The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, homeported in San Francisco, recovers fast sweep boom after oil skimming operations in the Gulf of Mexico less than one mile from the shoreline, June 28, 2010. The cutter Aspen is one of several Coast Guard cutters skimming oil in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the ongoing Administration-wide effort to combat the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Shea Winterberger.