OAKLAND, Calif. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Blaine Nibley, a marine science technician at the Pacific Strike Team, inspects one-ton bags of ground fish bone at the West Oakland lead remediation incident command p More
03/01/03, USS COMSTOCK - Senior Chief Damage Controlman Michael Odom instructs personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard National Strike Force and personnel from Global Phillips Cartner (GPC) on how to inject yoursel More
03/02/02, Persian Gulf, USS Comstock - Damage Controlman Second Class Ben Perry-Thistle, of the Coast Guard's National Strike Force, calibrates an AREA REA, a device used to monitor toxic vapors in the air. Co More
03/03/03, USS COMSTOCK - Members of the Coast Guard National Strike Force assigned to the Middle East to respond to an environmnetal disaster (from left to right) Boatswain Mate First Class Patrick McNeilly, Ch More
03/03/03, North Arabian Sea - Lt. Cmdr. Ron Cantin, the in-theater MERO coordinator who normally serves as executive officer of the Pacific Strike Team, looks out at the sea from onboard the USS Comstock. Coas More
03/05/03, USS COMSTOCK - Damage Controlman Ben Perry-Thistle, of the Coast Guard National Strike Force smiles while underway on the North Arabian Sea. The Coast Guard Strike Force is preparing for response to a More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Atlantic Strike Team members and crewmembers of an HC-130J Hercules airplane unload the strike team's level A response trailer in St. Croix Aug. 27, 2007. This trip is the firs More
Members of the Atlantic Strike Team setup a decontamination area during training on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 28, 2007. DECON lines are setup at response sites to keep from spreading contaminen More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Atlantic Strike Team members don level b response gear during an exercise in St. Croix, Aug. 28, 2007. The team practiced dressing out and walking through a decontamination lin More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - (from left) Petty Officer 1st Class Darrell Greep and Chief Petty Officer Robert Birdwell calibrate air monitoring instruments before an exercise in St. Croix Aug. 28, 2007. The More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Atlantic Strike Team members walk through a decontamination line in level b response gear during an exercise in St. Croix, Aug. 28, 2007. Fourteen members of the team flew to S More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Atlantic Strike Team members attempt to identify hazards and clues before advancing into a potentially dangerous environment during an exercise on Molasses pier in St. Croix, Au More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - An Atlantic Strike Team member chalk marks an area on a container where high levels of radiation were detected as part of an exercise at the St. Croix Port Authority Aug. 30, 20 More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Atlantic Strike Team members and a petty officer with Marine Safety Detachment St. Croix pass through a radiological contamination reduction zone in an exercise at the Port Auth More
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Atlantic Strike Team members use cargo straps to tie down their personal equipment pallet before it is loaded on an HC-130J Hercules aircraft at the St. Croix Airport Aug. 31, 2 More
Adm. Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, presents Capt. Roderick E. Walker, Commander, National Strike Force, the Partnership in Education Commandant's Honor Roll Award at the Virginia Beach Conventio More
VENICE, La. -- Coast Guard petty officers Szymon Dabkowski, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, and Darrell Greep, Coast Guard National Strike Force, discuss logistical concerns associated with the offload of an an More
MOBILE, Ala. --- Members with the Gulf Strike Team dress out in Level B protective clothing during routine training at the unit in Mobile, Ala., Feb. 10, 2011. Level B protective clothing includes a one piece e More
NOVATO, Calif. - Lt. Brownie Kuk of the National Strike Force Coordination Center, which is based in Elizabeth City, N.C., inspects a re-breather during the Pacific Strike Team-s Readiness for Operations inspec More
NOVATO, Calif. - Lt. Brownie Kuk of the National Strike Force Coordination Center, which is based in Elizabeth City, N.C., inspects a self-contained breathing apparatus during the Pacific Strike Team-s Readines More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl Siegmund tests a soil sample during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 15, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team conducted the exercise as More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl Siegmund takes a soil sample during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 15, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team conducted the exercise as More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Olson prepares a sample container during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 15, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team conducted the exerc More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl Siegmund seals a liquid hazardous material sample during an exercise with the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 15, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team c More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class James Rogers lays out a tarp for a decontamination area during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 16, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team cond More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class James Rogers assists Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin West into level B dress during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 16, 2011. The Paci More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Shannon of the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team lifts a leaking drum during an exercise, Feb. 16, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team conducted the exercis More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Lizama and Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Shannon of the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team enter a contamination zone during an exercise involving a More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Lizama is decontaminated by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Islas during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 16, 2011. The Pacifi More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Lizama and Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Shannon of the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team take air level readings during an exercise involving aban More
NAVATO, Calif. -- Memebers of the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team undergo an annual ready for operations inspection, February 2011.
