Capt. James Passarelli, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL-751), speaks with the media upon arriving in Alameda, California, after a deployment off the coasts of Central and South America, June 19, 2017. During the cutter's 58-day deployment that covered 12,000 nautical miles and patrolled international waters, the crew disrupted transnational organized crime networks through joint interagency counterdrug operations. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Prentice Danner)