Members of the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team fast-rope onto the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, during a joint exercise on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 near Miami. The training was a three-day exercise held between the Coast Guard units within the Miami area. The partial federal government shutdown began December 20, 2018 and is now the longest on record.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. J.G. Samantha Corcoran

 

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