Lt. j.g. Katharine Braynard, public affairs officer on the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw home-ported in Cheboygan, Mich., talks with a Coast Guard retiree during the annual retiree dinner held in Grand Haven, Mich., July 31, 2013. This year's dinner was the 89th annual gathering of Coast Guard retirees. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read)