Patty Officer 3rd Class John Gerbrands (left), a crew member of Coast Guard Station Valdez, tends a rescue heaving line aboard the 45-foot Response Boat-Medium to a fellow station 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew during crewman qualification training in Valdez Harbor in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Sept. 13, 2016. The station conducted a series of towing, man overboard and engineering casualty evolutions underway. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Colclough.

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