U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear returns home following 56-day maritime safety and security patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear's (WMEC 901) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Brooke Millard holds a meeting in Bear's wardroom with the Colombian Chief of Naval Operations Vice Adm. Orlando Enrique Grisales Franceschi, U.S. Coast Guard Director of Joint Interagency Task Force South Rear Adm. Mark Fedor, U.S. Coast Guard Seventh District Commander Rear Adm. Douglas Schofield, and the Columbian Commander of the Caribbean Naval Force Vice Admiral Hernando Enrique Mattos Dager. Bear's crew cross-trained with the Colombian Navy, sharing maritime safety and security tactics. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Melody Silva)