U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Sonar Technician (Surface) Charles Eakley, right, senior chief of the Transient Personnel Unit Puget Sound, speaks with Robert Evans, a retired Army veteran, during a community service project at the Washington Veterans Home in Retsil, Wash., Aug. 20, 2013. More than 70 chief petty officers and petty officers first class, selected for promotion to chief petty officer, assigned to commands within Navy Region Northwest participated in the project.