andrew Slaughter (right), assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), poses for a photo with Command Master Chief Larae Baker (center) and Master Chief Engineman Arcenet Vazquez after a frocking ceremony on the flight deck, July 29, 2021. The rank of master chief petty officer was created, effective June 1, 1958, after the passage of the 1958 Amendment to the Career Compensation Act of 1949.

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