Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Billings, a damage controlman and member of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert's damage control training team, uses a smoke machine to simulate a class alpha fire in Alert's laundry room while underway in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Sept. 26, 2012. Alert's crew spent five days underway conducting damage control, navigation, helicopter and towing training in preparation for an upcoming deployment.