Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft talks with members of the local media aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf after conducting a surprise recognition of a crewmember, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Baasch, Sept. 16, 2014. Baasch received the Commandant Commitment to Excellence Award for his role in two separate counter narcotics cases off the Columbia coast. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Allyson E.T. Conroy)