Kelly Alstott of Dover, Delaware, a Scan Eagle technician, discusses Scan Eagle launch operations with Fireman Winter Smith, of Jamacia, Iowa, ahead of a Small Unmanned Aerial System or drone launch aboard USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752), in the Pacific, Nov. 4., 2019. The cutter's crew spent half of 2019 underway in support of joint operations in the Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir/Released)