With his wife, Joy, by his side, Petty Officer 2nd Class Alberto Mascarenas, an electronic technician aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, holds his daughters, 6-year-old Amelie and 3-year-old Ashley, after returning home to San Diego, March 14, 2014. The 170 Sherman crew members conducted frontline maritime drug interdiction, search and rescue operations and participated in community relations events while deployed to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell)

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