Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala

Chief Petty Officer Joshua Miller, a member of the Baltimore chapter of the Chief Petty Officer's Association, prepares concrete at a Habitat for Humanity build in Baltimore, Md., Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. The Bal More

Coast Guard Auxiliarist Bruce Johnson stands near the waterfront outside Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., July 23, 2014. Johnson was the coxswain during a search and rescue case involving three kayakers.

Seaman Samantha Fisher carries tools to the top of Craighill Channel lower range lighthouse Aug. 1, 2014. Fisher is a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) Baltimore, the unit responsible for main More

Seaman Ashly Norton throws the ceremonial first pitch at a Washington Nationals game Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in Washington. The Nationals dedicate one game a year to each of the five branches of the military t More

Fireman Jared Dillon and Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Pease prepare to conduct helicopter operation drills Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, in Annapolis, Md. Helicopter operation drills are conducted to ensure both th More

Crew members aboard Coast Guard cutter Sledge use the ship's crane to lower a new transformer down to Craighill Entrance front range light Aug. 25, 2014. Crew members from Aids to Navigation Team Baltimore help More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jake Wade lowers a ratchet strap down to Petty Officer 2nd Class Damien Gayle at Craighill Entrance front range light Aug. 25, 2014. The ratchet strap is lowered via tag line, a line use More

A 45-foot Response-Boat Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis escorts the Coast Guard cutter Eagle as she sails to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to participate in the Star Spangled Spectacular Sept. 11, 201 More

The Coast Guard cutter Eagle sails to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to participate in the Star-Spangled Spectacular Sept. 11, 2014. The week-long event marks the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner” and t More

Pictured here is debris and sorbent materials containing fuel from a boat that caught on fire and sunk in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It was reported a boat in Belts Wharf Landing Yacht Club caught fire and drift More

A 45-foot Response-Boat Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis provides security for the Annapolis, Md., Parade of Lights Saturday, Dec. 12, 2014. The boat was decorated with more than 800 lights f More

Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay receives routine maintenance at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore Jan. 22, 2015. The Morro Bay is a 140-foot Bay-class cutter homeported out of Cleveland. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by More

Former service member Seaman Kimberly Fleshman poses for a photo after receiving the Coast Guard Achievement Medal at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Md., Jan. 23, 2015. Fleshman was a crew member aboard t More

Petty Officer Jacob S. Wieduwilt poses for a photo after receiving the Coast Guard Achievement Medal at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Md., Jan. 23, 2015. Wieduwilt was the coxswain aboard the 45-foot Res More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Bishop poses for a photo after receiving the Coast Guard Achievement Medal at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Md., Jan. 23, 2015. Bishop was a crewmember aboard the 45-foot More

Fireman Conor Cantwell poses for a photo after receiving the Coast Guard Achievement Medal at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Md., Jan. 23, 2015. Cantwell was a crewmember aboard the 45-foot Response boat- More

Master Chief Petty Officer Steven Cantrell, master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, pins the Coast Guard Achievement Medal on Petty Officer Andrew Vardakis at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Md., Ja More

U.S. Coast Guard National Capital Region Air Defense Facility receives the 2014 Continental North American Region Aerospace Control Alert Unit of the Year award Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Canadian Forces Brig. Gen. More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Corbin Ross, officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Annapolis, poses for a photo in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 26, 2015. Ross has been the officer in charge of Station Annapolis since May More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Corbin Ross, officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Annapolis, poses for a photo in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 26, 2015. Ross has been the officer in charge of Station Annapolis since May More

The Coast Guard is overseeing a response to an oil spill at CP Crane Generating Station Thursday in Baltimore. The spill was reported at approximately 8 a.m. by CP Crane Generating Station. (U.S. Coast Guard ph More

Pictured here are three Coast Guard Achievement Medals and four Coast Guard Commandant's Letters of Commendation to be given to seven members of Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Maryland, Aug. 3, 2015. The crewm More

