A newly promoted chief petty officer is pinned to his new rank by his son during a Chief Petty Officer pinning ceremony at William Pendleton Thompson Hill Field on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Oct. 21, 2022. The pinning ceremony is the culmination of an intense six-week training period where the Navy's senior enlisted leaders introduced the chief petty officer selectees to a set of challenges designed to strengthen their leadership and mentoring abilities.

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