Chief Petty Officer George Soto (left), offload coordinator for the Coast Guard’s Seventh District, is shown with his 2022 Excellence in Service Award for the Coast Guard, along with nominating officers Master Chief Petty Officer Mike Hvozda, Sector San Juan command master chief and Capt. Robert Pirone, Sector San Juan deputy commander, and Garcia Domingo, League of United Latin American Citizens National president at the 93rd LULAC National Convention and Exposition in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 28, 2022. Soto, a native from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, was honored at the event during the Defenders of Freedom Breakfast in the Puerto Rico Convention Center. (Courtesy photo by Jeanette Perez)