Lt. Cmdr. George Fulenwider, the engineering officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin, home-ported in Charleston, S.C., embraces his family on the pier Dec. 11, 2013. Fulenwider and the rest of the cutter's crew were reunited with their loved ones following their return from Gallatin's final patrol as a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher M. Yaw)