A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Astoria, Ore., prepares to lower members of an U.S. Army special forces unit from Fort Carson, Colo., down to the Coast Guard Cutter Fir during a joint-agency operational exercise near the entrance to the Columbia River, June 22, 2016.
Twelve soldiers were lowered down to the Fir, whose crew then assisted in deploying the soldiers aboard Zodiac rigid-hulled inflatable boats.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.