Coast Guard Cutter Elm delivers 28,000 pounds of supplies to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

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VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard Cutter Elm delivers 28,000 pounds of supplies to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

 

U.S. Coast Guard Delivers 28,000 lbs of Supplies to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
Lt. Cmdr. Kelly Nolan, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Keeper Class buoy tender homeported at the Sector Field Office at Fort Macon, North Carolina, discusses the plan of the day with Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Montgomery, a deck crewmember aboard the cutter, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 at Coast Guard Sector San Juan, Puerto Rico. The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Keeper Class buoy tender homeported at the Sector Field Office in Fort Macon, North Carolina, deliver 28,000 lbs of supplies in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico for distribution to the victims of Hurricane Maria, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Keeper Class buoy tender homeported at the Sector Field Office in Fort Macon, North Carolina, deliver 28,000 lbs of supplies in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico for distribution to the victims of Hurricane Maria, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. A crewmember aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Keeper Class buoy tender homeported at the Sector Field Office at Fort Macon, North Carolina, prepares to arrive and deliver 28,000 lbs of supplies in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico for distribution to the victims of Hurricane Maria, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.

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The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot Keeper Class buoy tender homeported at the Sector Field Office in Fort Macon, North Carolina, deliver 28,000 lbs of supplies in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico for distribution to the victims of Hurricane Maria, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. The supplies were half food and half water, and will be distributed by the community leaders of Vieques to the victims of Hurricane Maria. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)

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