Petty Officer 3rd Class, William Allen, an Alabama native looks down towards oil being collected by the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper’s Shipboard Oil-Recovery System, June 11. Allen volunteered to help his shipmates aboard the Juniper after returning from oil-skimming operations Friday morning aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Elm. The Juniper, homeported in Newport, R.I., began oil-skimming operations off the Florida and Alabama coasts Friday.