Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team West operators load magazines with ammunition prior to conducting a live-fire range while aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) operating in the East China Sea, April 1, 2019. MSRT West is the Coast Guard’s short-notice maritime response and counter-terrorism unit on the west coast with personnel capable of conducting maritime threat response as part of a Coast Guard or interagency adaptive force package. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew S. Masaschi