Coast Guard members assigned to Pacific Area command and Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach speak to Jane C. Conoley, California State University Long Beach president, during a memorandum of understanding ceremony Sept. 5, 2024, for the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative scholarship program. The memorandum of understanding outlines the university as a member of the Coast Guard's Minority-Serving Institution partnership program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Loumania Stewart)