Coast Guard Cutter Munro returns home following 118-day, 23,000-mile Western Pacific patrol

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Coast Guard Cutter Munro returns home following 118-day, 23,000-mile Western Pacific patrol
10/18/2023 06:12 PM EDT

ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned to their Alameda homeport Wednesday following a 23,000-mile, multi-month Western Pacific patrol operating in support of U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet by conducting multiple engagements with partner nations promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Petty Officer 1st Class Aundré Behnken, an information systems technician aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WSML 755), embraces his family on the pier at Base Alameda, California, after Munro returned home from a 118-day Western Pacific deployment, Oct. 18. 2023. Munro's crew conducted a 23,000-mile, multi-month Western Pacific patrol operating in support of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet by conducting multiple engagements with partner nations promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matthew S. Masaschi.