Chief Machinist's Mate Raven Griffen, from Beaufort, South Carolina, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) engineering department, receives her anchors, during Ford’s chief petty officer pinning ceremony held in Ford's hangar bay Feb. 6, 2021. Twenty-three Ford Sailors were advanced to the rank of chief petty officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jackson Adkins)

ANCHORS AND COVER

February 10, 2021

Military

Chief Machinist’s Mate Raven Griffen of Beaufort, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) engineering department, receives her anchors and cover Saturday, Feb. 6, during Ford’s chief petty officer pinning ceremony held in Ford’s hangar bay. Twenty-three Ford Sailors were advanced to the rank of chief petty officer. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jackson Adkins, U.S. Navy.

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