Families wait for the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman to finish pulling into homeport to be reunited with their loved ones during a homecoming celebration for the San Diego-based cutter at Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 24, 2014. The Sherman crew returned home after a 52-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean participating in UNITAS 2014 and conducting counter maritime drug interdiction operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Connie Terrell) |