Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Law, an aviation survival technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Ventura, conducts a free-fall deployment from an Air Station Ventura MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to the water during training offshore Long Beach, California, Aug. 12, 2026. Coast Guard aviation survival technicians, commonly referred to as rescue swimmers, use free-fall deployments to rapidly enter the water from a helicopter when mission and conditions require a quick response. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Robertson)