Tesia and Everleigh Clark, wife and daughter of Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Clark, patiently wait for his arrival. Petty Officer Clark is a crew member aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf, a 418-foot National Security Cutter. The Bertholf returns to its home port of Alameda, December 16, 2011, after a two-month patrol to the Eastern Pacific. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sondra-Kay Rivera.