Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot Sea-going Buoy Tender, used their rigging expertise and heavy-weight crane to assist an U.S. Army special forces unit in transporting and maneuvering Zodiac rigid-hulled inflatable boats during a joint-agency operation near Astoria, Ore., June 22, 2016.
The Coast Guard and U.S. Army mutually benefitted from the operational exercise that tested the capabilities of both services.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.