Posted by: PA1 Sara Francis

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - Maintenance work is conducted on the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore in drydock in Ketchikan March 13, 2012. The 225-foot Cordova-based cutter is scheduled to be underway again soon and will conduct aids to navigation missions in the Wrangell Narrows. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ens. Carla Geyer.
This week Deck Watch looked at the training involved in keeping the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore, a Juniper-class buoy tender, prepared for operations.