Chief Petty Officer Nichole Vital stands a 12-hour watch on duty as an operations specialist in the 13th Coast Guard District Command Center, Jan. 9, 2017. Vital is one of the few Coast Guard men and women who are responsible for monitoring a multi-mission communication platform and responding to a variety of cases from search and rescue or law enforcement case execution, to combat information center operations or intelligence gathering. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.
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