Crewmembers from Sector St. Petersburg, Fla. conduct a change-of-command ceremony in Tampa, Florida, Thursday, June 30, 2016. Capt. Gregory Case transferred command of Sector St. Petersburg to Capt. Holly Najar More
Seaman Sandrea Johnson, a crew member from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, Florida, searches the Gulf of Mexico for a missing 47-year-old man Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Mitchell Szegi, from Ocala, was reported m More
In preparation for Tropical Storm Hermine, Fireman Sofia Garcia, a crew member at Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, Florida, places sand bags around an entrance to the station, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. The Coast G More
Members from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg, Florida, pose for a photo after winning the Sector St. Petersburg 2016 Boat Crew Olympics held at the sector, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. The olympics tested Coast Gu More
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous return to their homeport, St. Petersburg, Florida, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. The cutter returned after an 8-week Joint Interagency Task Force-South patrol in t More
A U.S. Coast Guard 26-foot over-the-horizon boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, homeported in Virginia Beach, Virginia, transfers survivors to Matthew Town, Great Inagua, Bahamas, Thursday, Sept. More
Overview of the U.S. Coast Guard base and runway on the island of Great Inagua, Bahamas, Sept. 28, 2016. Coast Guard crew members from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, forward deploy to Great Inagua in support More
Gear and supplies sits in front of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at the Coast Guard Great Inagua, Bahamas, hangar, Sept. 29, 2016. Air crew members from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, must pack food More
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson survey damage along Florida’s coastline from the back of an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Miami on Oct. 8, 2016. The overflight is part More
President of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert, and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, Peter Mulrean, visit the community of Jeremie, Haiti, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, homeporte More
Hurricane Matthew Incident Management Team members from Coast Guard District Seven, Miami, discuss the District's response post hurricane at the district, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. After a hurricane, the Coast Guar More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, docks a 54-foot fishing boat to Bowditch Point Park, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Coast Guard boat crews towed the boat a t More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cortez, Florida, tows a 40-foot fishing boat to A.P. Bells Seafood, Cortez, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. The Coast Guard crew rescued two men after More
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crew member Seaman Samuel Gonzalez takes the Oath of Allegiance aboard the cutter in St. Petersburg, Florida, to become a U.S. citizen Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Gonzalez was required to More
Coast Guard Lt. Jason Holstead, a crew member from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, competes in the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Robert P. “Bob” Parlaman Sr. Memorial Invitational Event, at More
Christmas trees donated by the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation sit at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. The SPIRIT Foundation in partnership with FedEX provided 50 trees to Sector More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Sand Key, Florida, rescued two people after a 19-foot boat took on water 12 miles west of Hudson Beach, Florida, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. The two p More
Coast Guard Lt. Michael Klakring, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot at Air Station Clearwater, Florida, receives the Tampa Police Department’s Citizen Appreciation Award from Tampa’s Chief of Police, Eric Ward, More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Olsen and Petty Officer 3rd Class Joray Deliz, crew members from Coast Guard Station Sand Key, Florida, dewater a 30-foot boat 3 miles west of Clearwater Pass, Florida, Saturday, J More
A wreath sits at the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn memorial before the 37th annual Blackthorn memorial ceremony in St. Petersburg, Florida, Friday, Jan. 27, 2016. The Blackthorn sank after colliding with a tank More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew flies over the Gasparilla barge, Jose Gaspar, during the annual Gasparilla boat parade in Tampa Bay, Florida, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Coast Guard partnered with multiple lo More
27-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, Florida, searches for three people who were aboard a missing aircraft seven miles south of Cedar Key, Florida, Sunday, More
Naples area maritime emergency responders, and Coast Guard members from Station Fort Myers Beach and Air Station Clearwater are shown in front of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Naples (Florida) Municipal Airpor More
