SEATTLE - Nominees for the 2011 Enlisted Person of the Year award are recognized at a ceremony held at the Coast Guard base in Seattle on April 13, 2012. The nominees demonstrate sustained exceptional standards of proficiency and conduct, their military appearance and bearing are consistently impeccable, and they are role models whom all Coast Guard personnel strive to emulate. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan W. Bradshaw.