Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Baird (left), an aviation survival technician at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, prepares to be lowered over Lake Miam in Kodiak, Alaska, by Petty Officer 2nd Class Samuel Hoppe (right), an aviation maintenance technician at the air station, June 17, 2026. Baird and Hoppe were practicing to hone their inland search and rescue hoisting skills in the unit’s MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bishop)