Welcome Aboard The CGC Bear
On Patrol - Week Four
We join the crew of the Cutter Bear during week four as she continues her Counter-Narcotics patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
Ensign Peter Lang is 'our man' aboard Cutter Bear sending us reports while
LT Charlie Marino and ETC Noel Stakes are busy snapping photos. Keep checking back because we intend to update
these 'reports' often.
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The Coast Guard Cutter Bear, homeported in Portsmouth, Va.
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(right to left) YN2 Almodovar and YN1 Leblond discuss the day's work in the Ship's Office.
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BM2 Pollard takes a fix on the bridge.
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A crew member examines a piece of equipment in the engine room.
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ET1 King works on the OSS.
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(left to right) ENS Lang and SN West scrub down the fos'cle during the fresh water washdown.
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(right to left) OS2 McGoohan, OS2 Yonk, OS3 Clifford, SN West, SN Kane and BM2 Snavely wash down the flight deck.
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FS3 French prepares biscuits for the evening meal.
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(left to right) SK3 Claiborne, BM2 Pollard, BM3 Apple, SN Manresa, SN West, BM1 Dittiger and ENS Webb prepare to anchor in Cartegena, Colombia.
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(right to left) SN Osborne steers the ship while ENS Santos completes a compass check.
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ENS Webb receives a phone call on the bridge.
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LTJG Mitchell supervises the onload of fuel in Colon, Panama.
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ENS Lang stands the Force Protection watch on the flight deck in Cartegena, Colombia.
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(right to left) OS1 Cifers and FS3 Love serve the Thanksgiving Feast to MK2 Heisler and IT2 Schetter.
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(left to right) BM1 Dittiger, OS2 Massey, ET2 McKnight and MK3 Oren feast on the Thanksgiving meal.
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(left to right) FS2 Montgomery, FS3 Love, FS2 Walker, FS3 French, FS1 Kelly, FSC Williams and OS1 Cifers take a group picture before serving the Thanksgiving meal.
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MK3 Prado uses a die in the DC Shop.
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SN Mackey climbs up the ladder from the Boatswain Hole to the foc'le.
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BM3 Apple looks at the charts for Cartegena, Colombia.
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ET3 Graham realigns the synchros inside MK 92 CAS Radon.
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BEAR crewmembers put over the brow in Colon, Panama.
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(left to right) Jon Hughes, AST2 Vail and CDR Hastings remove corroded rotor blades from the MH-68A Stringray helicopter.
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DC3 Jacobs watches as BEAR crewmembers bring the fuel barge alongside in Panama.
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(left to right) SN Komrosky and FS1 Kelly clean the messdeck.
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SN Griffiths wipes down the scullery.
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ENS Worker relieves the Deck and the Conn for the first time ever.
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