U.S. Coast Guard members from the surrounding Houston area converged on the Toyota Center, located in downtown Houston, to be honored during a Houston Rockets halftime show on military appreciation night, Oct. 17, 2012.

For more than two centuries the U.S. Coast Guard has safeguarded our Nation's maritime interests in the heartland, in the ports, at sea, and around the globe.

U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Brahm