Crew members assigned to USCGC Eagle (WIX 327) navigate one of the cutter’s 26-foot launch boats, Eagle 1, and return to Eagle during a small boat drill, April 26, 2023, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Eagle conducted a four-month summer deployment to teach practical seamanship skills to officer candidates from the U.S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, foreign military personnel, and shared best practices with sailing organization Tall Ships America, while cadets and crew facilitated diplomatic engagements with U.S. allies in Northern Europe, the Portuguese archipelagoes of the Azores and Madeira, and Bermuda. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)