Crew members salute as the chief boatswain's mate rehearses piping dignitaries aboard the guided missile cruiser
![DVIDS - Images - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Ricardo Hernandez's retirement [Image 6 of 21] DVIDS - Images - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Ricardo Hernandez's retirement [Image 6 of 21]](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/1805/4372073/1000w_q95.jpg)
DVIDS - Images - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Ricardo Hernandez's retirement [Image 6 of 21]
![Boatswain Mate 3rd Class Joanna Saldana cuts the rope off a span wire aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during an underway replenishment . - PICRYL - Public Boatswain Mate 3rd Class Joanna Saldana cuts the rope off a span wire aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during an underway replenishment . - PICRYL - Public](https://cdn14.picryl.com/photo/2004/06/19/boatswain-mate-3rd-class-joanna-saldana-cuts-the-rope-off-a-span-wire-aboard-986e68-1024.jpg)
Boatswain Mate 3rd Class Joanna Saldana cuts the rope off a span wire aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during an underway replenishment . - PICRYL - Public
![US Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class Rubin Davilla stears a Navy Mark-V Special Operation Craft (SOC), from Special Boat Unit 12, around a Kuwaiti fueling barge (Not shown) while the boat waits US Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class Rubin Davilla stears a Navy Mark-V Special Operation Craft (SOC), from Special Boat Unit 12, around a Kuwaiti fueling barge (Not shown) while the boat waits](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1998/03/18/us-navy-boatswains-mate-second-class-rubin-davilla-stears-a-navy-mark-v-special-876da8-1024.jpg)
US Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class Rubin Davilla stears a Navy Mark-V Special Operation Craft (SOC), from Special Boat Unit 12, around a Kuwaiti fueling barge (Not shown) while the boat waits
![U.S. Navy Boatswain?s Mate 1st Class Timothy Lumpkin bows his head as he prepares to play taps during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN U.S. Navy Boatswain?s Mate 1st Class Timothy Lumpkin bows his head as he prepares to play taps during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HF1875/us-navy-boatswains-mate-1st-class-timothy-lumpkin-bows-his-head-as-HF1875.jpg)
U.S. Navy Boatswain?s Mate 1st Class Timothy Lumpkin bows his head as he prepares to play taps during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN
![File:US Navy 050114-N-7535G-023 Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Quinton Scott, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry Scott and Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Amanda Scott.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:US Navy 050114-N-7535G-023 Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Quinton Scott, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry Scott and Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Amanda Scott.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/US_Navy_050114-N-7535G-023_Boatswain%27s_Mate_3rd_Class_Quinton_Scott%2C_Master_Chief_Petty_Officer_of_the_Navy_Terry_Scott_and_Photographer%27s_Mate_3rd_Class_Amanda_Scott.jpg)
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![Boatswain Mate First Class (BT1) D.E. Brownlee, USN, a member of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard is shown in dress blues before the National ENSIGN following a retirement ceremony at building 72 - Boatswain Mate First Class (BT1) D.E. Brownlee, USN, a member of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard is shown in dress blues before the National ENSIGN following a retirement ceremony at building 72 -](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1993/12/09/boatswain-mate-first-class-bt1-de-brownlee-usn-a-member-of-the-us-navy-ceremonial-2446b0-1024.jpg)