I really didn't mind storms. I had to say I quite liked storms sometimes, but I felt bad for all those fish that had found their death being stuck on the deck of Hammersley. And now we had to throw them all back in the water. "Red, come on, help out a little," Buffer called as he picked up a fish. ET took it from him. "Oh Buffer, you kiss me," he said in a high pitched voice, holding the fish close to Buffer's face. "Unlike some of us, ET, I've got standards," was Buffers come back and I had to laugh. "That's funny to you?" ET asked me and I just nodded. It was a well-known fact that ET was a player. Even he couldn't deny that.

"Alright you lot, I want these uppers clear for a fresh water wash down. Spider you're in charge," Buffer called before he left us to do the rest of the work. I liked fish and I really didn't mind touching them, but if there were hundreds waiting to be picked up, that was a little different. I listened to the guys talking about the storm while collecting every fish I could find.

"Hey!" I suddenly heard RO yell, "There's something big floating in the water right ahead, 200 yards." I tried to see what he was talking about. Indeed, there was something big floating in the water, but I couldn't tell what it was from the distance. Chefo called it in over the radio.

As we closed on it, I realized that the object was a container. I followed ET and RO to the CO. "Good eyes Ro," he said, "Should that be ship's lookout?" "Just a lucky spot, Sir," RO replied. "We'll need to record the container's serial number before we decide what to do with it," the CO said, "Who's up for a recky? It'll mean one of you in the drink." The guys both didn't seem like they wanted to do it. "I'll do it," I offered. "Are you sure you're up for it, Red?" the CO asked me hesitantly. "Sir, I grew up in the water," I responded. "Still, I'd rather have one of the guys go with you." So ET and RO decided who would have the honor of going in the water with me by a game of rock-paper-scissors. RO lost. I quickly went to suit up and then waited for RO at the boarding station. ET took us in on a rhib. "I can't get any closer, in case of sharp edges," ET said, "But… I'll look out for sharks." RO seemed hesitant while I just gave ET a look, before I went in the water. RO followed shortly after. I dove down under the container to see if there was a serial number, but there wasn't. Instead I found an open hatch. I signaled RO that I was going to take a look inside. But there was nothing besides water. I resurfaced, where RO and ET were already waiting. "There's nothing in it but water," I told them. "Then what's keeping it afloat?" ET asked. "An air pocket?" RO replied in an isn't-that-obvious kinda tone. ET reported what I had found over the radio while I swam around the container once more. "Hey guys," RO suddenly called, "You see that? It's some sort of vent." "Aren't containers usually sealed air tight?" I asked confused. "Yea, to keep the moisture out," RO answered. "There's gonna be plenty of moisture inside when the 50 Cal's had it, now come on you guys, we gotta get out of here," ET called. "No, I'm gonna take a look inside myself to see what's keeping it afloat," RO said. "You said it yourself, it's an air pocket." RO just ignored ET and dove back down. ET looked at me. "I'll go after him," I said and dove after RO. He seemed to have found something, He signaled for us to get back to the surface. I wanted to see what he had found. When I realized what it was, I followed RO. "…lse wall, ET. That suggests smugglers," Ro was yelling at ET when I reached the surface. "Or a partition to separate the goods," ET retorted seemingly annoyed, "Now get in the boat, we're going." RO didn't move. "Red?" ET looked at me. I sighed. "RO, it's not that suspicious…" I tried to convince him, but he still seemed hesitant. But when the XO gave us the hurry up, RO had to give up. And suddenly he turned around again. ET and I looked at each other. I sighed and followed RO again. He was pounding and calling to the container. "RO, what are you doing?" I asked getting a little irritated. "Didn't you hear that? I heard someone coughing." And he continued pounding, while ET called for us to get back in the boat. But suddenly I heard something too. I looked at RO and then at ET. "There's someone in there," I called. ET then noticed it too and quickly radioed it in.

A dingy came with bowl cutters to free the people inside this container. There were five Asians inside. We quickly brought them back to Hammersley. "Good work, Red, go get changed and warmed up," the CO said as he helped me back on board. "Thanks, Sir, I'm alright," I replied. "Go." I nodded and left to take a hot shower and get changed. I went to the galley to get myself a nice hot coffee. "How are you doing?" Buffer suddenly appeared. "I'm alright, like I said, I grew up in the water," I replied. "That's good," Buffer said, "But the CO told me to tell you to get some rest. We're on our way back to port, so you can just relax." I sighed. "I guess I should." Maybe it was just my imagination, but sometimes I thought I was being treated like a child on board. Everyone was always looking after me. Sometimes that was nice and sometimes it was quite annoying. I was a big girl after all. I didn't join the Navy for nothing.

We didn't stay in port very long, following a lead to find the ship that had lost the container with the Korean people. According to RO there was another container with people inside. There were two ships that could possibly have lost then container. When we found the first ship, I was called to be part of the boarding party.

The captain of the ship, Richard Gallagher, seemed friendly enough, he was obviously flirting with the XO. He let us search his ship and the containers. I noticed RO seemed a bit on edge. He even made a scene with the XO when he couldn't see to the back of one of the containers. I couldn't watch, so I turned to walk back to the rhib. We left the ship right after that to follow up on coast watch report.

I joined the boarding party, but what we found onboard was something I really didn't want to see. A man had been shot there. And as I gathered, Spider knew him. So when we got back to Hammersley I made him a coffee. "Thanks," Spider took the cup from my hands and I sat down next to him, "I can't believe it, I was only speaking to the guy yesterday." "What happened to his mate, Carl?" Swain asked. "They ransacked the boat and we found Sam's body, you'd think we'd have found Carl's body as well," Buffer said. "Unless this Carl bloke has something to do with it," ET threw in. "That's crap ET, you saw them. They were mates," Spider immediately defended this Carl and I gave ET a look. "How well did you know these guys?" Swain questioned Spider. "Apart from yesterday I'd only met them the once on Bright Island," Spider answered, "They seemed like pretty cool dudes." "Well, look, you know, we don't know what happened on that boat," Buffer reckoned, "They could have taken Carl with them, as a hostage or something." "Can't we keep searching instead of going after that container ship, Buff?" Spider asked. "Fed's jurisdiction now, mate. We got our own job to do," Swain replied apologetically and left along with Buffer and ET. "You alright, Spider?" I asked carefully. "Yea, I'm fine," he sighed. I put a hand on his knee. "If Carl's out there, he will be found. Let's focus on what we can do right now, hm?" I said before I left Spider as well. He probably needed some space

It took us some time but we reached the second ship. They weren't as cooperative as the first one, so we had to snatch board them. The captain didn't seem very pleased, but there was nothing he could do. And everything seemed to be in order at first. But then the XO noticed something, an air vent. The container was quickly emptied and we found the other Koreans.

Today was one of those days where I was really glad and proud to be a part of the Navy. We were able to reunite a family. And I had gone for a dive. I hadn't been diving in what felt like ages. I really needed to go on a diving trip with Noah when I got the chance. Do some sibling-bonding. We hadn't seen much of each other lately. Noah was quite busy right now, with the Diving School and his girlfriend. They were getting pretty serious. Well, Noah was getting older, so maybe it was time he got hitched…