A Coast Guardsman pulls in the bowline to assist the 378-foot U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman moor up at its home port in San Diego, March 14, 2014. The 170 Sherman crew members spent 50 days away from their families and friends on patrol conducting frontline maritime drug interdiction and search and rescue operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell)