Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Delaet, a Coast Guard representative from the National Data Buoy Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, prepares to help supervise the launch of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather buoy from the deck of Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore at the Hinchinbrook Entrance in Alaska, Dec. 6, 2018. Delaet works with NOAA contractors and Coast Guardsmen to make sure NOAA weather buoys are launched properly. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA1 Nate Littlejohn