Keywords: US Navy 040914-N-8090G-002 Chief petty officers (CPO) stand at parade rest prior to a 21-gun salute during a White Hat burial at sea ceremony.jpg en Arabian Gulf Sept 14 2004 - Chief petty officers CPO stand at parade rest prior to a 21-gun salute during a White Hat burial at sea ceremony aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy CV 67 The ceremony is one of the final steps in the transitions the CPO Selects go through prior to their inaugural pinning Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen CVW-17 are currently on deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility AOR in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Units in the Kennedy Carrier Strike Group are working closely with Multi-National Corps-Iraq and Iraqi forces to bring stability to the sovereign government of Iraq U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Nicholas Garratt RELEASED 2004-09-14 040914-N-8090G-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 17659 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Nicholas Garratt PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS John F Kennedy CV-67 Sea burials 21 gun salute |