Captain First Rank Ramaz Papidze, Deputy Head of Coast Guard Department for the Republic of Georgia, raises his country's flag for the first time aboard one of two cutters transferred to the Republic of Georgia at the Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore, Md., Sept. 30, 2016. The transfer of the two U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats to the Georgian Government is a result of a long-term strategic partnership between the U.S. and Georgia. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Barney.