 Four former mcponds and current mcpond Mike Stevens attended a celebration honoring the 120th birthday of the rank of chief petty officer at the Navy Memorial in Washington, DC, April 1st Because it is our duty and our responsibility To train our release based on what we were taught and our experiences And if we do that and do that well Then the only outcome should be that every generation Grows and becomes better as they too strive for excellence The Navy Memorial Foundation will continue to honor chiefs This is just the end of the year of the chief Chiefs will always be welcome here from the defense media activity. I'm petty officer Shannon burns Maybe chief