USS Cowpens
6/2/2011 
Cowpens Sailors Get Frocked 

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN (June 02, 2011) – Captain Robert Marin stands before the new frocked Sailors and Award receivers on the flight deck of USS Cowpens (CG 63). Cowpens is a Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser assigned to the George Washington Strike Group and currently undergoing unit level training. (U.S. Navy photo by Fire Controlman 3rd Class Tamala Baker)]
Cowpens Sailors Get Frocked 
By Ensign Christopher Lowe, USS Cowpens Public Affairs 

YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 02, 2011) – Sailors of the USS Cowpens (CG 63) celebrated the achievements of their peers today during the Frocking and Awards Ceremony.  With four new Petty Officers First Class, nine Petty Officers Second Class and seventeen Petty Officer Third Class, plus fourteen awards presented, there was much to be celebrated on.

Captain Marin presided over the ceremony.  “I am very pleased that so many of our Sailors have been rewarded for their hard work.  This is a great crew, and with so many new Petty Officers, it will only get better.  I extend my congratulations to these fine Sailors.”

The Sailors that were frocked: Senior Chief Petty Officer Gas Turbine System Technician Electrical Ohara; Operations Specialist First Class Crawford, Electronics Technician First Class Johnson, Cryptologic Technician Technical First Class Lansom, Gunner’s Mate First Class Patterson; Engineman Second Class Caville, Quartermaster Second Class Davis, Sonar Technician Second Class Delossantos, Fire Controlman Second Class Gay, Fire Controlman Second Class Head, Aviation Structural Mechanic Second Class Milne, Sonar Technician Second Class Park, Sonar Technician Second Class Speert, Fire Controlman Second Class Wright; Cryptologic Technician Maintenance Third Class Durcan, Culinary Specialist Third Class Galvani, Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class Hollenbach, Cryptologic Technician Technical Third Class Horton, Logistics Specialist Third Class Khan, Aviation Electrician’s Mate Third Class Larose, Culinary Specialist Third Class Love, Culinary Specialist Third Class Martin, Interior Communications Electrician Third Class O’Dell, Damage Controlman Third Class Richards, Gunner’s Mate Third Class Rimer, Engineman Third Class Shroba, Quartermaster Third Class Steward, Cryptologic Technician Collection Third Class Surratt, Aviations Electronics Technician Third Class Svitak, Operations Specialist Third Class Swanson, and Operations Specialist Third Class Weld.


Cowpens is a Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser assigned to the George Washington Strike Group and currently undergoing unit level training.
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