Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Carter, an aviation maintenance technician assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, prepares for flight operations during a search and rescue exercise in Comox, British Columbia, September 13, 2024. The exercise was the largest national search and rescue exercise in ten years with over three hundred participants and 91 flights from the U.S. Coast, U.S. Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter)