Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Edge, a boatswain’s mate assigned to Station Bellingham, left, and Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Matthew Hyland, a boatswain’s mate assigned to Station Woods Hole, fix ratlines in the rigging of USCGC Eagle (WIX 327), April 9, 2023, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Eagle conducted a four-month summer deployment, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, to teach practical seamanship skills to the future leaders of the U.S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s commissioned officer corps, foreign military personnel as well as partner members from Tall Ships America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)
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