USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) crew members fight a simulated class alpha fire during damage control drills amid Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2025. The cutter deployed in support of a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Bokum)