Coast Guard Forward crew members conduct training while underway [Image 3 of 3]

COAST GUARD CUTTER FORWARD, AT SEA

09.18.2013

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse  

U.S. Coast Guard District 7     

Ensign Lydia Monks, operations officers temporally assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Forward, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter home-ported in Portsmouth, Va., uses the sextant to plot her cutter's track line Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The sextant is used is to determine the angle between a celestial object and the horizon which is known as the object's altitude, and the data gathered can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical chart. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse)

• Date Taken: 09.18.2013
• Date Posted: 09.18.2013 20:21
• Photo ID: 1021148
• VIRIN: 130918-G-XO423-002
• Resolution: 2751x4133
• Size: 1.64 MB
• Location: COAST GUARD CUTTER FORWARD, AT SEA