Fleet Master Chief April D. Beldo
160818-N-MG976-073 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Aug. 18, 2016) Fleet Master Chief April Beldo, Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education (MPT&E), receives a flag from a Sailor aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). The flag was flown in honor of her father. During her visit to the ship, Beldo spoke to Sailors about the Navy’s transgender policy, uniform updates and staying motivated during the ship’s refueling and complex overhaul period. Lincoln is undergoing a Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert Ferrone/Released)