ASTORIA, Ore. - Fireman Alicia Quick, Aids to Navigation Team Astoria crewmember, climbs the Willow Range aid to navigation tower on the Columbia River in St. Helens, Ore., May 9, 2012, to help conduct technica More
Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Stephen Bobian (right) accepts the Sumner I. Kimball Award and pennant from Capt. Daniel LeBlanc on behalf of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, March 1, 2013. The crew of A More
Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, Ore., crew members prepare the foundation for a navigation structure on a rock at the entrance to Cathlamet South Channel just off Tongue Point in Astoria, April 11, More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Sector Columbia River's Air Station Astoria, Ore., delivers a load of concrete to awaiting Aids to Navigation Team Astoria on the Columbia River near Tongue Poin More
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River's Aids to Navigation Team Astoria prepares to unload a fresh bucket of concrete delivered by an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria on the Columbia River nea More
Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Astoria,Ore., members complete construction of Cathlamet South Channel Light #2, just off Tongue Point in Astoria, June 19, 2013. The aid to navigation marks the Columbia Riv More
Members of the Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team in Astoria, Ore., haul gear out to the Tillamook North Jetty before working a sound signal near Garibaldi, Ore., Oct. 5, 2015. The team was required to move mo More
Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Kyle Able, Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Courtney Lund, Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Eric Galbreath, Machinery Technician 3rd Class Jordan Smith, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Alan Dumville More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Galbreah, a Coast Guard electrician's mate, signals to the coxswain, Petty Officer 2nd Class Leah Zieber, the direction of an Aid to Navigation in the Columbia River near Westport, More
The crew of Aids to Navigation Team Astoria proudly display the Sumner I. Kimball Award pennant, March 1, 2013. The crew of ANT Astoria has won the Kimball Award for two consecutive years for their exemplary pr More
A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, Ore., MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lowers a 14-foot navigation tower to Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, Ore., for placement on a large rock at the entrance to Cathlamet So More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Demasi, a machinery technician at Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, services Hunts Mill Point Light 44A while underway in the lower Columbia River, Feb. 7, 2017. The ANT received t More
Members from the Aids to Navigation Team Astoria take time for a group photo in the buoy yard at the Coast Guard facility at Tongue Point in Astoria, Oregon, Mar. 23, 2017. The ANT’s area of responsibility incl More
Fireman Aaron Pekarek, from Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, climbs the ladder to the top of an Aid to Navigation day board on the Columbia River near Westport, Ore., Jan. 30, 2019. The line dangling from his h More
Chief Petty Officer Kevin Bentle, officer in charge of Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, installs a light atop the new Cathlamet South Channel aid to navigation, just off Tongue Point in Astoria, June 19, 2013. More
(L to R) Machinery Technician 1st Class Vince Bucaneg, Seaman Eric Ostrander, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Kyle Able, Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Courtney Lund, Machinery Technician 3rd Class Jordan Smith, Boatswa More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Myles Raynor (left) and Fireman Aaron Pekarek (right) both from Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, sit low at the bow of a 26-foot Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat in the Columbia River More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Myles Raynor, a machinery technician at Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, spots the launching of a 26-foot Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat at the Westport Marina, Ore., Jan. 30, 2019. More
Machinery Technician 1st Class Vince Bucaneg, Seaman Eric Ostrander, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Kyle Able, Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Courtney Lund, Machinery Technician 3rd Class Jordan Smith, Boatswain’s Mate More
Coast Guard service members, from Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, aboard a 26-foot Trailer-able Aides to Navigation Boat, tend a buoy in the Columbia River near Westport, Ore., Jan. 30, 2019. ANT Astoria crewm More
Machinery Technician 1st Class Vince Bucaneg, Fireman Xeven Colbert, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Kyle Able, Seaman Eric Ostrander, Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Courtney Lund, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Alan Dumvil More
Fireman Aaron Pekarek, from Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, climbs the ladder to an aids to navigation day board on the Columbia River near Westport, Ore., Jan. 30, 2019. Day boards are similar to nite time ra More
Fireman Xeven Colbert, Seaman Eric Ostrander, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Kyle Able, Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Eric Galbreath, Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Courtney Lund, Machinery Technician 1st Class Vince Bu More
Fireman Aaron Pekarek, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, climbs down the ladder of a day board in the Columbia River near Westport, Ore., Jan. 30, 2019. Below him is the bow of a 26-foot More
Coast Guard service members from Aids to Navigation Team Astoria makes way, aboard a 26-foot Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat, up the Columbia River near Westport, Ore., Jan. 30, 2019. The crew of five fixed More
Coast Guard service members, from Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, scale a day board in the Columbia River near Westport, Ore., Jan. 30, 2019. Aids to Navigation such as these, help vessel traffic transit safel More