U.S. congressional staffers assist U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Meredith Schreckengost as she pulls lines aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. The staffers visited the Eagle while in Annapolis, Md., during a training cruise for U.S. Coast Guard Academy Officer Candidates and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Officers-in-Training. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Honings.