Capt. Brendan McPherson, chief of staff, Coast Guard 13th District, pins the Meritorious Public Service Award medal onto Chris Field’s shirt pocket, Apr. 6, 2017. For 18 years, Fields served as the EPA co-chair to RRT-10 and to the U.S./Canadian Joint Response Team, through a number of real spill incidents and significant spill exercises, always striving to improve spill preparedness in the Northwest. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.