A member aboard a 64-foot Special Purpose Craft-Screening Vessel from Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor maintains tension on a tagline attached to a stokes litter during hoist training with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash., Oct. 3, 2018. Use of a tagline helps ensure safety by mitigating liter spin.

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