The deck force aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot Sea-going Buoy Tender, lifts a Zodiac rigid-hulled inflatable boat from a cargo space during a joint-agency operation off the coast of northern Oregon, June 22, 2016.
The crew of the Fir utilized its operational expertise in rigging and manuevering heavy equipment to assist an U.S. Army special forces unit from Fort Carson, Colo., in deploying for a culminating operation of a 3-week long exercise.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.