May 11, 2016
Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Delano-Johnson, executive officer, Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, describes the crew's successful patrol upon returning to the cutter's homeport of Astoria, Ore., May 11, 2016.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, a 210-foot Medium-Endurance Cutter returned from a 59-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific as part of the Joint Interagency Task Force - South.
U.S. Coast Guard video by by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.
The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, a 210-foot Medium-Endurance Cutter, transits up the Columbia River and under the Astoria-Meglar Bridge as it returns to its homeport in Astoria, Ore., May 11, 2016.The Steadfast's crew returned home from a 59-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific where they disrupted drug traffic, rescued three fishermen and untangled several sea turtles from adrift fishing nets. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, a 210-foot Medium-Endurance Cutter pulls into their homeport at Pier 17 in Astoria, Ore., May 11, 2016.The Steadfast returned home from a 59-day counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific as part of the Joint Interagency Task Force - South. U.S. Coast Guard photo by by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read. Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Fields, a boatswain's mate assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, is welcomed home to Astoria, Ore., by his wife Melissa and his daughter Addison, May 11, 2016. Fields and his fellow crewmembers returned home from a 59-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific where they disrupted cocaine traffic, conducted search and rescue and untangled sea turtles from adrift fishing nets. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read. Seaman Bryan Corbin leans in to kiss his baby girl Evalynne, who is being held by Corbin's wife Rebekah, after returning to homeport in Astoria, Ore., from a 59-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, May 11, 2016. During the patrol, the Steadfast's crew rescued three fishermen from a capsized boat and several sea turtles that had been tangled in fishing nets. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read. Petty Officer 3rd Class Miguel Linares-Posadas, a storekeeper assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, holds his son Logan after returning to the cutter's homeport of Astoria, Ore., from a 59-day counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific, May 11, 2016.The Steadfast's crew disrupted more than 1,400 pounds of cocaine valued at $21 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.