Coast Guard Cutter Forward on deployment

ATLANTIC OCEAN--Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Raymond Figueroa, a small boat coxswain, watches as Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Thomas drives a rigid hull inflatable near the Coast Guard Cutter Forward while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 24, 2011.
The Coast Guard Cutter Forward is a 270-foot medium endurance cutter home ported in Portsmouth, Va., whose missions include migrant and drug interdiction, search and rescue, law enforcement, and hurricane response.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie R. B. Elis.