Coast Guard Petty Officer Zane Smith, an aviation maintenance technican assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Ventura, lays on the cabin floor of an Air Station Ventura MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to give conning directions to the helicopter pilots during a training flight offshore Long Beach, California, Aug. 12, 2026. The helicopter crew conducted hoist training to the Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Santa Barbara, California. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Robertson)