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Sharina Lamonica and Petty Officer 3rd Class Grace Peterson setup a weather station during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 16, 2011. More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Shannon of the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team takes a sample of simulated spilled hazardous material during an exercise, Feb. 16, 2011. The Pacific More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Daniell Lashbrook calibrates an air monitor during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 16, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team conducted the ex More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Daniell Lashbrook is decontaminated by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Islas during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 16, 2011. The Paci More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Lizama of the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team decontaminates a sample container during an exercise involving abandoned, leaking drums, Feb. 16, 201 More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Daniell Lashbrook and Chief Petty Officer Franklin Hohmann of the National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team place a leaking drum into an over pack container during an More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Shannon is decontaminated by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Islas during an exercise with National Strike Force's Pacific Strike Team, Feb. 16, 2011. The Pacifi More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Caliguire ropes off the contamination zone during an exercise involving abandoned, leaking drums, Feb. 16, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team conducted the exercise More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Petty Officer 1st Class Kyle Chronister assists Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Shannon into Level A personal protective equipment during an exercise with the National Strike Force's Pacific S More
NEWTON, N.C. -- Contractors at a Biotech facility work to remove hundreds of drums containing hazardous materials, Feb. 10, 2011. The Gulf Strike Team assisted the Environmental Protection Agency with the remo More
BILLINGS, Mont. - A member with the Pacific Strike Team provides assistance with safety oversight and contractor monitoring at the ExxonMobile pipeline rupture in Billings, July 10, 2011. The National Strike F More
LAUREL, Mont. - A member of the National Strike Force discusses boom placement with a cleanup contractor along the Yellowstone River, July 10, 2011. The National Strike Force assisted the Environmental Protect More
Contractors remove oiled debris along the Yellowstone River, July 10, 2011. The National Strike Force assisted the Environmental Protection Agency with contractor oversight, site safety and clean-up expertise a More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl H. Siegmund with the Pacific Strike Team fills bottles aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Rush Nov. 3, 2011. National Strike Force members deployed to provide support to Coast More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew R. Schofield with the Public Information Assist Team tests his R-7 responder mask with guidance from Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl H. Siegmund with the Pacific Strike T More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffrey J. Nagel with the Atlantic Strike Team sets up the AreaRae multi-meters, which checks for multiple gases and hazardous substances, for a training session at Coast Guar More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 1st Class Michael T. Zanetti with the Gulf Strike Team sets up the AreaRae tester, which checks for multiple gases and hazardous substances, for a training session at Coast Guard Sector More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 1st Class Truman N. Skang with the Pacific Strike Team replaces the sensors inside the AreaRae multi-meter Nov. 8, 2011. Skang and the other technicians on the National Strike Force's More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 1st Class Daniell A. Lashbrook with the Pacific Strike Team sets up an air monitor tester for a training session at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu, Nov. 12, 2011. Lashbrook prepared the m More
