Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaac Cross | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.26.2019
U.S. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Midshipmen attend a cutter commissioning in honor of Master Chief Petty Officer Angela McShan, they are led by McShan’s brother, retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Timothy McShan at Cape May, N.J., on Oct. 26, 2019. The McShan family has had multiple members serve in different branches of the armed forces and now have younger family members carrying......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaac Cross | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.26.2019
The Commanding Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Angela McShan, Lt. Brian E. Field, presents a shadowbox capturing the many military achievements of Master Chief Petty Officer McShan, to her older sister, Mrs. Marilyn M. Williams, at Cape May, N.J., on Oct. 26, 2019. Angela McShan was the first U.S. Coast Guard African-American female Master Chief Petty Officer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaac Cross | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.26.2019
Chief Petty Officer Thomas W. Smith, the Operations Department Head, is given a long glass during the commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Angela McShan in Cape May, N.J., on Oct. 26, 2019. The passing of the glass traditionally symbolizes the officer-of-the-deck’s authority in passing the first watch. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaac Cross)...
