25-foot response boat, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

PUGET SOUND - Crewmembers aboard a 25-foot Response Boatl from Coast Guard Station Seattle return to base after participating in Response Boat Tactics Techniques and Procedures training here, Nov. 10, 2009. Coast Guardsmen perform such operations in order to qualify as crewmembers and once qualified to keep up their operational readiness. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David R. Marin.