Fireman Apprentice Ayoub Innabi is greeted by his wife and 5-month-old baby after he and the crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, a 418-foot National Security Cutter homeported out of Alameda, Calif., returned home following a 79-day patrol, 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)