(ABOARD USS CROMMELIN) - (from right) U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Andrew Vanskike and Lt. Nick Anderson, Fourteenth Coast Guard District enforcement and intelligence liaison officers, man the rails aboard the USS Crommelin, a Pearl Harbor-based, guided-missile frigate, as the ship departs Honolulu for a joint patrol in the Western Pacific Ocean, Monday, June 15, 2009.
The Coast Guard and Navy have shared goals of protecting the fragile ecosystems of Oceania as well as enforcing maritime laws throughout mutual areas of responsibility.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Michael De Nyse)
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