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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Jenkins, the 2011 U.S. Pacific Fleet Sailor of the Year, receives his chief cover during the Recognition Week pinning ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2011. Recognition Week honors the Pacific Fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Shore, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Reserve sailors of the year. Jenkins is a hospital corpsman.

SAILOR OF THE YEAR

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Jenkins, the 2011 U.S. Pacific Fleet Sailor of the Year, receives his chief cover during the Recognition Week pinning ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2011. Recognition Week honors the Pacific Fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Shore, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Reserve sailors of the year. Jenkins is a hospital corpsman.

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