160916-M-TM809-363 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 16, 2016) From the left: Chief Hospital Corpsman Soutsakhone Sanethavong, from Sacramento, California, Chief Hospital Corpsman Joseph Montes, from San Diego, Chief Hospital Corpsman James Engel, from San Diego, Chief Hospital Corpsman Arlene Alonzo, from Newark, California, and Chief Hospital Corpsman Claudette Arenas, from Las Vegas, conduct a cake cutting ceremony at the conclusion of the chief pinning ceremony on the flight deck of hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Four hospital corpsman attached to Mercy were promoted to the rank of chief petty off

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160916-M-TM809-363 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 16, 2016) From the left: Chief Hospital Corpsman Soutsakhone Sanethavong, from Sacramento, California, Chief Hospital Corpsman Joseph Montes, from San Diego, Chief Hospital Corpsman James Engel, from San Diego, Chief Hospital Corpsman Arlene Alonzo, from Newark, California, and Chief Hospital Corpsman Claudette Arenas, from Las Vegas, conduct a cake cutting ceremony at the conclusion of the chief pinning ceremony on the flight deck of hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Four hospital corpsman attached to Mercy were promoted to the rank of chief petty officer. Deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, Mercy is sailing to her homeport of San Diego. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brittney Vella/Released)

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