Keywords: US Navy 040914-N-8704K-003 Information Systems Technician 1st Class Ebony Nichols, right, looks on as Command Master Chief Kevin Davis, center, places her white hat on the ceremonial slide.jpg en Arabian Gulf Sept 14 2004 Information Systems Technician 1st Class Ebony Nichols right looks on as Command Master Chief Kevin Davis center places her white hat on the ceremonial slide during a White Hat burial at sea ceremony held aboard 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 3rd Class Joshua Karsten RELEASED 2004-09-14 040914-N-8704K-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 17660 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS John F Kennedy CV-67 Information Systems Technician United States Navy Sea burials |