A Coast Guard crewmember aboard the Cutter James Rankin, homeported at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, works with buoy rigging equipment as part of the summer-to-winter buoy exchange operation on the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Dec. 3, 2018. The rigging equipment pictured is used to assist with buoy movement across the deck of the cutter as it engages in the buoy exchange process.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Hodges)