Coast Guard Forward crew members conduct training while underway [Image 3 of 3]

COAST GUARD CUTTER FORWARD, AT SEA

09.18.2013

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse  

U.S. Coast Guard Southeast     

Ensign Lydia Monks, operations officers temporally assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Forward, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter home-ported in Portsmouth, Va., uses the sextant to plot her cutter's track line Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The sextant is used is to determine the angle between a celestial object and the horizon which is known as the object's altitude, and the data gathered can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical chart. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse)

• Date Taken: 09.18.2013
• Date Posted: 09.18.2013 20:21
• Photo ID: 1021148
• VIRIN: 130918-G-XO423-002
• Resolution: 2751x4133
• Size: 1.64 MB
• Location: COAST GUARD CUTTER FORWARD, AT SEA