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Date: January 6, 2011

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Coast Guard Academy superintendent discusses award

Coast Guard Rear Adm. J. Scott Burhoe asks 4-year-old Madison LaForte Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, if she had a chance to hold a bear statue her father received during a ceremony at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. LaForte's father received a Spirit of the Bear Award, which is awarded to those individuals at the academy who exemplify the service's core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty, as recognized by their peers. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

Coast Guard Rear Adm. J. Scott Burhoe asks 4-year-old Madison LaForte Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, if she had a chance to hold a bear statue her father received during a ceremony at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn.

LaForte's father received a Spirit of the Bear Award, which is awarded to those individuals at the academy who exemplify the service's core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty, as recognized by their peers.

U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

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