U.S. Navy Chief Hull Maintenance Technician James Reams returns the salute of sailors tasked with sideboy during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., Sept. 14, 2012. Reams is assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr.)