Coast Guard recognizes Cayuga, Ind., native as Enlisted Person of the Year

Courtesy Photo | Petty Officer 3rd Class Sara Cook stands for a photo at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan Jan. 12, 2015. Cook earned the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and was selected as Base Ketchikan's Enlisted Person of the Year. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)  

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

02.02.2015

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs 

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard petty officer from Cayuga, Ind., earned the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and was selected as Base Ketchikan’s Enlisted Person of the Year Award, Feb. 2, 2015.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Sara Cook, a yeoman assigned to the Personnel Services Division at Base Ketchikan, Alaska, was recognized for excellently demonstrating the Coast Guard’s core values.

A couple of her accomplishments while serving at Base Ketchikan include acting as the sole administration yeoman for four weeks during transfer season, demonstrating exceptional technical expertise while supporting 37 units and supporting 100 personnel and their families. She also proactively contacted approximately 75 members delayed by the Alaska Marine Highway ferries to help reschedule travel, minimizing the disruption to incoming and outgoing personnel.

“Due to her consistent exceptional performance, work ethic and positive attitude, she was nominated for Sailor of the Quarter every quarter of 2014,” said Chief Warrant Officer Dominic Heggarty, Base Ketchikan procurement and contracting chief. “Her diligence, perseverance and devotion to duty are most heartily commended and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard.”

• Date Taken: 02.02.2015
• Date Posted: 02.09.2015 17:15
• Story ID: 154042
• Location: KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, US
• Hometown: CAYUGA, INDIANA, US