BM3 Olivia Morphis

When Olivia Morphis was put on light duty for a medical condition, she could have eased her work schedule and taken a seat behind a desk. Instead, she volunteered to fix small boats in the engineering shop of her unit, the Special Missions Warfare Training Center in Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Morphis is a five-year Coast Guard veteran. As an SMTC instructor, she teaches navigation and aggressive boat tactics to Coast Guard personnel and Navy mobile security forces.

But for the past year, she has worked in the engineering shop as well. She often is seen as the "face of the Coast Guard" around south eastern North Carolina, doing volunteer work and helping local retirees. She is also working toward a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.