Seaman Dax Vines awaits instruction during a buoy evolution aboard the Coast Guard cutter Cypress while underway in the Gulf of Mexico, April 1, 2019. The Cypress’ main operating area stretches along 900 miles of the Gulf Coast, from Apalachicola, Fl., to the Mexican border in Brownsville, Tx., where she is responsible for the maintenance of 117 floating aids to navigation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Giles/Released)