MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Chief Petty Officer Soniya Stoddard, left, a chief hospital corpsman with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and (ret.) Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Dye, right, cut a birthday cake as part of a dedication ceremony of Camp Pendleton’s ‘Anchor Up Club’ as a Chiefs Mess to the North County Chief Petty Officer Association on April 1, 2016, at Camp Pendleton. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group dedicated the club in celebration of the 123rd birthday of chief petty officers throughout the Navy. A Chiefs Mess is
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Chief Petty Officer Soniya Stoddard, left, a chief hospital corpsman with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and (ret.) Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Dye, right, cut a birthday cake as part of a dedication ceremony of Camp Pendleton’s ‘Anchor Up Club’ as a Chiefs Mess to the North County Chief Petty Officer Association on April 1, 2016, at Camp Pendleton. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group dedicated the club in celebration of the 123rd birthday of chief petty officers throughout the Navy. A Chiefs Mess is a lounge and living quarters area typically designated for chief petty officers aboard boats, ships, and Naval Air Stations. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)
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