Ensign Juan Acevedo-Perez, the assistant engineering officer assigned to the USCGC Escanaba (WMEC 907), is welcomed home by family at the cutter's return to home port in Portsmouth, Virginia, Dec. 22, 2022. The Escanaba returned to home port following a 42-day Caribbean Sea patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy)