WELCOME TO ALL HANDS UPDATE.
THESE ARE YOUR HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE FLEET.
THE NAVY HAS ANNOUNCED WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER.
MORE THAN 15 HUNDRED SAILORS WERE SELECTED FOR THE RANK OF E8 AND WILL SOON BE WEARING
A STAR ATOP THEIR ANCHOR.
SAILORS ABOARD USS ELROD RESCUED FOUR PEOPLE FROM A SINKING SMALL BOAT JUNE 26.
THE SHIP WAS ON PATROL IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION MARTILLO WHEN IT RECEIVED
A CALL FROM A MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT, AFTER SPOTTING THE SUBMERGED VESSEL.
THE SHIP REPORTED TO THE SITE AND LOWERED A RIGID-HULLED INFLATABLE BOAT TO PICK UP
THE STRANDED SURVIVORS.
THEY WERE THEN FLOWN TO A HOSPITAL IN COLOMBIA BY HELICOPTER.
YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THESE STORIES AT NAVY.MIL.
FOR ALL HANDS UPDATE, I'M PETTY OFFICER AMARA TIMBERLAKE.
