U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Phillip Waldron pins a letter of commendation ribbon on Chief Petty Officer Marc Mouton on the mess deck of Coast Guard Cutter Spar (WLB 206) during an all hands meeting in Duluth, Minnesota, Dec. 15, 2025. Mouton, an electrician’s mate, graduated from Chief Petty Officer Academy at the beginning of the year and has since been a leader in the engineering department of the Spar. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dillon Grimsley)