Personnel from the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Force found a large volume of an oily water mixture in the bilges of the aft and forward sections of the vessel Amazon, a 1940's era 170-foot crane barge, currently More
JUNEAU, Alaska (Sept. 24, 2002)-- Petty Officer Duncan McAndrews (left), Pacific Strike Team member, hands Petty Officer Harold Whitt, also a Pacific Strike Team member, oil spill equipment in preparation for t More
JUNEAU, Alaska (Sept. 24, 2002)-- Petty Officer Chris Cass, Pacific Strike Team member, prepares oil spill equipment for the Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit during the CANUSDIX 2002 oil spill training in Ketch More
JUNEAU, Alaska (Sept. 25, 2002)-- Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard cutter Anthony Petit deploy oil spill equipment during the CANUSDIX 2002 oil spill training in Ketchikan. USCG photo by PA3 Russ Tippets
SAN FRANCISCO - Coast Guard Pacific and Atlantic Strike Team members with the Cosco Busan Incident watch as other responders apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007. Three ar More
SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More
SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident use a fluorometer to test the amount of oil at different depths in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment bo More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Olson of the Pacific Strike Team removes an air compressor hose from a cylinder inside the team's hazardous chemical spill response trailer following More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Shane Barrington (left) and Petty Officer 1st Class Truman Skang (right) of the Pacific Strike Team apply body weight and an air pump to remove air from infla More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Scrub brushes, sponges, detergent and bleach are among the items stored in a hazardous chemical spill response gear container following a training exercise held by the Coast Guard's Pacific St More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Caliguire of the Pacific Strike Team carries a box of chemical spill response equipment following a training exercise held Tuesday, Feb. 9. The str More
NOVATO, Calif. -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Truman Skang (left) and Lt.j.g. Jason Nguyen (right) of the Pacific Strike Team inspect an air pump hose following a hazardous chemical spill response trai 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
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. -- (Left) Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Islas, with the Pacific Strike Team, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lydia Teal, with Coast Guard Sector San Francisco supervise lifting o 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
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
RICHMOND, Calif. - The sunken tug Tiger and her sister ship the tug Lion at their moorings in the Port of Richmond, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A joint agency pollution prevention and response team is conducting o More
RICHMOND, Calif. - Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Higgins, from the Sector San Francisco Incident Management Division, oversees operations aboard the Tug Lion, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A joint agency pollution p More
RICHMOND, Calif. - Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Higgins, from Sector San Francisco response division, surveys the sunken tugboat Tiger from the bow of her sister ship, Lion, in Richmond Harbor, Thursday, Dec. More
RICHMOND, Calif. - Water level view of the sunken tug Tiger and her sister ship the tug Lion at their moorings in the Port of Richmond, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A joint agency pollution prevention and response 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
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
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
Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Strasser directs the crane operator as Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Tedeschi holds the trail line as Vessel of Opportunity Oil Skimming System equipment is loaded onto a Los Angel More
LEONARDO, N.J. - Ensign Leigh Van Lear, a member of the Pacific Strike Team, learns how to operate an oil skimmer at the Oil Spill Response Technician course in a controlled environment at the Oil and Hazardous More
LEONARDO, N.J. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin West, a member of the Pacific Strike Team, learns how to operate an oil skimmer at the Oil Spill Response Technician course as part of the classes at the Oil and More
GALLAGHER, W.Va. - (From left) Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Hartmann, with the Atlantic Strike Team, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Sharina LaMonica, with the Pacific Strike Team, conduct an initial entry during a More
GALLAGHER, W.V. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Juan Patino, Petty Officer 1st Class Truman Skang and Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Hartmann, members of the National Strike Force, conduct a personnel recovery drill li More
GALLAGHER, W.V. - Petty Officer 1st Class Daniell Lashbrook, a member of the Pacific Strike Team based out of Novato, Calif., goes over dress-out procedures with Petty Officer 1st Class Truman Skang, also a mem More
GALLAGHER, W.V. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Schenk, a Marine Science Technician at the Gulf Strike Team based out of Mobile, Ala., and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeff Nagel, a marine science technician at the A More
GALLAGHER, W.Va. - (Center) Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Scott, a response supervisor with the Atlantic Strike Team, delivers a safety brief to hazardous material responders during a training evolution at t More
GALLAGHER, W.Va. - (From left) Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Hartmann, with the Atlantic Strike Team, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Sharina LaMonica, with the Pacific Strike Team, don protective clothing during a More
GALLAGHER, W.V. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaclyn Young, a member of the Public Information Assist Team based out of Elizabeth City, N.C., is checked for contamination by Petty Officer 1st Class Greg Livingston, More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin West, a machinery technician with the Pacific Strike Team, conducts site safety monitoring on a support barge during dewatering operat More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Dave Tonon, a marine science technician with the Marine Safety Detachment American Samoa throws a bundle of absorbent pads to a contractor wi More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - The 80-foot fishing vessel Lili'afao rests against a support barge in the Pago Pago Harbor Friday June 8, 2012 after it sank from years of neglect and heavy rain. The National Strike More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Hartmann, a machinery technician with the Atlantic Strike Team, conducts contractor monitoring during dewatering operations on the 80-fo More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - (Left) U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Russ Strathern, a marine science technician with Sector Honolulu, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin West, a machinery technician with More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - (Left) U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin West, a machinery technician with the Pacific Strike Team, supervises the deployment of containment boom in Pago Pago, American More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - A towboat brings the 80-foot fishing vessel Lili'afao to a pier in preparations for lightering operations Monday, June 11, 2012. The National Strike Force deployed to assist Marine More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - (Left) U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin West, a machinery technician with the Pacific Strike Team, and Petty Officer 1st Class Russ Strathern, a marine science technic More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - A contractor with Solar Environmental throws a heaving line to contractors aboard the fishing vessel Lili'afao for mooring Monday, June 11, 2012. The National Strike Force deployed More
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Cody Staneart, a marine science technician, Petty Officer 1st Class Josh Rogers, a boatswain's mate, both with the Pacific Strike Team, Duane Newell, with the Environmen More
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - (Left) U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin West, a machinery technician with the Pacific Strike Team, conducts a clear and bright test during dewatering operations on the More