Coast Guard presents Public Service Commendations to St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Deputies

NEW ORLEANS - Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry, Eighth Coast Guard District commander, presents seven members of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Coast Guard Public Service Commendations at the St. Tammany Public Justice Center in Covington, La., March 29, 2010. The recipients of the Public Service Commendations are being honored for distinguished actions that promoted maritime safety and lifesaving during the Oct. 17-18, 2009, rescue of four people from a capsized vessel in Lake Pontchartrain. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young.

NEW ORLEANS - Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry, Eighth Coast Guard District commander, presents Coast Guard Public Service Commendations to seven members of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office in Covington, La., March 29, 2010. The recipients of the Public Service Commendations are being honored for distinguished actions that promoted maritime safety and lifesaving during the Oct. 17-18, 2009, rescue of four people from a capsized vessel in Lake Pontchartrain.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young.

NEW ORLEANS - St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Lt. Bryan Moore reads his Coast Guard Public Service Commendation, which was presented to him by the commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District Rear Adm. Mary Landry in Covington, La., March 29, 2010. Moore and six others were honored for their distinguished actions that promoted maritime safety and lifesaving during the Oct. 17-18, 2009, rescue of four people from a capsized vessel in Lake Pontchartrain.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young.

NEW ORLEANS - Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry, Eighth Coast Guard District commander, presents members of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Coast Guard Public Service Commendations at the St. Tammany Public Justice Center in Covington, La., March 29, 2010. The recipients of the Public Service Commendations are being honored for distinguished actions that promoted maritime safety and lifesaving during the Oct. 17-18, 2009, rescue of four people from a capsized vessel in Lake Pontchartrain. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young.

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