Coast Guard Cmdr. Warren Judge, executive officer of Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina, accepts the 2017 Blacks in Government Meritorious Service Award during a ceremony at Harrah’s Atlantic City hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Aug. 22, 2017. Judge was selected for his volunteerism in his local community of Elizabeth City and for orchestrating a memorandum of agreement between the base and Elizabeth City State University. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson/Released)