Coast Guard Capt. Steven Whittrock, Coast Guard Cutter Sherman’s commanding officer, addresses the audience during the Sherman’s decommissioning ceremony in Honolulu, Mar. 29, 2018. The Sherman’s nearly half-century long operation resume includes combat action in the Vietnam War, record-setting cocaine seizures and a number of fisheries, law enforcement and search and rescue cases from the Eastern Pacific to the Bering Sea. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew S. Masaschi.