A USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910) boarding team approaches an overcrowded, homemade vessel with 31 Cuban migrants aboard, adrift in the Florida Straits, March 11, 2023. Thetis’ boarding team provided the passengers with lifejackets prior to embarking them onto the cutter’s small boat and transferring them to Thetis. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class William Slade)