Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, a high-endurance cutter based out of Seattle, offload bales of cocaine from a recent bust at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach, Dec. 5, 2014. The cutter was designed to perform each of the Coast Guard’s missions, which include search and rescue, defense operations, law enforcement and environmental protection. Mellon patrols the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, and the Eastern Pacific down to South America. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eggers)