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Master Chief Petty Officer Charles Lindsey (top right), command master chief of the Coast Guard 13th District, and Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich, commander of the Coast Guard 13th District, accept a Seattle Seahawks 12th Man flag from the Air Force 446th Airlift Wing during a ceremony held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 9, 2014. The Seattle Seahawks organization adopts a local military unit each year to show appreciation for the service members' dedication to their country and the team. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer. |
SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks organization formally adopted the Coast Guard 13th District during a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Tuesday.
Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich, commander of the Coast Guard 13th District, accepted the honor from the Air Force 446th Airlift Wing, last year’s honored unit.
More than a dozen Seahawks players and members of the team’s cheerleading squad, the Seagals, met with hundreds of military members, signed autographs and posed for photographs.
Gromlich was also presented with a 12th Man flag during the ceremony. It will be flown from various Coast Guard units throughout the Pacific Northwest in support of the Seattle Seahawks.
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Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich (left), commander of the Coast Guard 13th District, poses with Seattle Seahawk football players and cheerleaders, and a boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Seattle, in front of a 25-foot Response Boat -- Small following a ceremony in which the Coast Guard 13th District was formally adopted by the Seattle Seahawks organization at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 9, 2014. The Coast Guard 13th District is the third local military unit to be adopted by the Seattle Seahawks organization. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer. | Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Gonzales, a yeoman assigned to the Coast Guard 13th District Auxiliary division, speaks with Seattle Seahawks players Terrance Parks (right) and Rashaun Allen following a ceremony in which the Coast Guard 13th District was formally adopted by the Seattle Seahawks organization at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 9, 2014. During the event, Seattle Seahawks players and cheerleaders, the Seagals, signed autographs and posed for photos with members of the Air Force and Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer. | Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich (left), commander of the Coast Guard 13th District; retired Coast Guard aviator Michael Flood (right), a member of the Seattle Seahawks organization; Master Chief Petty Officer Charles Lindsey, command master chief of the Coast Guard 13th District and an aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., pose for a photo with a Seattle Seahawks 12th Man flag in front of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter following a ceremony in which the Coast Guard 13th District was formally adopted by the Seattle Seahawks organization at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 9, 2014. The 12th Man flag will be flown by various units throughout the Coast Guard 13th District to show support for the Seattle Seahawks. U.S.. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer. |