U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Cari Thomas, Sea Service Leadership Association chairman of the board, delivers opening remarks at the 27th Annual Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium in Norfolk, Va., June 12, 2014. More than 800 Service members from across the world attended the symposium, which was themed “Why Do You Serve?” (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Antoinette Gibson/Released)