MANAMA, Bahrain (Aug. 09, 2006) --Coast Guard Seaman Michael Christensen proudly displays his newly wedded hand concluding the marriage by proxy ceremony where he married his wife, Jennifer, here Aug. 9. The couple is the first to be married by proxy on the NSA Bahrain, and is the first in the Coast Guard's recent memory. Christensen is stationed here for the next year and his wife lives in Sunnyside, Wash. USCG photo by PA3 Allyson E. T. Conroy.