Friends and family members of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) wait for the cutter to return home to Alameda, California, following a nearly three-month patrol, Nov. 1, 2021. The crew patrolled more than 27,000 miles alongside partner agencies to support international cooperation for Operation North Pacific Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard’s annual Northern Pacific illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing patrol. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi.