Chief Petty Officer Richard Bartel, of Milwaukie, Ore., scans the coast to assess the suitability of surf conditions for training at the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School, as other instructors observe, March 14, 2014. Instructors at the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School train coxswains to operate rescue boats safely in the most challenging and dangerous heavy weather surf conditions.
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