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Your Vote Counts! VOLUME 16 NO. 12 JANUARY 22 – FEBRUARY 4, 2021 SUBMIT STORIES TO: [email protected] FACEBOOK.COM/STRIPESPACIFIC FREE Asheville sailor STARTS JAN. 25 named top CSS-15 junior officer YOUR VOTE COUNTS! BY PO2 KELSEY HOCKENBERGER, new year is upon us, and it’s time once again to And if you do, you may qualify to win a $300, $200 or SUBMARINE SQUADRON 15 turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike $100 Exchange gift card. SANTA RITA – Lt. Matthew A any other – Best of the Pacific voting season! We at Stars and Stripes want to thank you for For the past 20 years, our annual Best Flores, assigned to the Los An- helping us make our community products Cellphone Provider geles-class fast-attack subma- of the Pacific magazine has been the ones that help you enjoy rine USS Asheville (SSN 758) authority on the best places YOU your stay in the Pacific. Off-Base Shopping was selected as the Command- need to go in the Pacific. 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