PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Northland, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported here, throws a heaving line as the crew prepares to moor the cutter, March 20, 2012. The Northland's crew returned home from a 49-day patrol in the Carribean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill.