Photo By Thomas Cieslak | The "Tacking of the Crow" certificate presented to Hospital Corpsman Third Class...... read more read more
Sailors and staff aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrated the advancement of a Sailor and the “Tacking of the Crow” Monday, July 1.
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Joseph Kitchin promoted to the rank during a ceremony held that morning which
also saw an observance of Navy tradition.
“Tacking of the Crow” is a Navy tradition where Sailors sewed, or “tacked” the rank of Petty Officer to a newly promoted peer.
Often the rank would be donated from a fellow Sailor due to the short supply of insignia while at sea. Each Sailor would take a turn stitching the donated rank while imparting advice.
Kitchin serves aboard the clinic in the Preventative Medicine Department
| Date Taken: | 07.02.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 07.02.2024 09:12 |
| Story ID: | 475371 |
| Location: | CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | LONGMONT, COLORADO, US |
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