Petty Officer 2nd Michael Bowen greets his family after returning home aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL-751). The Waesche returned to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California after a its crew conducted a 58-day counter narcotic deployment off the coasts of Central and South America, disrupting transnational organized crime networks through counter-narcotic operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Prentice Danner)