Welcome Aboard The CGC Northland
Counter – Narcotics Deployment - Week 6
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 6 finally brought NORTHLAND home to Virginia! We spent the first few days of our final week at sea transiting up to a closed fishing area off the coast of Maryland in hopes of finding some fishing vessels to board. On Saturday night, we had our weekly morale dinner, with Deck Department serving up the excellent cuisine this time. While the final decision hasn’t been made, some believe deck department provided the best pizza yet!
When we arrived at the regulated fishing area, we found a few fishing vessels to conduct “Living Marine Resources (LMR),” or fisheries boardings on. The boardings provided a great opportunity for many new boarding team members and boarding officers to gain experience and work towards qualification. The weather was starting to pick up though and on our final boarding of the evening, BM1 fell overboard while disembarking the fishing vessel. Fortunately, our small boat was quick to respond and safely recovered him. Thankfully, BM1 was fine and there were no injuries…he is now affectionately referred to as “Oscar.”
After all the excitement of a day full of boardings, we learned that we would need to pull into port early due to approaching bad weather. We were disappointed to have to cut our time performing the CG missions short, but also excited to be coming home a little early to be with our families for the holidays…and what a homecoming it was! Even though we pulled into the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base rather than our own homeport of Portsmouth, many families were waiting on the pier. Everyone was thrilled to see their loved ones just in time for Thanksgiving.
The crew of NORTHLAND will have the Thanksgiving holiday to spend with our families and friends before launching into our Tailored Annual Cutter Training (TACT) for the next two weeks. There will be long days, both inport and underway, full of training and drills, but it is a great way to ensure our crew and ship are ready to answer the call to duty, whenever and wherever needed..
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays to everyone!
Congratulations
Congratulations to the following NORTHLAND sailors:
SN Degener qualified as an underway Boatswain’s Mate of the Watch!
Photos
One of the Fishing Vessels that we boarded.
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BM2 Montejano, SN Degener, LTJG Tillman, SN Roach and SN Perkins await the boarding of a fishing vessel.
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Members of Deck force tend the lines during small boat operations.
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The boat crew and boarding team return from a fisheries boarding.
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The small boat enroute a fishing vessel.
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BM2 “Monty’s” family can’t wait to see him!
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Families & friends wait on the pier for the crew of NORTHLAND.
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NORTHLAND as it pulls in to Little Creek.
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Working the lines on the foc’sle.
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ET3 Newsome, ET1 DeoCampo, and ET3 Figueroa on the bridge after Special Sea and Anchor Detail (SSAD).
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SN Degener and YN3 Murrell on the helm as we pull into Virginia.
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A member of Deck Force takes a break while waiting to pull into Little Creek.
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FS3 Wright and FS3 Virag on the Sound Powered Phones.
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ENS Kapusta, FN Beers, LTJG Ferreira and EM3 Campbell as we moor up.
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SN Session and SN Lewis on the foc’sle.
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SN Hoffman keeping a sharp look out.
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FN Calkins and FN Collins at SSAD.
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CWO Legate out on deck as we pull in.
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Working the lines on the fantail.
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