Ensign Peter Cifichiello shown receiving his Service Warfare Officer Pin from Capt. Todd Zecchin and Lt. Steve Shetler May 4, aboard the USS Denver. Cifichiello is a resident of Manhasset and the son of Gina and John Cifichiello. He is a graduate of Chaminade HS (1999) and Tulane University (2003). After his commissioning May 2003, he was assigned to the USS Denver in San Diego and was deployed to the Persian Gulf. He was the Denver's legal officer for 18 months and was temporarily assigned as liaison officer aboard the French Frigate De Grasse during NATO maneuvers. He was promoted to lieutenant (JG) May 23 and is currently head of the Deck Department.