Derek Smith waits for his dad, Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Smith, a Boatswain's Mate assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, to return home after a 91-day deployment aboard the Waesche at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., April 21, 2013. Smith and his shipmates departed Jan. 20, 2013 and completed an 18,000-mile patrol in support of joint counter-drug operations off of California and the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart)