A USCGC Kukui (WLB 203) boarding team, with a shiprider from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, approaches the fishing vessel Lomato in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 29, 2015. The Coast Guard executes bilateral agreements with nine Pacific Island countries allowing the service to engage in bilateral maritime operations where a law enforcement officer rides aboard a Coast Guard platform, usually a cutter, enforces their own nation’s exclusive economic zone with the Coast Guard’s support. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCGC Kukui/Released)