US COAST GUARD Promotion ceremony

Coast Guard Rear Adm. James Watson, federal on-scene coordinator for the Unified Area Command, right, and Senior Chief Petty Officer James Coffey, command senior chief for the UAC, left, promotes Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason S. Kurtz to petty officer 2nd class at a ceremony held here, July 1, 2010. Kurtz previously completed three combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq while serving in the U.S. Army. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Zach Zubricki.