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Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--SA John Parmet stops to play with a Haitian child aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless (WMEC 624) during an AMIO patrol. USCG photo by PA2 David M. Santos

Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--BM3 Marcus Compton gets a lesson in creole (language of Haiti) from some haitian refugees picked up by the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless. USCG photo by PA2 David M. Santos

Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--A little haitian boy on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless. USCG photo by PA2 David M. Santos

Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--Haitian refugees sit on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless (WMEC 624) while more are brought aboard. USCG photo by PA2 David M. Santos

Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--SN Ed Seifert waits as more Haitian refugees are brought aboard the RHI (rigid hull inflatable) before heading back to Port Au Prince, Haiti aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Daunt More

Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) agents and Coast Guardsmen try to pursuade the last few crewmembers to leave the sailboat and come aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Da More

Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--BM1 Tom Stanford helps a young Haitian boy into a RHI (rigid hull inflatable) boat on the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless (WMEC 624) as the refugees are sent back to Haiti. USCG More

Off the coast of Haiti (June 30)--A group of Haitians are picked up by the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless (WMEC 624). USCG photo by PA2 David M. Santos

Between Haiti and Florida Keys (July 2)--A Coast Guard crewmember removes a lifevest from Haitian migrant who was just interdicted at sea. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

Off the coast of Haiti (Nov. 10)--A Coast Guardsman holds two haitian children during a boat ride back to the Coast Guard ship. USCG photo by PA1 Steve Sapp

Off the coast of Haiti (Nov. 10)--Haitian refugees many children relax after their journey on the flight deck of a Coast Guard cutter. USCG photo by PA1 Steve Sapp

Off the coast of Haiti (Nov. 10)--Haitian refugees scramble to get aboard a Coast Guard small boat after spending several days at sea. USCG photo by PA1 Steve Sapp

Off the coast of Haiti (Nov. 10)--Haitian refugees scramble to get aboard a Coast Guard small boat after spending several days at sea. USCG photo by PA1 Steve Sapp

Off the coast of Haiti (Nov. 25)--A group of haitian refugees wait to be brought aboard a Coast Guard cutter. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

Off the coast of Haiti (Nov. 25)--Coast Guard personnel get ready to bring Haitian refugees aboard their small boat. USCG photo by PA2 David Oney

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Nov. 30)--A haitian mother nurses her baby while in one of the camps at Guantanmo Bay, Cuba's tent city. USCG photo by PA3 Eric Eggen

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Nov. 30)--After haitian refugees are intercepted at sea by the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) they are relocated to camps in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. USCG photo by PA3 Eric Eggen

Off the coast of Haiti (Nov. 30)--A haitian sailboat loaded with haitian refugees is intercepted by the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903). USCG photo by PA3 Eric Eggen

(Dec. 1) - SN McVicker and SN Goode help a woman onboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Harriet Lane during alien interdiction operations in the Windward Passage. USCG photo by EGGEN, ERIC PA3.

(Dec. 1) - A Haitian refugee mother nursing her baby at Guantanamo Bay's tent city. USCG photo by EGGEN, ERIC PA1.

(Dec. 1) - Guantanamo Bay's tent city, a Haitian refugee camp. USCG photo by EGGEN, ERIC PA3.

(Dec. 1)-- FT2 John Perez examines a Haitian migrants onboard the CGC Harriet Lane. USCG photo by EGGEN, ERIC PA1

(Dec. 1) - Guantanamo Bay's tent city, a Haitian refugee camp. USCG photo by EGGEN, ERIC PA3.

Off the coast of Haiti (Dec. 15)--Two crewmen from the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) work to disassemble the sails on an haitian sailboat. USCG photo by PA3 Eric Eggen

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Dec. 15)--Haitians pass the day away awaiting processing in a tent city at the naval base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. USCG photo by PA3 Eric Eggen

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Dec. 15)--Haitians pass the day away awaiting processing in a tent city at the naval base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. USCG photo by PA3 Eric Eggen

Off the coast of Haiti (Dec. 15)--A haitian sailboat is shadowed by the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) before being interdicted at sea. USCG photo by PA3 Eric Eggen

(Jan. 6) - Haitian migrants picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk (WMEC-913) are given a chance to shower. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

