U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Bill McKinstry, the executive officer of the Coast Guard Incident Management Assist Team (CG IMAT), receives The Foundation for Coast Guard History’s Individual Achievement Award during a ceremony at the CG IMAT in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10, 2018.
The Foundation’s Executive Director, Gary Thomas, presented the award to McKinstry for volunteering to serve on the Fast Response Cutter (FRC) Naming Tiger Team. The team was formed to identify and locate relatives of former enlisted personnel heroes who were under consideration as possible FRC namesakes.