Seaman Sarah Huddleston (l.), of Frederick, Colo., and Seaman Brittani Williams, of Modesto, Calif., prepare to get underway on a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat for a day of heavy weather surf training in the “Graveyard of the Pacific,” March 13, 2014. The Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School trains small boat coxswains to operate rescue boats safely in the most challenging and dangerous surf conditions. Williams, assigned to Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, was at NLMBS to gain boat crew experience.