Off the coast of Haiti (Jan. 6)--An over-loaded Haitian sailboat heads to sea in the Windward Passage. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

(Jan. 6) - An overloaded Haitian sailboat heads out to sea in the Windward Passage. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Jan. 6) - A crewman on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk scans the horizon for Haitian migrants. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

Off the coast of Haiti (Jan. 6)--A smallboat from the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) ferries an interpreter over to a Haitian boat to direct Haitian migrants onto a Coast Guard ship. USCG photo by PA2 Ro More

(Jan. 6) - Haitians being picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Jan. 6) - ET2 Greg S. Sihambrecht helps carry sick female migrant to emergency aid station onboard U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk (WMEC-913). USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2

Off the coast of Haiti (Jan. 6)--A Haitian child enjoys food served aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) after being interdicted at sea. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

(Jan. 6) - U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk (WMEC-913) picking up Haitian migrants at sea from an overcrowded sailing vessel in the Windward Passage. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Jan. 6) - Detective Gary C. Eugene of Miami P.D. serving as an interpreter for Haitian migrants onboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk (WMEC-913). USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Jan. 6) - U.S. Coast Guard members onboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk (WMEC-913) work to provide migrants shade from tropical sun. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Jan. 6) - Corpsmen onboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk prepare to transport a sick Haitian migrant to makeshift sickbay. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Jan. 6) - The migrant's boats are disposed of at sea because they are too unseaworthy and cannot be towed back to Haitia. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

Between Haiti and Florida Keys (Jan. 12)--The Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) patrols the Windward Passage, an area between Haiti and the Florida Keys, for Haitian migrants. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

Between Haiti and Florida Keys (Jan. 12)--A crewmember on the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) scans the horizon for Haitian migrants as they patrol the Windward Passage, an area between Haiti and the Flori More

Between Haiti and Florida Keys (Jan. 12)--Haitian migrants interdicted at sea are given new toothbrushes to use by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913). USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

Port au Prince, Haiti (Jan. 20)--Port au Prince, Haiti is where most of the Haitians are disembarked when repatriated back to their country. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

(Feb. 1) - A smallboat from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk ferries an interpreter to direct Haitian migrants onto a Coast Guard cutter. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2

Guatanamo Bay, Cuba (Feb. 3)--Many media gather at the pier at the Naval Base in Guatanamo Bay, Cuba to document the beginning of forced repatriation of Haitian migrants. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

(Feb. 6) - A Subsistence Specialist prepares rice, chicken and egg mixture for Haitians to eat onboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Feb. 6) - Haitian migrants using new toothbrushes given out by crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Feb. 6) - The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Northland pulls into Gtmo Bay, Cuba Naval Station. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Feb. 6) - Haitian migrants being offloaded from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) to be returned to Haiti. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Feb. 6) - Media gather the news as the U.S. Coast Guard begins forced repatriation of Haitian migrants. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Feb. 6) - Exhausted from his journey and ordeal in a small sailboat at sea, a Haitian migrant falls asleep on deck of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

(Feb. 6) - A Haitian migrant child enjoys food served on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2.

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Feb. 6)--The Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) pulls into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Station to assist in Haitian migrant interdiction operations. USCG photo by PA2 Robin Ressler

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DISTANT HAVEN Base: Camp Ayoko Country: Suriname (SUR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Greg Suhay Release Status: Released to P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. M.T. Huff Release Status: Released to Publi More

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants are given blankets aboard a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants are brought aboard a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Coast Guard members take information from Cuban migrants brought aboard a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants are given a square meal aboard a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants are helped on deck of a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants line the deck of a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants line the deck of a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--A Coast Guard member takes information from Cuban migrants brought aboard a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants are brought aboard a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

FLORIDA STRAITS (Sept. 2, 1994)--Cuban migrants are given a square meal aboard a Coast Guard cutter during Operation Able Vigil, Sept. 1994. USCG photo by PA1 Don Wagner

Between Cuba and Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--Crewmembers from Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and a navy personnel discuss plans during Operation Able Vigil off the coast of Cuba. Operation Able Vi More

Cuba and Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--A coast guardsman from LEDET 1 (Law Enforcement Detachment) transport cuban migrants to a navy ship during Operation Able Vigil. Operation Able Vigil got underway in mid-Augus More

