Rear Adm. Mark Butt, commander, Coast Guard 13th District,

Rear Adm. Mark Butt, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, shakes hands with Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Cimino, a reserve gunner’s mate assigned to the Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 in Everett, Wash., after she was announced as the reserve enlisted person of the year award at a ceremony held at Coast Guard Base Seattle, March 3, 2017.
As a lead fire arms instructor in a limited resource environment, Cimino facilitated the qualification of more than 25 deployed members on personal defense weapons at remote U.S. Marine Corps ranges, and the qualification of more than 45 tactical boat crew gunners on crew served weapons during a three-day offshore and underway range exercise.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Office 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.