Brad Stemcosky (right) and Charlie Frend, survivors of a capsized vessel incident, explain how a handheld VHF-FM radio contributed to their survival to Cmdr. Michael Keane, chief of response at Coast Guard Sect More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Worth, a marine science technician at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, carries a box containing a rehabilitated Canada goose near Belle Haven Marina in Alexandria, Va., Monday, More

Jack Edler, a child with osteogenisis imperfecta, receives a challenge coin on his tour of the Coast Guard Sector Baltimore command center Friday, Mar. 4, 2016. Edler’s visit to Sector Baltimore and Coast Guard More

Coast Guard Cmdr. Holly Harrison, a program examiner at the White House Office of Management and Budget, poses for a photo outside the White House in Washington, D.C., Mar. 17, 2016. Harrison was the first Coas More

Boat crews from Coast Guard Station Washington aboard two 29-foot Response Boat-Smalls train in the Potomac River near Alexandria, Virginia, Thursday Apr. 6, 2016. Boat crews train to remain proficient in their More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Martha Viloria and Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Oquanna Wolfe pose for a photo at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016. Viloria and Wolfe are yeoman at More

Illustrated here are two photos of Jim Briggs, one of the first American crewmembers on the Coast Guard Barque Eagle, the first from his time stationed aboard the Eagle in 1947 and the second from his visit to More

Volunteers from Coast Guard Yard Baltimore pose for a photo after spelling out "USCG" with plants, Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016. This is the third rain garden added to the Yard campus. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Pe More

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, Fifth Coast Guard District Commander, speaks to members of Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, Station Curtis Bay, Aids to Navigation Team Baltimore, Coast Guard Cutt More

Coast Guard Fireman Zachary Urquhart, a member of Aids to Navigation Team Baltimore, competes in the life ring toss, a challenge in Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region’s annual Boat Crew Rodeo a More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Rex, a machinery technician at Coast Guard Station Crisfield, Maryland, retrieves a training dummy from the water during the 2016 Boat Crew Rodeo at Coast Guard Station Annapolis More

The Francis Scott Key buoy is lifted by the crane on board Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in Baltmore Monday, June 6, 2016. The buoy marks the spot where the ship carrying Fr More

Coast Guard Lieutenant Katherine Voth, a pilot at the National Capital Region Air Defense Facility in Washington, D.C., poses for a photo in front of an MH-65 helicopter at the NCRADF. The NCRADF is under the o More

Pictured here is the Caribbean Fantasy, a passenger ferry vessel, aground approximately half a mile off Puntas Salinas Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. 511 passengers were rescued from the ship. (U.S. Coast Guard photo More

Alejandro Sims, a marine investigator in the Coast Guard, transports the remains of a dog to shore from the Caribbean Fantasy half a mile off Puntas Salinas Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. The remains of both dogs have More

Animal cruelty investigators place the remains of a dog into a kennel at Coast Guard Base San Jaun, Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. The dog was located in the disembarkation area on the Caribbean Fantasy. ( More

The Caribbean Fantasy, a passenger ferry vessel, is towed to Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. 511 people were evacuated from the ship following a fire Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. More

Pictured here are members of the Unified Command for the Caribbean Fantasy fire and salvage response at the incident command post at Coast Guard Sector San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. The Caribbea More

Pictured here is containment boom around the Caribbean Fantasy, moored at Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. 2,500 feet of boom has been deployed around the vessel as a precautionar More

Seaman Duane Ezedi, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard, poses for a photo in the armory in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Ezedi has been stationed at the Honor Guard for t More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Lucas Stamates, Petty Officer 3rd Class Samuel Holtrup, Petty Officer 3rd Class Laurel Siegrist, members of Coast Guard Sector Maryland, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Pedersen, a c More

Lt. Cmdr. Todd Fowler, chaplain at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, delivers the invocation during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony on Coast Guard Cutter Taney in Baltimore Wednesday, D More

