Petty Officer 3rd Class Emma Croft (right) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Abbea Hoehamer, boatswain's mates stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Astoria, Ore., observe small boat training while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 24, 2012. Croft and Hoehamer are the first female boatswain's mates stationed aboard a 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter. U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener.