Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 08.01.2017
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn, 5th District Public Affairs, Embedded aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Maple As the Arctic-summer wind whipped rain-soaked faces on the buoy deck of Coast Guard Cutter Maple July 23, 2017, crew members silently contemplated the significance of their roles as a large yellow ball burst to the ocean’s surface off the port bow....
