Petty Officer 2nd Class Tavarish McNair, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie, dons firefighting gear while Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Mullin examines Coast Guard Fireman Logan Schindler for heat stroke during a tri-lateral search and rescue exercise aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kittiwake. Kittiwake served as a simulated distressed vessel positioned approximately 20 miles east of Kauai, Hawaii. The exercise was held to enhance tri-lateral security cooperation between the Navy, Coast Guard, the Republic of Korea and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force military.