Coast Guard port security personnel prepare weapons and body armor for a training exercise during Operation Pacific Reach Exercise 2017 in Pohang, South Korea, April 3, 2017. The exercise is a bilateral training event designed to ensure readiness and sustain the capabilities that strengthen the U.S.-South Korea alliance. Coast Guardsmen were slated to serve as part of a combined task group conducting port, waterway and coastal security operations to protect assets and personnel. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Simpson