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Lt. Tessa Clayton (center), a helicopter pilot at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, cuts the cake at the New Orleans Chef’s Salute to Our Armed Forces hosted by the Navy League at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, June 11, 2015. For five years, chefs around New Orleans have shown support for America’s military by serving their specialty entrees to veterans free of charge, and by recognizing the enlisted service members of the year for each respective branch of the U.S. armed forces.