WWE wrestlers Daniel Bryan, Nikki Bella, and Apollo Crews listen to a safety brief given by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Page, a boatswains mate at Coast Guard Station Washington, prior to getting underw More

Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, speaks with retired Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’hara, former vice commandant of the Coast Guard, during the Medal of Honor and USO reception a More

A Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team patrols the National Harbor on the Potomac River in Washington D.C. aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, Jan. 18, 2017. The MSRT is a specialized response team wit More

Members of Coast Guard Cutter Heron, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Virginia Beach, Virginia, transit through a security zone on a cutter boat in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2017. The Coast Guard’s role du More

A member of the Department of Energy monitors detection equipment aboard a Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat-Small during a security patrol on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017. The Coast Gua More

A Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team patrols the Potomac River in front of the Washington Monument in Washington D.C., aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, Jan. 20, 2017. The MSRT is a specialized res More

Pictured here are Coast Guard Cutter Willow, homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, and Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay, homeported in Bayonne, New Jersey, drydocked at Coast Guard Yard Baltimore. Both cutters ar More

Pictured here is Boomer, the mascot of Coast Guard Station Crisfield, Maryland, sitting on the deck of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Feb. 28, 2017. Boomer was rescued from a shelter and reported to Station Cri More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Cushing stands at parade rest during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. The Cushing was built primarily as a platform for law en More

Pictured here is the regulated area for the 2017 Bay Bridge Paddle, scheduled for April 29. The regulated area will be enforced from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will be located between Sandy Point State Park in Annap More

Lieutenant Lisa DePace, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in Baltmore, gives a safety brief to visiters before getting underway to set the Francis Scott Ke More

Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Brown, a port state control inspector at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, tests navigatonal equipment with crew members of the Asphalt Trader, formerly known as th More

Nick Clemente, a charter captain in Ocean City, Maryland, poses for a photo in front of his boat Sept. 25, 2016. Clemente rescued a man from Ocean City’s inlet during a Sept. 16, 2017 search and rescue case. (C More

Coast Guard Capt. Lonnie Harrison, Jr., and Coast Guard Capt. Joseph Loring, commander of Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, salute during Harrison's change of command ceremony at the Cruise M More

Seaman Samantha Fisher opens the range light inside Craighill Channel lower range lighthouse Aug. 1, 2014. Ranges are constructed in pairs, and when lined up correctly, mark the center of a channel. (U.S. Coas More

Seaman William Stufflebeam announces the beginning of the Washington Nationals game Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in Washington. The Nationals dedicate one game a year to each of the five branches of the military to More

Fireman Jared Dillon and Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Pease prepare to conduct helicopter operation drills Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, in Annapolis, Md. Helicopter operation drills are conducted to ensure both th More

The Coast Guard cutter Eagle sails to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to participate in the Star-Spangled Spectacular Sept. 11, 2014. The week-long event marks the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner” and t More

Pictured here is debris and sorbent materials containing fuel from a boat that caught on fire and sunk in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It was reported a boat in Belts Wharf Landing Yacht Club caught fire and drift More

Chief Petty Officer Joshua Miller, a member of the Baltimore chapter of the Chief Petty Officer's Association, repairs a wall at a Habitat for Humanity build in Baltimore, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. The Baltimore a More

Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay receives routine maintenance at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore Jan. 22, 2015. The Morro Bay is a 140-foot Bay-class cutter home-ported out of Cleveland. (U.S. Coast Guard photo b More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Vardakis poses for a photo after receiving the Coast Guard Achievement Medal at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Md. Jan. 23, 2015. Bishop was a crewmember aboard the 45-foot More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Corbin Ross, officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Annapolis, poses for a photo in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 26, 2015. Ross has been the officer in charge of Station Annapolis since May More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Corbin Ross, officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Annapolis, poses for a photo in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 26, 2015. Ross has been the officer in charge of Station Annapolis since May More

