Coast Guard Fireman Molly Schoenstein explains why she serves aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911), homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 20, 2023. Schoenstein has joined her fellow crew members for a portion of the cutter’s two-and-a-half month Arctic patrol between early July and late September to support U.S. partners in the high northern latitudes. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee)