Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Matthew Tuten

Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Matthew Tuten already has a demanding, full-time job as one of a handful of electricians supporting 48 Coast Guard vessels from Mississippi to Florida. But in his off-time, if you can call it that, he's a volunteer firefighter in Loxley, Ala., as well as an emergency medical technician for a private ambulance service.

"I’ve never seen anybody do as much as he’s done in the past year in my entire military career, with his dedication to the community, to the service," Senior Chief Machinery Technician Douglas Melvin told Navy Times.

As one of only two electricians at Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Alabama, qualified to work on the Coastal Patrol Boat, Tuten is subject to recall around the clock if one of them breaks down.

About half a dozen times during his last two years at Sector Mobile, he's had to drop what he was doing to come in -- and often, that means leaving his volunteer firefighter or EMS jobs, where he regularly spends upwards of 20 hours a week.

"For his ability to be able to turn it on and off at a moment’s notice, for him to be able to switch between the fire department, the EMT and the Coast Guard… for him to be able to use his experience on a collateral duty basis within the Coast Guard and in the community is a big thing for me," Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Childers, Tuten's engineering officer, told Navy Times.