Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, the Coast Guard 11th District commander, addresses the audience during the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward commissioning ceremony held at Coast Guard Sector San Francisco at Yerba Buena Island, California, March 2, 2019. Robert Ward, the person the ship is named after, operated beach-landing boats during the Normandy invasion and rescued two stranded boat crews in the face of a heavily fortified enemy assault. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Alex Gray)