Welcome Aboard The CGC Bear
On Patrol Week 2
We join the crew of the Cutter Bear underway in the Caribbean Sea on a Counter-Narcotics Patrol!
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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(left to right) LTjg Cumberland, ENS Lang, BM2 Snavely, MK3 Oren and GM3 Higgins approach a mock go-fast during Operation New Frontier workups in Mayport.
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(left to right) ENS Lang and LTjg Cumberland inspect interior compartment prior to entering.
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(left to right, top to bottom) - BMC Clark and LCDR Fiedler supervise as SN Benton, SN West and BM3 Travis place the OTH to the rail.
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(right to left) ENS Jones and LTjg Epperson signal an HH-6553C from Air Station Savannah over the flight deck during a vertical replenishment exercise while SN West and SN Komrosky get ready to attach the payload.
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SN Mackey is on the helm during flight quarters.
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(left to right) BM1 Dittiger and LTjg Clark check the radar for contacts during flight quarters.
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(left to right) SN Osborne and SN Rozier stand lookout during flight quarters.
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BEAR tie-down team members prepare a MH-68A helicopter from HITRON Jacksonville for launch.
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(right to left) LT Bukowski and LTjg Albrecht take off during daytime flight operations.
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AMT1 Kinnaman provides position information as a MH-68 helicopter prepares to land.
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(left to right) GM3 Higgins and ET2 Liebrecht guide a pallet of 76mm ammunition to BEAR's focsle while ET1 King directs the crane operator.
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(left to right) DC2 Williams and DC3 George stand by the fire hose as ET3 Graham, IT2 Dunn, ENS Worker and OS2 McGoohan transport ammunition to the magazine.
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(right to left) AET2 Paolino and AMT1 Kinnaman talk to FN Shields, DC2 Williams, MK2 Gray, LTjg Floyd, LCDR Fiedler and LTjg Clark during familiarization training on the MH-68.
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FS3 French cleans the grill after the afternoon meal.
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ET3 Myers serves as safety observer while ET2 Butler conducts boat checks on the OTH-RHIB.
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(left to right) ET2 Butler and ET2 Liebrecht perform maintenance on OTH-RHIB's HF antenna.
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(left to right) SN Derby, SN Rozier and SN Osborne clean debris off of flight deck before flight operations.
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(left to right) BMC Clark, OSC Thomes, OSC Brown and MKC Cartegena cook for Morale Night.
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(left to right) FN Medina and FN McDougal work on engineer system drawings.
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(left to right) MK3 Prado, DC1 Owen and MK2 Goodwin stand watch in Main Control.
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(left to right) SN Benton and SN Osborne perform maintenance on strobe light.
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(left to right) MK3 Oren and FN Farrand perform Damage Control Petty Officer duties on fire station.
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(left to right) DC3 Jacobs and DC2 Williams carry AMT1 Kinnaman during crash on deck drill as DC3 George observes.
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MK3 Williams checks fuel pumps on the #2 MDE.
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EM2 Quintanilla checks fire fighting nozzle as part of Damage Control Petty Officer duties.
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EM3 Priebe tags out galley circuit for maintenance.
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