Chief Warrant Officer Donald Holcomb of the USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752), prepares to rendezvous with and the RKS Teanoai (301) crew and conduct a training exchange in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 7, 2019. They conducted maneuvers with the Teanoai crew, to include the launch and maneuvering of a Stratton small-boat alongside the 103-foot Teanoai in 5 to 6-foot seas with 4 foot swells. Stratton’s embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched from the cutter and conducted an overflight of the vessels to demonstrated hoist operations.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir/Released)