Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Smith, an aviation maintenance technician from Coast Guard Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, conducts a damage overflight Sept. 15, 2021, of the Intracoastal Waterway from Galveston, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana, following Tropical Storm Nicholas. Damage assessments following major storms are essential to ensuring port infrastructures and navigable waterways are safe for vessels. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson)