Thirteenth Coast Guard District selects Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year

SEATTLE – Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Stover (holding plaque) was awarded the 2009 Pacific Northwest Reserve Enlisted Person Of The Year during a ceremony held at the Coast Guard base here March 12, 2010.

In the photo (from left to right) are Reserve Command Master Chief Neil Holmdahl, Reserve Command Master Chief Wayne North, Coast Guard Reserve Forces Master Chief Jeffrey Smith, Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Stover, Rear Adm. Gary Blore, Rear Adm. Michael Seward. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David R. Marin.

SEATTLE – The Thirteenth Coast Guard District selects the 2009 Pacific Northwest Reserve Enlisted Person Of The Year (EPOY) during a ceremony held at the Coast Guard base here March 12, 2010.

The EPOY Program is designed to recognize exemplary men and women from the active and reserve enlisted work force. Nominees demonstrate sustained exceptional standards of proficiency and conduct, and their military appearance and bearing are consistently. Nominees the Coast Guard’s core values of "Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty."

Originally from Anchorage, Alaska Stover entered the Coast Guard June 2007 and is currently assigned to Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay, Ore.

Stover’s nomination read as follows:

Stover has accomplished much in a short amount of time. She completed all competencies required to advance to as well as gain her crewman qualifications on the 25-foot Response Boat, an extraordinary achievement considering boat crew qualifications alone typically average 120 days to complete. Stover has shown great enthusiasm towards taking on a leadership role at her unit and has contributed over 300 hours aiding her supervisors with the preparation and administration of training.

Stover is a full time student at Oregon State University where she is pursuing a Baccalaureate degree in Biology with special emphasis on Marine Science. Stover volunteers hundreds of hours of her time each year to help with youth educational programs or assist the less fortunate.

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