Capt. Brian Gilda (left), chief of prevention for the Coast Guard 13th District, and Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Rocks, with the Joint Harbor Operations Center at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, present Per Strobel, master of the Tor Viking II, with an AMVER flag as thanks for rescuing a mariner in distress in the Gulf of Alaska, during a ceremony in Seattle, Oct. 29, 2015. The crew of the Tor Viking II was underway on Oct. 20, 2015, when they responded to an alert from the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System for a sailboat in distress and rescued a man and his cat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Laura Higby)