News May 30th 2013
Navy Legalmen Revive "Tacking on the Crow"
NEWPORT, R.I. (NNS) -- The Navy's newest legalmen revived the old tradition of "tacking on the crow" during a frocking ceremony at the Naval Justice School May 17. "Tacking on the crow" involves Sailors taking turns stitching on the petty officer rating badge to the sleeve of a newly-advanced Sailor, representing the new rank/rate.
Chief Legalman Cheryl Elliott, a Naval Justice School course coordinator, started the first tack with a …
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