BARBER'S POINT, Hawaii - A Coast Guard Air Station Barber's Point aircrew gives National Strike Force members a safety brief prior to embarking a HH-65C Dolphin helicopter for an area familiarization over fligh More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl H. Siegmund with the Pacific Strike Team sets up his self-contained breathing apparatus during a training session at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Nov. 11, 2011. Siegmund More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 1st Class Karen M. Sinkey with the Pacific Strike Team studies the decontamination site setup plan as the equipment is laid out to ensure that each component is placed in the proper loc More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Q. Lizama with the Pacific Strike Team and Chief Petty Officer David W. Temple-Harris with the Gulf Strike Team inflate a shower that is part of a decontamination are More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Q. Lizama and Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam C. Anderson with the Pacific Strike Team lay down a non-skid drainage grating in a decontamination area set up for cross tr More
HONOLULU - Members of the National Strike Force set up a decontamination area during a drill at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Nov. 11, 2011. The training was held to keep other NSF members current and to ensure r More
HONOLULU - Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew R. Johnson and Chief Petty Officer Bridgette D. Brown with the Atlantic Strike Team label stations of the decontamination area set up for a drill held at Coast Guard Se More
DETROIT - Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Hartmann, a machinery technician at the Atlantic Strike Team, conducts a flammability test on an unknown sample in an Environmental Protection Agency hazardous materials c More
DETROIT - Edward Primeau, an industrial hygienist at the Atlantic Strike Team, uses a chemical analyzer to determine the identity of an unknown sample, December 1, 2011. The AST assisted the Environmental Prote More
CORDOVA, Alaska - Global Diving and Salvage, monitored by the Coast Guard, used four five-ton pontoons in addition to two 22-ton pontoons and 26 nine-ton lift bags to refloat the Sound Developer in Cordova harb More
CORDOVA, Alaska - Global Diving and Salvage successfully refloated the Sound Developer in the Cordova harbor using pontoons and lift bags Dec. 2, 2011. The company was contracted by the Coast Guard and the Alas More
CORDOVA, Alaska - The Sound Developer is raised at the dock in Cordova by Global Diving and Salvage in advance of being towed to Ocean Dock Yard to have oil contamination removed and disposed of Dec. 2, 2011. T More
NARRAGANSETT BAY, R.I.?- The crane barge Chesapeake 1000 lifts the barge SEI-34 off the bottom of Narragansett Bay Nov. 7, 2011. The Atlantic Strike Team, based in Fort Dix, N.J., deployed to Rhode Island after More
NARRAGANSETT BAY, R.I. - The barge SEI-34 is loaded onto a transport vessel to move the formerly sunken platform to shallow water for salvage and recovery Nov. 7, 2011. The Atlantic Strike Team, based in Fort D More
RICHMOND, Calif. - The Pacific Strike Team uses a drum skimmer to collect a continuous trickle of oil at the Kaiser Shipyard after the ex-Navy tug Tiger sank on Dec. 11, 2011. The Pacific Strike Team performed More
RICHMOND, Calif. - The ex-Navy tug Tiger sits submerged and leaking oil Dec. 11, 2011 at the Kaiser Shipyard. The Pacific Strike Team performed site safety, air monitoring, cost documentation and contractor mo More
PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Members with the Atlantic Strike Team participate in a Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System exercise aboard the 160-foot Coast Guard Cutter Kennebec, homeported in Portsmouth, Va., June 21, More
Lt. Irvin Jones, Chief Petty Officer Jared Taylor and Petty Officer 1st Class Eben Wilson view a portable barge propulsion system during a preparedness assessment verification with an oil spill removal organiza More
Chief Petty Officer Jared Taylor writes down quantities of boom during a preparedness assessment verification with an oil spill removal organization on Jan. 5, 2012. The Coast Guard verifies the location and ma More
MOBILE, Ala. - Petty Officer 1st Class James Burris, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Brazzel and Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Alexander dress-out in Level A HAZMAT suits during an exercise at the Gulf Strike More
MOBILE, Ala. - Petty Officer 1st Class James Burris and Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Brazzel use the HAZMAT ID 360 to identify an unknown contaminant as part of a training exercise held at the Gulf Strike Te More
MOBILE, Ala. - Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Hampton assists Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Jakubowski into a Level B dress out suit during an exercise at the Gulf Strike Team's base, Jan. 12, 2012. The Nation More
