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.
VETERAN OF THE WEEK – MATT SWINSICK
Beaufort’s Matt Swinsick, 79, joined the Navy in 1960 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
