Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 10.21.2017
The Coast Guard Cutter Aspen (WLB-208), a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender, is shown while conducting an international exercise with Mexican and Canadian navies in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Oct. 21, 2017. The Aspen's participation helped to strengthen international partnerships between U.S., Canadian and Mexican naval forces while degrading and disrupting transnational criminal organization......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 10.13.2017
Coast Guard members aboard two interceptor boats from the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender, maneuver in the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico during a counter-smuggling patrol, Oct. 13, 2017. Aspen’s crew seized more than 224 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $3.3 million along with the apprehension of six suspected smugglers. (U.S. Coast Guard photo......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 10.10.2017
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen (WLB-208), a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender, handle lines during interceptor boat operations, Oct. 10, 2017, in international waters in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico. The Aspen and crew covered nearly 7,000 nautical miles during a 30-day patrol, which included counter-smuggling operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William Colclough | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 09.17.2014
A Coast Guard Station San Francisco 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew completes a patrol near the 225-foot seagoing buoy tender the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen during a fast rope demonstration aboard the cutter for the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum in San Francisco Bay, Sept. 17, 2014. Cutter Aspen embarked Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft for the exercise. (U.S. Coast Guard photo......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William Colclough | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 09.17.2014
A Coast Guard Station San Francisco 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew and a pair of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego boat crews patrol near the 225-foot seagoing buoy tender the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen during a fast rope demonstration aboard the cutter for the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum in San Francisco Bay, Sept. 17, 2014. Cutter Aspen embarked Coast Guard......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William Colclough | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 09.17.2014
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen take in a view of the San Francisco skyline at the bow of the 225-foot seagoing buoy tender underway in San Francisco Bay for the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum, Sept. 17, 2014. Cutter Aspen and its crew hosted U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Colclough)...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William Colclough | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 09.17.2014
A member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego looks up the ladderwell aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen during an exercise in support of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum underway in San Francisco Bay, Sept. 17, 2014. Cutter Aspen and its crew embarked MSST San Diego and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft for the demonstration. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William Colclough | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 09.17.2014
A member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego approaches the ladder of the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen following delivery by fast rope from a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk during an exercise in support of the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum underway in San Francisco Bay, Sept. 17, 2014. Cutter Aspen and its crew embarked MSST San Diego and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft......