Ens. Ricky Rodriguez, a deck watch officer on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau (WHEC 722), reads to first grade students at Kalihi Waena Elementary School in Honolulu, March 3, 2017. The National Education Association’s Reading Across America is a year-round program focused on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships and reading resources. In celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America Day, March 2, Coast Guard members read with students at elementary schools across Oahu. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Levasseur)