KARACHI, Pakistan -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Phillips, an electronics technician aboard Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, looks toward land to get a fixed bearing as the Boutwell departs the pier here, March 9, 2009. The Alameda-based cutter is deployed as part of the USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group and is scheduled to circumnavigate the globe during a patrol that will last nearly six months.(Coast Guard photo/by Petty Officer 3rd Class David R. Marin)