Senior Chief Petty Officer Cory Wadley explains the location and characteristics of various aids to navigation to Petty Officer 2nd Class Leo Cichosz, food service specialist, during boat crew training at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River in La Push, Wash., Sept. 1, 2016.
Wadley, officer in charge, has encouraged Cichosz to pursue the boat crew qualification to earn a permanent boat force operations insignia, an accomplishment normally reserved for boatswain's mates and machinery technicians.