PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Jared Crotwell, a Cutoff, La., native and machinery technician stationed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, homeported in Everett, Wash., acts as buoy-deck supervisor for the crew of the Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender Provo Wallis, homeported in Victoria, British Columbia, Aug. 25, 2009 as part of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum Exercise. The purpose of the forum is to foster relationships between the participating nations of Canada, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and the United States. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns