U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Sojka, an aviation survival technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, hoists up to a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter during vertical surface training in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Dec. 10, 2025. Coast Guard helicopter crews utilize vertical surface operations to place a rescue swimmer against a vertical surface to climb, traverse or stabilize on the feature to reach a victim in distress. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)