A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew loads a Station Valdez 25-foot Response Boat - Small at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, July 30, 2014. The boat and its crew traveled to Nome to conduct safety boardings in the Western Alaska city. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)