A member of the South Carolina Patriot Guard Riders holds an American flag while standing on a pier in Charleston, S.C., Dec. 11, 2013, to welcome the high endurance cutter USCGC Gallatin (WHEC 721) and its 170-member crew as the ship returns to Charleston after completing its final patrol. U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to the Gallatin seized more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $34 million during the patrol.