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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Doris Koch is pinned during a chief's pinning ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis under way in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 14, 2012. Koch is a personnel specialist.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Doris Koch is pinned during a chief's pinning ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis under way in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 14, 2012. Koch is a personnel specialist.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Doris Koch is pinned during a chief's pinning ceremony in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis under way in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 14, 2012. Koch is a personnel specialist.

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