"As part of her routine duties, Coast Guard Lt. Jessica Shafer, 39, served as crewman aboard a 47-foot motor lifeboat for a joint helicopter training mission in June. Shafer was installed as the first female commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment near Ilwaco last year. The Coast Guard's stout, aluminum""47s,"" two of which operate out of Cape D, hold a special place in her heart. ""She does exactly what you want her to do when you want her to do it,"" Shafer says of the boat. ""She brought me home a couple times when she shouldn't have been running."" (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)"
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