Welcome Aboard The CGC Bear
Week Eleven
Week Eleven:
This week we join Cutter Bear as she wraps up operations off the west coast of Africa and begins her voyage home.
All photos are credited: U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer Second Class Andrew Shinn.
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The Coast Guard Cutter Bear, homeported in Portsmouth, Va.
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Samantha the penguin makes a round in the engine room of the Cutter Bear July 25. Samantha usually doesn't leave the engine control center.
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Left to right, Petty Officer 2nd Class (OS) Justin Atkins, Petty Officer 2nd Class (DC) Chris Williams, and Petty Officer 3rd Class (MK) Jonathan Williams practice shoring techniques during advanced damage control training on the Cutter Bear July 25.
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Right to left, Ensign Jorrell Webb, Petty Officer 3rd Class (MK) Peter Oren, and Petty Officer 3rd Class (BM) Malcom Holland remove a soft patch, used to stop flooding from a pipe, during advanced damage control training on the flight deck of the Cutter Bear July 25.
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Chief (MK) Walter Prim walks to the engine control center during a damage control drill on the Cutter Bear July 29.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class (FS) Chris Walker tends a hose during a firefighting drill aboard the Cutter Bear July 27.
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Seaman Randy Mazzuca stands lookout watch on the bridge of the Cutter Bear July 27 off the western coast of Africa.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class (BM) Chris Apple pipes, "Now, missle inbound, port side. All hands brace for impact," during a battle-scenario drill aboard the Cutter Bear July 29.
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Chief (EM) Ricky Davidson helps run a damage control drill aboard the Cutter Bear July 29.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class (EM) Jamie Quentanilla stands ready in the electricians' shop of the Cutter Bear during a mass-conflagration drill July 29.
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Seaman Ryan Benton mans a hose in the wardroom of the Cutter Bear during a mass-conflagration drill July 29.
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Right to left, Ensign Chris Cumberland, Ensign Scott Mitchell, Petty Officer 3rd Class (BM) Chris Apple, and Ensign Jorrell Webb hang on in the pilothouse of the Cutter Bear July 30 as the cutter steams through 14- to 16-foot swells off the coast of Africa.
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Seaman William Knight does a flip off the flight deck of the Cutter Bear during swim call off the coast of West Africa July 29.
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Seaman Ryan Benton drops a life vest into the aft steering compartment of the Cutter Bear July 25. Benton and other members of the deck force were performing preventative maintenance on the life preservers.
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Waves sprayed over the pilothouse of the Cutter Bear July 30 off the coast of West Africa.
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Left to right, Ensign Dewey Worker, Fireman Brian Griffiths, Ensign Peter Lang, Ensign Jorrell Webb, and Petty Officer 3rd Class (MK) Peter Oren test their soft patching skills during advanced damage control training on the flight deck of the Cutter Bear July 25.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class (DC) Gill Kester takes off his firefighting gear after a mass-conflagration drill aboard the Cutter Bear July 29.
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Petty Officer 1st Class (FS) Michael "Scott" Kelly relaxes under a ventilation duct on the mess deck after a mass-conflagration exercise on the Cutter Bear July 29.
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Ensign Scott Mitchell conns the Cutter Bear from the bridge July 30 off the coast of West Africa.
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Ensign Peter Lang climbs up the jacob's ladder of the Cutter Bear during swim call July 29 off the west coast of Africa.
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The Cutter Bear crashes through 14- to 16-foot waves off the coast of western Africa July 30.
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Samantha the penguin makes a round in the engine room of the Cutter Bear July 25. Samantha usually doesn't leave the engine control center.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class (GM) Josh Higgins holds in Petty Officer 2nd Class (BM) Zack Snavely's "intestines" next to a .50 caliber machine gun during a battle scenario drill aboard the Cutter Bear July 29. In the scenario, Snavely died of his simulated injuries.
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Seaman William Knight does a flip off the flight deck of the Cutter Bear during swim call off the coast of West Africa July 29.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class (DC) Steven Jacobs runs into a burning compartment during a firefighting drill aboard the Cutter Bear July 27.
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Petty Officer 1st Class (HS) Jay Wood cuts up a jack fruit he bought in Sao Tome and Principe July 25 on the mess deck of the Cutter Bear. Many members of the crew shared the fruit.
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