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Tarpon, homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Station Cortez medevac a 19-year-old man from a 78-foot shrimping boat 7 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Wednesday, More
Coast Guard Seaman Sebastian Orozco, a crew member aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, searches for a missing kayaker in San Carlos Bay, Florida, Saturday, April 9, 201 More
Coast Guard crew members from Station Yankeetown, Florida, are shown at the station with two plane crash survivors in front of the station's 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water, Wednesday, April 19, 201 More
A Coast Guard 27-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew and Levy County EMS personnel aid a 32-year-old man at the End of County Road 40 Boat Ramp, Yankeetown, Florida, Monday, April 24, 2017. The m More
People rescued April 15 by the Coast Guard reunite with their rescuers at Air Station Clearwater, Florida, Thursday, April 27, 2017. Coast Guard members from the air station, Station Yankeetown and Sector St. P More
Coast Guard Academy Cadets, and crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle prepare to haul on line during cadet summer training aboard Eagle off the coast of New England, May 7, 2017. (U.S. Coast Gua More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Sand Key dewater a 30-foot charter dive boat 12 miles west of Anclote, Florida, Thursday, July 6, 2017. The rescue boatcrew and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter c More
Karen Loew, a Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) artist and Salmagundi Club COGAP committee chair, speaks at the Inaugural Exhibition Acceptance Ceremony for COGAP Collection 2017, at the club in New York, July 20 More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Station St. Petersburg, Florida, rescues two men clinging to a range light in Tampa Bay, Florida, Monday, July 31, 2017. The brothers were forced to cling to the na More
A 29-foot Response Boat Small-II boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, and Fort Myers Beach Fire Rescue EMS personnel, medevac a 59-year-old man suffering from shortness of breath from Estero Bay, More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Cortez, Florida, transfers a 43-year-old man to EMS at Fort De Soto Park Bay Pier, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. The Coast Guard boatcrew medev More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Cortez, Florida, rescues a diver, Patrick L. Morgan, 10 miles west of Blackburn Bay, Florida, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. The Coast Guard boatcrew fou More
A Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma arrive to a 226-foot tanker in the Caribbean in August, 2017. Coast More
Coast Guard officers who responded to Hurricane Harvey cheer with members of the Texas Children’s Hospital Lewis Jewelers Dialysis Unit at the hospital in Houston, Sept. 4, 2017. The Coast Guard officers helped More
Coast Guard Ensign James Garner, a port state control officer from Marine Safety Unit Texas City, blows bubbles to Zaiden Thomas, a dialysis patient, while Lt. Brad Bryan, a contingency planning officer at Sect More
Coast Guard Ensign James Gardner, a port state control officer from Marine Safety Unit Texas City, fist bumps Brannon Morgan, a dialysis patient at Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Sept. 4, 2017. Gardner coo More
Coast Guard officers stand next to Brannon Morgan, a dialysis patient at Texas Children’s Hospital, with Dr. Michael Braun, chief of the pediatric nephrology center at the hospital in Houston, Sept. 4, 2017. Th More
Lt. Lindsay Cook, Marine Safety Unit Texas City, Texas, inspections division chief, and Lt. Brad Bryan, a contingency planning officer at Sector San Diego, visit a dialysis patient and his mother at Texas Child More
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence crewmembers offload more than 1,800 kilograms of cocaine from the Diligence in St. Petersburg, Florida, Sept. 17, 2017. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma crewmembers interdicted the contrab More
A Tactical Law Enforcement Team South, Miami, crewmember, Coast Guard Investigative Service Agents and Federal Air Marshal Service agents deliver water to people waiting to board flights at San Juan (Puerto Ric More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew assesses humanitarian need in Puerto Rico, Friday, Sept. 29th, 2017. The helicopter crew flew over Aguadilla, Comerio, Ponce, Peñuelas, Cabo Rojo, Comerio and Guanica More
Ensign Hannah Heichen, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, is welcomed home by her dogs, Charlie and Zoe, and her mother Emma Grynbal in St. Petersburg, Florida, Nov. 13, 2017. The Venturous c More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean J. Baker, a 27-foot Utility Boat-Medium (UT-M) crewmember from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, uses a marine band radio aboard the boat 17 miles north west of Suwannee River, Florid More
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Pelican, homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, offload approximately one ton of cocaine, worth an estimated $23 million wholesale, in St. Petersburg, Monday, Nov. 20, 20 More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach medevacs a 26-year-old man from a 27-foot dive boat, Reel Cowboy, 31 miles west of Naples, Florida, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017. The C More
A Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small II boatcrew from Station Fort Myers Beach rescues Fort Walton Beach native, Randy Smyth, from his capsized 20-foot trimaran sailboat 12 miles south of Sanibel Island, M More
A Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small II boatcrew from Station St. Petersburg rescues three teenagers and their dog from a spoil island in Hillsborough Bay, Florida, March 3, 2018. The 17-year-olds were re More
Two 45-foot Response Boat Medium boatcrews from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg, Florida, prepare to depart the station with 13 African nation partner representatives, Friday, March 9, 2018. Sector St. Peter More
Nicholas, a resident dolphin at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, jumps behind Coast Guard Station Sand Key crewmemberst at the aquarium in Clearwater, Florida, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. While at the aquarium, Coast G More
The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns to homeport in St. Petersburg, Florida, Saturday, April 2018. Resolute crewmembers came home after a 71-day patrol focused on training, and drug and migrant interdiction More
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crewmembers offload approximately 1 ton of marijuana worth an estimated $2.2 million wholesale value, in St. Petersburg, Florida, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. The crew aboard the 210-foot R More
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis crewmembers stand behind approximately 2,116 pounds of interdicted marijuana after offloading the drugs in Key West, Florida, Friday, June 8, 2018. In March, Thetis crewmembers alongsi More
Coast Guard Cmdr. Carmen DeGeorge, left, transfers command of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute to Cmdr. Roy Brubaker during a change of command ceremony at Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, June 13, 2018. DeGeorge More
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Rapid Response Team members practice man-overboard drills with Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg members in St. Petersburg, Florida, June 19,2018. Station More
Bryan Shawl, a Tarpon Springs sailboater, hunches over aboard a Station Cortez 45-foot Response Boat-Medium 2 miles west of Big Sarasota Pass, Florida, June 30, 2018. The boatcrew medevaced Shawl after he repor More
An Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules airplane medevacs four American citizens from Exuma, Bahamas, to Clearwater, Florida, June 30, 2018. The Royal Bahamas Police Force requested assistance medevacing the More
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, crewmembers Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew W. Silvious, an aviation survival technician, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jean A. Medina, an aviation maintenance technic More
Children of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crew members watch the cutter return home to St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. The Resolute crew returned after 59 days conducting law enforcement, and sear More
Coast Guard Cmdr. Patrick Burkett, a prevention officer at Sector Jacksonville, answers questions about illegal passenger operations in Clearwater, Florida, Sept. 19, 2018. Coast Guard prevention officers from More
A Coast Guard crew member aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, drops a self-locating datum marker buoy to determine the flow of storm surge during an aerial assessment of dam More
A 26-foot boat sits capsized 26-miles west of Homosassa, Florida, Saturday, March 30, 2019. A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater Mh-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued four people from the capsized boat. (U.S. C More
A Coast Guard weapons training officer overlooks Port Security Unit 307 members fire rifles to complete firearms training at Pinellas County Sheriff's Office firing range in Clearwater, Florida, Nov. 16, 2019. More
A Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small II crewmember from Station Sand Key, Florida, escorts a 26-foot boat after it took on water 13 miles west of Clearwater, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The Sand Key boat crew More
A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg crewmember aboard a 29-foot Response Boat – Small II watches as fellow crewmembers and Coast Guard Investigative Officers board a suspected illegal charter boat near Maximo More
A Coast Guard Station Sand Key 29-foot Response Boat – Small II boatcrew and local EMS transport a 48-year-old man on a stretcher at Station Sand Key, Florida, Saturday, July 18, 2020. The crew medevaced the ma More
The commercial fishing boat Jenny Lynn sits capsized in the Gulf of Mexico 18 miles west of St. Petersburg, Florida, July 23, 2020. An Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew rescued a 48-year-old man from the c More
Rear Adm. Scott Buschman, Coast Guard Seventh District Commander, Miami, addresses crewmembers from Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, and local maritime industry personnel during a change-of-command ceremony in T More
