PACIFIC OCEAN - Crewmembers wait patiently for a seal to leave before pulling a buoy out of the water on the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, homeported in Tongue Point, Ore., Sept. 23, 2009. The Fir will be heading up and down the coast of Oregon and Washington for two weeks conducting maintenance on several buoys. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara A. Molle)
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