Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Holling, chief-of-the-mess of the Coast Guard’s Cleveland-Area Chiefs Mess and other members of both the local chiefs mess and members of the Northcoast Chapter of the Chief Petty Officers Association, visited Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3345 during a meeting at the Strongsville, Ohio, post, March 14, 2013, to thank the members of the VFW post for funding and dedicating a Coast Guard memorial bench at their post in August 2012.

Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Holling, chief-of-the-mess of the Coast Guard’s Cleveland-Area Chiefs Mess, speaks to members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3345 during a meeting at the Strongsville, Ohio, post, March 14, 2013, as Steve Doutt, commander of the post, looks on. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi

Chief Petty Officer Steve Pigeon, executive petty officer of Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor, in Cleveland, presents a framed Coast Guard ensign to Steve Doutt, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3345, during a meeting at the Strongsville, Ohio, post, March 14, 2013. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi