Captain Al White and Chief Officer Stefan Goad share celebratory donuts on Veterans Day in California after a successful military mission overseas. Both men are United States Navy veterans and progressed up the hawsepipe through Seafarers International Union. The Keystone State is operated by Pacific-Gulf Marine for the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force.
Second Officer Paul Monks with Bosun Ali Naser stop for a much-earned break as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol inspect the Keystone State on its re-entry to the United States.
Third Mate Mitch Nixon provides hands-on path chart training with SIU AB Courtle’on Brown on the Keystone State.
AMO members aboard the Keystone State included Third Engineer Sarah Phillips, here with Second Officer Paul Monks.
The Keystone State returned home to the Bay Area in November after months away on a mission in the Far East.
