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Week Twelve
Week Twelve:
This week we join Cutter Bear as she makes a final port call at Funchal, Madeira before crossing the Atlantic toward their homeport of Portsmouth, Va.
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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Petty Officer 1st Class (DC) J.C. Owen lines up at quarters August 1.
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Petty Officer 1st Class (MK) Clifford "Buddy" Taylor lines up at quarters August 1.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class (MK) Jonathan Williams receives his crows for the first time on the flight deck of the Cutter Bear. Williams was advanced to the rank of 3rd Class Petty Officer on August 1st.
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Members of the main propulsion department pose with the prop-wash behind them August 2. The prop wash is evidence that the main prop department is doing their job. They are, from left to right, FN Andrew Shields, MK1 John Riggs, MK1 Buddy Taylor, MKC Walter Prim, FN Michael Lagasca, FN Chris Young, FN Brian Griffiths, and MK3 Jonathan Williams.
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Ensign Peter Lang gets his first look at the port of Funchal, Madiera as the Cutter Bear pulls in August 2.
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Cmdr. Brendan McPherson talks with Lt. Cmdr. Brian Fiedler on the bridge of the Cutter Bear as the cutter pulls into Funchal, Madiera August 2. McPherson departed the cutter in Madeira for a billet at Coast Guard Headquarters and turned the executive officer job over to Fiedler.
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Seaman Sergio Savain waits to take the brow aboard the Cutter Bear as the cutter prepares to leave the port of Funchal, Madeira August 5.
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A tug assists the Cutter Bear out of the port of Funchal, Madeira August 5 as the morning sun lights the city. The crew of the Bear stopped in Funchal for a much-needed end-of-patrol break before crossing the Atlantic toward their homeport of Portsmouth, Va.
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Petty Officer 1st Class (MK) Marvin "Tiny" Sharpe prepares to man the rail of the Cutter Bear and render honors to the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as the two ships passed in the port of Funchal, Madeira August 5.
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The Coast Guard Barque Eagle passes the Cutter Bear in the port of Funchal, Madeira. The Bear is finishing a three-month deployment to northern and western Africa under the auspices of the Navy's Sixth Fleet.
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The Coast Guard Barque Eagle passes the Cutter Bear in the port of Funchal, Madeira. The Bear is finishing a three-month deployment to northern and western Africa under the auspices of the Navy's Sixth Fleet.
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Seaman Mark Erwin stands a security watch aboard the Cutter Bear in Funchal, Madeira August 5 as the cutter prepares to get underway to head to its homeport of Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Petty Officers 1st Class (HS) Jay Wood and (ET) Michael King stand by to render honors to the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle aboard the Cutter Bear as the two ships pass in the port of Funchal, Madeira August 5.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class (OS) Brent Massey renders honors to the Coast Guard Barque Eagle from the Cutter Bear as the two ships passed in the port of Funchal, Madeira. The Bear is finishing a three-month deployment to northern and western Africa under the auspices of the Navy's Sixth Fleet.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class (OS) Brent Massey renders honors to the Coast Guard Barque Eagle from the Cutter Bear as the two ships passed in the port of Funchal, Madeira. The Bear is finishing a three-month deployment to northern and western Africa under the auspices of the Navy's Sixth Fleet.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class (GM) Kalvin Howie stands by a fender line as the Cutter Bear pulls into Funchal, Madeira August 2.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class (MK) Jonathan Williams and Fireman Chris Young listen at quarters after Williams was promoted to the rank of 3rd Class Petty Officer.
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