The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) escorts the cargo ship Ocean Gladiator through the ice channel in the McMurdo Sound, Jan. 21, 2024. Every year, a joint and total force team works together to complete a successful Operation Deep Freeze season. Active, Guard, and Reserve service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and Navy work together to forge a Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica that continues the tradition of U.S. military support to the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Burgess)