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220518-N-NY430-1307 SAN DIEGO (May 17, 2022) – Chief Culinary Specialist Dennis Mendoza receives senior chief collar devices during a promotion ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), May 18. During the ceremony Sailors were pinned and covered by family, friends and fellow service members. Makin Island is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher S. Haley)