Chief Petty Officers Erin Hunter, John Lobherr and Megan Hart are joined by Coast Guard Cutter Healy's Chiefs Mess and Wardroom for a pinning ceremony at the North Pole Sept. 7, 2015, marking the culmination of their participation in Chiefs Call to Indoctrination. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundation-funded Arctic GEOTRACES, part of an international effort to study the distribution of trace elements in the world's oceans. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)

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