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JOINING THE RANKS OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IS SAID TO BE LIKE JOINING A BROTHERHOOD. THE
MOMENT CHIEF DANIEL LANG FIRST HEARD OF HIS PROMOTION, HE RECEIVED A SURPRISING TEXT MESSAGE.
"IT WAS FROM MY BROTHER. IT SAID, "I JUST MADE CHIEF." AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING.
I IMMEDIATELY TEXTED HIM BACK AND SAID "I DID TO."
AFTER COMPLETING THEIR CPO INDOC, CHIEF DANIEL LANG DECIDED TO JOIN HIS BROTHER ABOARD USS
BOXER TO GET PINNED TOGETHER.
"IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, ME WITH MY BROTHER. AND MY DAD WAS IN THE
NAVY. ALL OUR NAVY PRIDE THAT WE HAVE. MY UNCLE, MY GRANDPA, WERE ALL IN THE NAVY. IT
WAS JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE."
REPORTING FROM USS BOXER, I'M PETTY OFFICER JASON BEHNKE.