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Rese R vist Magazine Reti R ee sit R ep Sector St. Pete Reservist Retires Strike Team Reservist Given the "Helm" Long Serving Reservist Retires at Sector San Juan Capt. Mary Alice Merlin Departing Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Copeland (right) receives his shadow box during a recent retirement ceremony at Sector St. Petersburg, Fla. t he shadow box was presented by Lt Cmdr. Brian Shepard (left). BM1 d aniel a lford, a member of the a tlantic Strike t eam ( a S t ), retired following 24 years of combined active and Reserve service. He began his career as a quartermaster so the a S t crew got him a shadow box in the form of a helm as a retirement gift. BM1 a lford (left) is shown here as Y n 1 t ravis Hunt (center) and BM1 Robert Rabbit present the shadow box. CW o 4 Harold "Monty" Willaford receives the Coast g uard Commendation Medal and retirement certificate from (left) Capt. Michael B. z amperini, d eputy Sector Commander, Sector San Juan. Willaford retired on February 1, 2016, after almost 31 years of service in the Coast g uard Reserve. z amperini and Willaford are shown during the retirement ceremony on January 22, 2016, at the d elta Pier, Sector San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Willaford was assigned to Sector San Juan, e nforcement d ivision's Sector Boarding t eam since May 2013. His previous assignments included the d eployable o perations g roup, Port Security Unit 305, Coast g uard i nvestigative Services Commandant's Protection t eam, Reserve Unit York River, Reserve Unit Portsmouth, d etachment Yorktown, and Reserve Unit Milford Haven. Photo by Ricardo Castrodad o n Friday June 17, 2016, Capt. Mary a lice Merlin retired from the Coast g uard Reserve with over 30 years of service. Her shipmates from the a tlantic a rea Future o perations (35) d ivision were on hand to wish her "Fair Winds and Following Seas." Capt. Merlin is pictured here receiving her Certificate of Retirement from Rear a dm. Francis "Stash" Pelkowski, a tlantic a rea Senior Reserve o fficer. Photo by a ndy Winz, C g a uxiliary 58 RESERVIST � Issue 3 • 2016