Members from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg, Florida, participate in the tug-of-war event at the Sector St. Petersburg 2016 Boat Crew Olympics held at the sector, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. The olympics tested More
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous wait to dock at their homeport in St. Petersburg, Florida, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. The crew transited more than 10,000 miles during an 8-week Joint Interagen More
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, flies over the western Atlantic Ocean in support of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), Sept. 16, 2016. OPBAT i More
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Erick Lieb, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, forward deployed to Great Inagua, Bahamas, walks to a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk More
Rear Adm. Scott A. Buschman, commander, 7th Coast Guard District and Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, survey the effects of Hurricane Matthew along Florida’s coastline from an HC-144 Ocean Sentry a More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, conducts a post search-and-rescue boarding of a 54-foot fishing boat at Bowditch Point Park, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. C More
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crew member Seaman Samuel Gonzalez stands with his family and fellow crew members aboard the cutter in St. Petersburg, Florida, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to become a U.S. c More
Coast Guard members from Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, compete in the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Robert P. “Bob” Parlaman Sr. Memorial Invitational Event, at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Fi More
Members from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida, are shown with Christmas trees donated by the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation at the sector Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. The SPIRIT Foundation in partnership wit More
Coast Guard Lt. Michael Klakring, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot at Air Station Clearwater, Florida, stands with his wife, Brigette Klakring, and son, Luke Klakring, after receiving the Tampa Police Departme More
A bugler prepares to play in front of the at the 37th annual Blackthorn memorial ceremony in St. Petersburg, Florida, Friday, Jan. 27, 2016. The Blackthorn sank after colliding with a tanker in the Tampa Bay an More
A 29-foot Response Boat-Small II boat crew from Station Sand Key, Florida, prepares to set a safety zone before the annual Gasparilla boat parade in Tampa Bay, Florida, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Coast Guard More
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew members, from Air Station Clearwater teach Naples area maritime emergency responders about search-and-rescue operations at Naples (Florida) Municipal Airport, Tuesd More
A 45-foot Response Boat Medium boat crew from Station Cortez, Florida, medevacs a 19-year-old man 7 miles west of Egmont Key, Florida, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The man, a crew member for the 78-foot shrimping More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Miller operates a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, from Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, in search for a missing 29-year-old kayaker in San Carlos Bay, Florida, Saturday, More
A Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew from Station Yankeetown, Florida rescues two people near Yankeetown after a single-engine plane crashed in the water, Wednesday, April 19, 201 More
A Coast Guard 27-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew and Levy County EMS personnel are shown with a 32-year-old man in need of medical attention aboard the SPC-SW near Yankeetown, Florida, Monday More
Coast Guard Academy Cadets haul on lines during cadet summer training aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 25, 2017. During the five-week training program, cadets learned More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Sand Key and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater respond to eight people aboard a 30-foot charter dive boat taking on water 12 miles More
Robert Pillsbury, President of the Salmagundi Club, stands beside Karen Loew, a Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) artist and Salmagundi Club COGAP committee chair, as she receives a Public Service Commendation fr More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Station St. Petersburg, Florida, is shown Monday, July 31, 2017 aboard the boat with two fishermen at Station St. Petersburg, Florida. The two brothers were rescued More
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence crewmembers stand next to more than 1,800 kilograms of cocaine in front in St. Petersburg, Florida, Sept. 17, 2017. Diligence crewmembers offloaded the cocaine after the Coast Guard More
A Coast Guard Investigative Service agent delivers water to residents of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 26, 2017. As part of the Department of Homeland Security team, the Coast Guard is linked directly to FEMA an More