Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel LaPadula, a damage controlman assigned to USCGC Eagle (WIX 327), explains proper hatchet procedures to Eagle crew members for wedge-splitting used in emergency plugging of structural ruptures, May 2, 2023, while underway in the English Channel. Eagle conducted a four-month summer deployment, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, to teach practical seamanship skills to officer candidates from the U.S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, foreign military personnel, and shared best practices with sailing organization Tall Ships America, while cadets and crew facilitated diplomatic engagements with U.S. allies in Northern Europe, the Portuguese archipelagoes of the Azores and Madeira, and Bermuda. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Brandon Hillard)