Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.26.2023
A crowd waits to greet U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward's (WMEC 911) crew at the pier, Sept. 26, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Forward completed a two-and-a-half month-long patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean to support the Coast Guard Arctic Strategy and participate in the Canadian Armed Forces-led Operation Nanook 2023, an annual military exercise conducted to strengthen shared maritime objectives......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.26.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) approaches the pier, Sept. 26, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Forward completed a two-and-a-half month-long patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean to support the Coast Guard Arctic Strategy and participate in the Canadian Armed Forces-led Operation Nanook 2023, an annual military exercise conducted to strengthen shared maritime objectives in the high northern......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.26.2023
Family and friends of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward's (WMEC 911) crew watch the cutter approach the pier, Sept. 26, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Forward completed a two-and-a-half month-long patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean to support the Coast Guard Arctic Strategy and participate in the Canadian Armed Forces-led Operation Nanook 2023, an annual military exercise conducted to strengthen......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.26.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) approaches the pier, Sept. 26, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Forward completed a two-and-a-half month-long patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean to support the Coast Guard Arctic Strategy and participate in the Canadian Armed Forces-led Operation Nanook 2023, an annual military exercise conducted to strengthen shared maritime objectives in the high northern......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.26.2023
Petty Officer 3rd Class Davida Rosado, a crew member assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane, Petty Officers 2nd Class Delaney Smith and Kellyann Sage, both assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911), await the return of Forward's crew, Sept. 26, at the pier in Portsmouth, Virginia. Forward completed a two-and-a-half month-long patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean to support......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.26.2023
A young girl awaits the return of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911), Sept. 26, at the pier in Portsmouth, Virginia. Forward completed a two-and-a-half month-long patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean to support the Coast Guard Arctic Strategy and participate in the Canadian Armed Forces-led Operation Nanook 2023, an annual military exercise conducted to strengthen shared maritime......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.09.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Risdon, a damage controlman assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911), mans a line in the cutter small boat as it approaches Forward, Sept. 9, 2023, in the Atlantic Ocean. Forward conducted a Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization patrol and joined international partners to deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.09.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class William Rodriguez, a maritime enforcement specialist assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911), disembarks a fishing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 9, 2023. Forward conducted a Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization patrol and joined international partners to deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and manage valuable......
