Command Master Chief Patrick A. Tummins, comforts Sally Monsoor while she receives a shadow box in honor of her son, Medal of Honor recipient Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor.

SAN DIEGO (Sep. 15, 2017) Command Master Chief Patrick A. Tummins, assigned to the future guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), comforts Sally Monsoor while she receives a shadow box in honor of her son, Medal of Honor recipient Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor, during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Mount Soledad. Michael A. Monsoor died in combat in 2006 and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The second ship of the Zumwalt class of guided-missile destroyers, USS Michael Monsoor, was named in his honor and will serve as a multi-mission platform capable of operating as an integral part of naval, joint or combined maritime forces. The ship will be commissioned in 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Veloicaza) File# 170915-N-FV739-114