The hands of Boatswain Mate Third Class Derrick E. Borel, 24, of Bridge City,Tx., after working all day on the buoy deck onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Walnut, homeported in Honolulu, HI., April 19, 2003.
The crew of the Walnut has been working dawn to dusk replacing buoys in the Khawr Abd Allah waterway to ensure safe transit for vessels sailing to the port of Umm Kusr including vessels bringing humanatarian aid to the people of Iraq.