171028-N-UX013-572 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 28, 2017) American mariners Tasha Fuiava, right, and Jennifer Appel, both from Honolulu, with their dogs Zeus, right, and Valentine, meet with USS Ashland (LSD 48) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Steven Wasson, center, and Executive Officer Patrick German in the captain�s cabin. Ashland, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on a routine deployment, rescued two American mariners and their two dogs who had been in distress for several months after their sailboat had a motor failure and had strayed well off its original course in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released)