Frances Cutler and Lt. Cmdr. Ian Hall pin new chief petty officer collar devices on Chief Petty Officer Travis Cutler during the Coast Guard Persons of the Year Award Ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., June 6, 2014.
Cutler, an avionics electrical technician, was meritoriously advanced to the rate of chief petty officer as a result of his being selected as the Coast Guard's 2013 Enlisted Person of the Year while assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Houston. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Telfair Brown)