040914-N-8090G-002 Arabian Gulf (Sept. 14, 2004) - Chief petty officers (CPO) stand at parade rest prior to a 21-gun salute during a ÒWhite HatÓ burial at sea ceremony aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). The ceremony is one of the final steps in the transitions the CPO Selects go through prior to their inaugural pinning. Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are currently on deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Units in the Kennedy Carrier Strike Group are working clo
040914-N-8090G-002 Arabian Gulf (Sept. 14, 2004) - Chief petty officers (CPO) stand at parade rest prior to a 21-gun salute during a ÒWhite HatÓ burial at sea ceremony aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). The ceremony is one of the final steps in the transitions the CPO Selects go through prior to their inaugural pinning. Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are currently on deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Units in the Kennedy Carrier Strike Group are working closely with Multi-National Corps-Iraq and Iraqi forces to bring stability to the sovereign government of Iraq. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Nicholas Garratt (RELEASED) US Navy 040914-N-8090G-002 Chief petty officers (CPO) stand at parade rest prior to a 21-gun salute during a White Hat burial at sea ceremony
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