Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Craig Sappo stands with Vice Adm. D. Brian Peterman, commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Defense Force East, and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, as Allen presents Peterman with the Coast Guard Distinguished Service award at a change of command ceremony at Integrated Support Command Portsmouth, Va., Thursday, July 10, 2008. Sappo, who has been stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Northland for only a few days, was selected to be a representative of the hard-working enlisted men and women in the Atlantic Area. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Henise)