U.S. Coast Guard District 8 Commander Rear Admr. David Barata pins a Coast Guard Commendation Medal on Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Bridges at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana, Sep. 6, 2023. Bridges was honored for his part in a medevac of a 76-year-old man from a cruise ship approximately 300 miles offshore of Fort Morgan, Alabama. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Hernandez)