Master Chief Petty Officer Patricia Stolle is presented the Legion of Merit by Rear Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, the former commander of the Eleventh Coast Guard District, June 26, during a Eleventh District command master chief change of watch ceremony. Master Chief Petty Officer Terence F. Vanderwerf relieved Stolle as the district command master chief. A retirement ceremony was also held for Stolle, who served as an active duty member for more than 35 years and is the first woman in the Coast Guard to achieve the rank of master chief petty officer.