Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officer candidates, foreign military partner members learn seamanship skills aboard USCGC Eagle
Coast Guard officer candidate Karli Blanchard poses for a portrait, April 11, 2023, while underway aboard USCGC Eagle (WIX 327) in the Atlantic Ocean. Eagle conducted a four-month summer deployment, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, to teach practical seamanship skills to the future leaders of the U.S. Coast Guard and National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration Corps, foreign military personnel as well as partners from sailing organization Tall Ships America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)