The Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot Sea-going Buoy Tender, transits near the Columbia River buoy after participating in a joint-agency operation involving the U.S. Army and Coast Guard, June 22, 2016.
Crewmembers of the Fir and Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., assisted the 10th Special Forces Group, out of Fort Carson, Colo., in the culminating operation of a 3-week long exercise.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.