Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point offload a Hawaiian monk seal from an HC-130 Hercules airplane at Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, Sept. 9, 2015. Coast Guard crews, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration transported the seal to a monk seal rehabilitation facility in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island operated by The Marine Mammal Center (California). NOAA has authorized the 14th Coast Guard District to collect and release imagery under the authority of NMFS Permit No. 18786. (U.S. Coast Guard photo illustration/Released)