MIAMI -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba pulls into Base Support Unit Miami Sept. 24, 2010, to offload 963 pounds of cocaine that was jettisoned from a vessel 21 miles south of Providencia, Colombia, Sept. 17, 2010. The suspects beached their vessel and fled on foot, evading capture. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Elgammal.
ADAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Claude Morrissey, an aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak, walks a crewman from the 580-foot bulk carrier BK Champ Sept. 21, 2010, from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to a LifeMed Air Alaska medical transport aircraft in Adak. The crewman injured his hand while in the engine room of the BK Champ and LifeMed Alaska Air personnel transported him to Anchorage for further treatment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Morris.
PACIFIC OCEAN - The Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island and Coast Guard Cutter Kukui condut a tow-training exercise during a Multi-unit Law Enforcement Patrol in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 19, 2010. The Galveston Island patrolled nearly 3,000 nautical miles providing law enforcement in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hancock Sea Mounts, and Midway Atoll. U.S. Coast Guard photo.