Chief Petty Officer Joseph Ruggiero looks over the long glass while the symbolism of its meaning is read to the audience during the commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Bruckenthal in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, July 25, 2018. Ruggiero was assigned to the USS Firebolt with Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal, who was fatally wounded during Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Arabian Gulf in 2004. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco.

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