Coast Guard Cmdr. Lawrence Ellis, executive officer of the 378-foot Coast Guard Dallas, poses alongside Batu Kutelia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, Canada and Mexico for the Republic of Georgia Friday, June 11, 2010. Ambassador Kutelia spoke to the crew of the Charleston-based cutter, to give thanks for their efforts in partnership with the Navy destroyer USS McFaul, in which they provided humanitarian relief supplies, including hygiene items, food, milk and juice to the Georgian people during the Russia-Georgian War in August 2008. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson.)