MOBILE, Ala. - Petty Officer 1st Class Brett Secrest, records information during the initial stages of a HAZMAT exercise January 12, 2012 at the Gulf Strike Team's base. The National Strike Force teams maintain More
OAKLAND, Calif. - Members of the West Oakland Lead Project - South Prescott Neighborhood are shown in front of their incident command post, Jan. 12, 2012. At the site, the calcium from ground fish bones is bein More
GALVESTON, Texas -?A group of students, including National Strike Force members, attend a Texas A&M Oil Spill Control Course prepare to deploy an oil skimmer that looks like a manta ray and floats on the surfac More
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Johnson, with the Atlantic Strike Team and Ken Hartmann, an oil spill response organization member discuss the capabilities of a skimmer controls aboard the Co More
STRAITS OF MACKINAC - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, homeported in Port Huron, Mich., pass supplies to the tug Erika Kobasic, homeported in Escanaba, Mich., near Mackinac Island, Jan. 25, More
STRAITS OF MACKINAC - Chief Warrant Officer Jason Rizzi, with the Pacific Strike Team, Mark Wagner, with the Seventeenth District's Response Management Division and Chief Petty Officer Kristin Epperson, with th More
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Members of the Coast Guard's National Strike Force, Coast Guard District Nine Incident Management Branch, Seventeenth District Response Management Division and an oil spill response organiza More
GALVESTON, Texas -?? A group of students, including National Strike Force members, attend a Texas A&M Oil Spill Control Course and prepare to deploy boom from a shoreline staging area, Jan. 25, 2012. The Natio More
MOBILE, Ala. - Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Medlin, Chief Petty Officer Jason Tyger, Cmdr. Arex Avanni, Chief Petty Officer Dennis Telfer and Petty Officer 1st Class Jamel Dallas of the National Strike Force More
FORT DIX, N.J. - The Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team honored their Auxiliary Watchstanders in a ceremony for service spanning over 10 years January 20, 2012. This dedicated team stood more than 2,500 eight-ho More
MOBILE, Ala. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Pat O'Hare and Petty Officer 3rd Class David Young, both with the Gulf Strike Team, perform decontamination procedures on an FBI SWAT member with artificial wo More
MOBILE, Ala. - (Left) Alabama National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Drew Boatright, of the 46th Civil Support Team, Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Young and Petty Officer 2nd Class Noel Lindsay, both with th More
MOBILE, Ala. - (Right) Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Pat O'Hare of the Gulf Strike Team performs decontamination procedures on Alabama National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Drew Boatright of the 46th Civil Suppor More
MOBILE, Ala. - (From left) Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Pat O'Hare and Petty Officer 3rd Class David Young, both with the Gulf Strike Team, prepare to perform decontamination procedures on an FBI SWAT me More
MOBILE, Ala. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Young and Petty Officer 2nd Class Noel Lindsay, both with the Gulf Strike Team, navigate through the USS Alabama while conducting an initial entry during More
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. - Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Foster, a member of the Atlantic Strike Team based out of Ft. Dix, N.J., explains how the Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System is deployed and operated dur More
FORT DIX, N.J. - Coast Guard Chief Broko Borland (right) of the Atlantic Strike Team prepares to decontaminate an entry team in protective clothing during a full-scale exercise at Joint Base Maguire-Dix-Lakehur More
FORT DIX, N.J. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Johnson of the Atlantic Strike Team patches a leaking chlorine cylinder during a recent full-scale exercise at Joint Base Maguire-Dix-Lakehurst in Fort Dix, N.J. Fe More
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.--Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Davis and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Tedeschi of the Pacific Strike Team work to stop a leak in a chlorine cylinder at an emergency response drill at th More
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.--Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Olsen and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Johnson of the Pacific Strike Team build an underflow dam while conducting an emergency response drill at the Del More