Welcome Aboard The CGC Bear
Homecoming
Homecoming:
We join Cutter Bear as she arrives home. It has been a pleasure "tagging along" with the Captain, Officers and crew of Cutter Bear This is our final report for this series.
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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Friends and family greet the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear upon the crew's Aug. 15 return from a historic 90-day deployment to Africa.
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The Bear sits at the pier in Portsmouth while a crewmember checks the shore tie, which links the boat to land-based power, after a homecoming ceremony Aug. 15 in Portsmouth, Va.
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One of the Bear's first class petty officers greets a loved one on returning to Portsmouth, Va., Aug 15.
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Vice Adm. Vivien Crea awards a unit commendation medal to the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear Aug. 15 in Portsmouth, Va., for their historic 90-day deployment to Northern and Western Africa. Fireman Andrew Shields accepted the award on behalf of the crew.
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