Seaman Carlos Ortega-Acevedo, a crew member assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621), performs the role of lookout while the cutter conducts at-sea exercises with French Navy Frigate FS Ventôse (F733), Sept. 29, 2024, while underway in the Windward Passage. The crew of Valiant conducted a 49-day migrant interdiction operations patrol in the region to protect life at sea and enforce U.S. maritime law. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Reese Fishbaugh)
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