Between Cuba and Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--The Coast Guard Cutter Mantinicus (WPB 1315) patrols the waters off the coast of Cuba alongside a navy ship during Operation Able Vigil. Operation Able Vigil got under More

Between Cuba and the Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--A coast guardsman from LEDET 1 (Law Enforcement Detachment) transport cuban migrants to a navy ship during Operation Able Vigil. Operation Able Vigil got underway More

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Sept. 19)--A Navy patrol boat, the Whidbey Island, moors alongside a Coast Guard cutter before the cutter gets underway assisting in Operation Able Vigil between Cuba and the Florida Keys. More

Between Cuba and Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--The Coast Guard Cutter Mantinicus (WPB 1315) patrols the waters off the coast of Cuba alongside a navy ship during Operation Able Vigil. Operation Able Vigil got under More

Between Cuba and the Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--A coast guardsman from LEDET 1 (Law Enforcement Detachment) transport cuban migrants to a navy ship during Operation Able Vigil. Operation Able Vigil got underway More

Cuba and Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--Cuban migrants relax onboard a Coast Guard cutter after being interdicted at sea during Operation Able Vigil. Operation Able Vigil got underway in mid-August when the number o More

Cuba and Florida Keys (Sept. 19)--A coast guardsman from LEDET 1 (Law Enforcement Detachment) transport cuban migrants to a navy ship during Operation Able Vigil. Operation Able Vigil got underway in mid-Augus More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: AIRMAN 1ST Class Vince Jones Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PO2 Wendy Hamme Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PO2 Wendy Hamme Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PO3 Lou Caporaletti, Jr. Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PO3 Lou Caporaletti, Jr. Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PO3 Lou Caporaletti, Jr. Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Vince Jones Release Status: Released to Publi More

Miami Beach, FL (July 12)--Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Vashon (WPB 1308), homeported in San Juan, PR, take on Cuban migrants after their vessel was stopped about 15 miles east of Miami Beach, Fla. More

Miami Beach, FL (July 12)--Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutters Baranoff (WPB 1318) and Vashon (WPB 1308) rescue 16 Cuban migrants from an unseaworthy homemade sailboat about 15 miles east of Miami Beach, F More

Midway Island, North Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 28) -- TC2 Maurice Frazier, CGC Jarvis, stands a vigilant guard during the migrant offload at the atoll. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutters Kukui and More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- Migrants aboard the Yu Xing cling to their life's belongings, waiting for their unknown fate at Midway. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutters K More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands -- Migrants living inside the Yu Xing's cargo hold wait for their offload at Midway. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutters Kukui (WLB-203) and Jarvis (WHEC- More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- The cutter Kukui (WLB-203) successfully completes a side tow with disabled vessel Yu Xing. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutters Kukui and Jarv More

Midway Island, North Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 28)--TC2 Maurice Frazier, Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis (WHEC-723), stands a vigilant guard during the migrant offload at the atoll. On Aug. 24, boarding team members fro More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- A used hypodermic needle lays on the ground while HSC Bob Longo of Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis (WHEC-723) and an INS agent tries to stabilize an undocumented More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) --A Coast Guard boarding team member marks an ""E" on the arm of a suspected enforcer. On Aug. 24, boarding teams members from the cutters Kukui and Jarvis de More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- An Asian migrant ponders his fate. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutters Kukui and Jarvis detained more than 75 undocumented Asian migrants no More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- Migrants aboard the Yu Xing wear numbered bands during their offload at Midway. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutters Kukui (WLB-203) and Jarvi More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- The 140-foot coastal freighter Yu Xing arrives with the cutter Kukui (WLB-203) at Midway. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutters Kukui and Jarvi More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- The Yu Xing's empty cargo hold, lined with about a 1-1/2 ft. of sand, is littered with remnants of a foiled smuggling operation. On Aug. 24, boarding team m More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- SK2 Astru Cruz, Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, helps a migrant climb from the Yu Xing's cargo hold at Midway. On Aug. 24, boarding team members from the cutter More

Midway Island, Northern Hawaiian Islands (Aug. 27) -- HSC Bob Longo, Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, and Immigration and Naturalization Service agents attempt to stabilize an undocumented migrant who suddenly had a More