151201-N-SD965-028 ROTA, Spain (Dec. 1, 2015) From the left, Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Blane Wilson, from Buffalo, , has his second class petty offer rating badge sewed on by Steelworker 2nd Class Jeffery Conmy during a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 "tacking on crow" ceremony on Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 1, 2015. NMCB 1 promoted 21 Sailors to their newly appointed petty officer ranks with a traditional "tacking on crow" ceremony with a contemporary frocking ceremony in Rota, Spain. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brannon Deugan/RELEASED)

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