Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft presents Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Baasch, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, with a coin during a surprise recognition for 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 during Bertholf’s recent deployment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Allyson E.T. Conroy)