Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 04.20.2018
Family members of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast's crew file aboard the cutter after it returned to homeport at the 17th Street Pier in Astoria, Ore., April 20, 2018. While patrolling international waters off the coast of Mexico and Central America, Steadfast’s law enforcement boarding teams intercepted and stopped eight separate vessels suspected of smuggling leading to the seizure of......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 04.20.2018
Petty Officer 1st Class Marco Sanchez, a culinary specialist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, is greeted by his family upon returning to homeport at the 17th Street Pier in Astoria, Ore., April 20, 2018. Steadfast’s crew sailed over 13,000 nautical miles during their patrol enforcing maritime safety and security in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 03.02.2018
The mini-boat Pacific Lotus begins its hopeful journey across the Pacific Ocean after being launched by a small-boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast off the coast of Baja, Mexico, March, 2, 2018. Five schools from Oregon and five schools from Hachinohe, Japan are participating in a science project that will help the students better understand the ocean, currents, wind and the......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 03.02.2018
A small-boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast launches off the starboard side of the cutter during a deployment off the coast of Baja, Mexico, March 2, 2018. The boat crew launched a 5.5 foot long self righting fiberglass boat named the Pacific Lotus built by middle schoolers from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., which the middle schoolers will track using built in......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 03.02.2018
A small-boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast prepares to launch the mini-boat Pacific Lotus off the coast of Baja, Mexico, March 2, 2018, as part of an international science project involving students from various schools in Oregon and Japan. The mini-boat Pacific Lotus is one of 6 mini-boats launched off at various points along the western shore of North America that have......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.11.2018
Cmdr. Tobias Reid, commanding officer, and Chief Petty Officer Adam Greenwald, a culinary specialist, both from the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, homeported in Astoria, Ore., launch the mini-boat Boat-A-Lahti off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 11, 2018. The mini-boat Boat-A-Lahti was built by 3rd graders from Hilda Lahti Elementary School, in Knappa, Ore., and is one of 10 mini-boats that are......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.07.2018
Lt. j.g. Hanna Jansson, an officer-of-the-day aboard Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Astoria, Ore., looks at the mini-boat Pacific Lotus, after the Steadfast crew was presented the boat by middle schoolers from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., during a tour of the cutter, Feb. 7, 2018. The mini-boat will be launched during the......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest | 02.07.2018
Lt. j.g. Hanna Jansson, an officer-of-the-day, aboard Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, speaks to a group of middle schoolers from Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Ore., during a tour of the cutter homeported in Astoria Ore., Feb. 7, 2018. The middle schoolers presented a mini-boat to the crew of the Steadfast at the end of the tour, that the crew will deploy during its next......
