Friends, family, and loved ones hold up signs and wait by the shore for U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) to pull in to the pier in Alameda, California on Aug. 10, 2025. Bertholf departed Alameda on June 2, 2025 to participate in Operation Border Trident, the Coast Guard District Southwest's counter-illicit maritime activity operation near the southwest border. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley)