In this photo released by the Coast Guard, crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell help replenish the ships supplies, food stock and fuel by participating in a vertical replenishment and fueling at sea May 1, 2009 in the Arabian Sea.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell is part of the USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group and is on a Western Pacific and Persian Gulf deployment. Boutwell's deployment will take nearly six months and cover a route circumnavigating the globe. (Coast Guard photo photo/by Petty Officer 3rd Class David R. Marin)