US Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns home following 78-day deployment in the high northern latitudes
Idoia Sáenz, a European Fisheries Control Agency inspector, and U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony Hotka, a crew member assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911), conduct a routine Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization inspection at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 5, 2023. Forward conducted a NAFO patrol and joined international partners to deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and manage valuable global fish stocks. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee)