PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2021) Chief Quartermaster Diamonde Metz, right, instructs Personnel Specialist 1st Class Joel Galope on how to raise the national ensign on the main masthead of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in honor of a retirement. Makin Island is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob D. Bergh)