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NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, VIRGINIA (October 22, 2020) -- Master-at-Arms (law enforcement) 1st Class Brian Dunne, USN (left) is reenlisted for a few more years of Naval service by LTJG Asa Calloway, USN, on the starboard anchor of United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
Operational conditions permitting, Sailors are allowed to pick their “spot” for traditional reenlistment ceremonies. Normally, the location maintains a special meaning or significance for the Sailor extending his or her contract with the Navy.
This is how they got out to the perch on the anchor.
That anchor looks a bit beaten-up right now only because the aircraft carrier is in the shipyard for an extensive maintenance period between overseas deployments. That anchor will be gleaming again soon....
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
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>>Top four photos: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Bela Chambers, USN
>>Note: A couple more examples of some of the unusual places Sailors pick for their reenlistment ceremonies....
Ninety feet (27 meters) under the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
At the North Pole when your submarine makes a stop there.
