Welcome Aboard The CGC Northland
Counter – Narcotics Deployment - Week 3
We join the crew of the Cutter Northland underway on a six week Counter – Narcotics deployment to the Caribbean..
ENS Kristen Potter will be keeping us updated during this deployment with weekly updates. Thanks, Kristen.
All photos are official Coast Guard photos.
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The Coast Guard Cutter Northland, homeported in Portsmouth, Va.
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Catchin' Up
Week 3 brought NORTHLAND to one of the Coast Guard’s ever-favorite ports- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a.k.a. - GTMO! As always, GTMO provided the crew with a great Navy Exchange to stock up on all the necessities and the opportunity to just relax for a couple days. In GTMO we were finally able to transfer custody of the detainees, samples of contraband, and the vessel we had been towing around the Caribbean to some other law enforcement agencies and another CG vessel. Last we heard one of our sister ships from Portsmouth were the winners of the “Tow That Vessel to Honduras” sweepstakes. GTMO definitely isn’t Aruba or Martinique, but sometimes you can’t beat being able to call home for nine cents a minute.
After some technical experts came down to help examine our generator problem it was determined that the generator needed to be replaced so we headed North to Mayport, FL for repairs. The relatively quick transit had its ups and downs…literally. NORTHLAND encountered its first rough seas of the patrol and many of the crew, especially our new sailors found themselves a little queasy. Despite the seas, the Operations Department did find one night, where the weather wasn’t so bad, and cooked up a delicious morale meal of pizza & pasta! The cooks got a well deserved night off and all of OPS department had a great time cooking for and serving the crew!
After our arrival in Mayport we were able to start our generator replacement and transfer the remaining bales of cocaine to the DEA for testing and destruction. We wanted to take pictures and share them with everyone, but were unable due to legal concerns. We’re making good progress getting the generator replaced and taking advantage of the time here in Mayport to conduct exterior maintenance and training in preparation for our Tailored Annual Cutter Training (TACT) after Thanksgiving.
Photos
SK1 Ball hard at work in the ship’s office
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FS3 Smith doing what he does best!
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SN Session and GM3 Rios at Special Sea and Anchor Detail
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SN Session, SN Hatchell, SN Diaz and FN Collins take a break after getting underway from GTMO
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YN1 Pata & SK3 Fullmore out on the foc’sle
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DC1 Sullivan makes sure to get his coffee during our early morning evolutions!
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SN Hatchell, BM2 Veverka, SN Session and SN Diaz polish the brass out on deck.
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SN Hatchell and SN Iulo pose for a picture on a beautiful day in GTMO
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BM1 Seyler-Schmidt and SNBM Daniels enjoying a day at the beach
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SN Henninger, BM2 Veverka, SN Degener, and SN Hoffman enjoy the beach!
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OSC Beckom prepares the pizza…
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OS3 Rodriguez and ENS Potter making the dessert!
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ET3 Figueroa, ET1 DeoCampo, OS2 Rivera, and OS3 Hamrah enjoy cooking for a couple hours!
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ET3 Newsome shows off his special sauce
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ET2 Fowler and OS2 Gibson serve the crew
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GM1 Mendola serves up the pizza!
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ET1 DeoCampo and OS2 Gibson handing out fresh baked cookies
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OPS Department taking their turn as cooks for the evening!
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YN1 Pata working hard?
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IT2 Canatore, BM1 Seyler-Schmidt, and ET3 Newsome making the pizza
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ETC Williamson and ET2 Edwards doing the hard work in the scullery
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LCDR Lane out on the bridge wing, ensuring the safety of NORTHLAND during our mooring evolution.
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ENS Fawcett “having fun” mooring up our ship!
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