Petty Officer 1st Class Ron Lynn, a machinery technician aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, a 418-foot National Security Cutter homeported out of Alameda, Calif., is welcomed home by his children, Ron Lynn III and Annette Lynn, after completing a 79-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 1, 2015. Crewmembers aboard Waesche spent time off the coast of San Diego completing rigorous proficiency exercises geared toward sharpening the unit's readiness to conduct the many operations that are vital to the Coast Guard's military, homeland defense, and law enforcement missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Akiyama)