Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps officer candidates enter second week of at-sea training in the Atlantic Ocean [Image 2 of 2]
Coast Guard officer candidate Wilbur McKesson speaks with classmates, April 17, 2023, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Eagle conducted a four-month summer deployment, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, to teach practical seamanship skills to the future leaders of the U.S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, foreign military personnel as well as partners from sailing organization Tall Ships America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)