171025-N-UX013-334 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 25, 2017) Jennifer Appel, from Honolulu, recalls her experience to Lt. j.g. Cody Colbert, the boat officer who aided in the rescue of her and another distressed mariner, aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on a routine deployment, rescued two American mariners who had been in distress for several months after their sailboat had a motor failure and had strayed well off its original course while traversing the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released)