U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Garett Nims and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimble Peterson, two aviation survival technicians assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, conduct vertical surface training training at Pyramid rock in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Dec. 10, 2025. Coast Guard vertical surface operations are advance hoisting evolutions used when rescuing survivors from cliffs, sheer rock faces, shipside walls, jetties or other steep vertical surfaces when conventional land or water approaches are not possible. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)