Smallboat training off the Washington coast [Image 1 of 15]

ASTORIA, OREGON, UNITED STATES

09.24.2012

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Petty Officer 3rd Class Emma Croft, a boatswain's mate and break-in small boat coxswain aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Astoria, Ore., receives instruction from Chief Petty Officer Stacy Thomas, a boatswain’s mate and qualified coxswain, while conducting small boat training in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 24, 2012. Alert is the first 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter to have a mixed-gender enlisted workforce. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener.

• Date Taken: 09.24.2012
• Date Posted: 10.24.2012 15:27
• Photo ID: 766540
• VIRIN: 120924-G-JL323-142
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 1.95 MB
• Location: ASTORIA, OREGON, US