Pictured here are Petty Officer 3rd Class Dillon Helms, Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Little, Petty Officer 3rd Class Gustavo Luna, Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Bursell, Senior Chief Petty Officer Brian More

Brad Stemcosky and Charlie Frend, survivors of a capsized vessel incident, pose for a photo after a news conference reuniting them with their rescuers at Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Dec. 30, More

Lt. j.g. Karinne Merical, Petty Officer 3rd Class Laurel Siegrist and Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Worth, members the incident management division at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, carry boxes containing More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Leonard Posluszny, a boatswain’s mate at Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, attaches Jack Edler’s, a child with osteogenisis imperfecta, name tape to his clothing at Station Curtis Bay Frid More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Martha Viloria and Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Oquanna Wolfe pose for a photo at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016. Viloria and Wolfe are yeoman at More

Jim Briggs, one of the first American crewmembers on the Coast Guard Barque Eagle, poses for a photo in front of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle in Baltimore Friday, April 15, 2016. Briggs was stationed aboar More

Volunteers from Coast Guard Yard Baltimore add plants to a new rain garden in the north parking lot at Coast Guard Yard Baltimore, Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016. This is the third rain garden added the the Yard camp More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Matias Janitschek and Coast Guard Seaman Joseph Homza, members of Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Maryland, compete in the chain pull, a challenge in Coast Guard Sector Mary More

Crewmembers aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in Baltimore, render a salute after setting the Francis Scott Key buoy in Baltimore, Md., June 6, 2016. The buoy marks More

Pictured here is the Caribbean Fantasy, a passenger ferry vessel, aground approximately half a mile off Puntas Salinas Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. 511 passengers were rescued from the ship. (U.S. Coast Guard photo More

The Caribbean Fantasy, a passenger ferry vessel, is towed to Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. 511 people were evacuated from the ship following a fire Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. More

Members of the Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard stand at parade rest during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony on Coast Guard cutter Taney in Baltimore Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. This year marks the 75th ann More

Cmdr. Michael Batchelder, deputy commander of Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region renders a salute during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony on Coast Guard cutter Taney in Baltimore Wednesday More

WWE wrestler Daniel Bryan prepares to cast off a mooring line from a 29-foot Response Boat-Small at Coast Guard Station Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2016. WWE wrestlers met with Coast Guardsmen and signed autogra More

Members of Team Fastrax, a parachuting demonstration team, parachute into the field of the Naval Academy Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, displaying the American flag for the crowd Dec. 27, 2016. Most members of More

A Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team patrols the Potomac River in front of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Jan. 18, 2017. The MSRT is a specialized response team trained to detect, deter, intercept and respo More

A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Washington trails the Commander Jacques, a water taxi out of Alexandria, Virginia, during an escort through a security zone in Washington D.C., Jan. 2 More

Lt. Andrew Norberg and Lt. Mario Gil, commanding officers of Coast Guard Cutters Nantucket and Cushing, salute during the ships’ joint decommissioning ceremony in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, March 8, 2017. More

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in Baltmore, prepare the Francis Scott Key buoy to be set in Baltimore, June 2, 2017. The buoy marks the spot where the More

Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Brown, a port state control inspector at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, tests the emergency equipment on board the Asphalt Trader, formerly known as Newlead Gran More

Nick Clemente, a charter captain in Ocean City, Maryland, holds a life ring on his boat Sept. 25, 2016. Clemente used the life ring to rescue a man from Ocean City’s inlet during a Sept. 16, 2017 search and res More

Coast Guard Capt. Lonnie Harrison, Jr., and Coast Guard Capt. Joseph Loring, commander of Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, shake hands after Loring took command of Sector Maryland-NCR from H More

Seaman Samantha Fisher measures the voltage of a lampchanger during a routine service at Craighill Channel lower range lighthouse Aug. 1, 2014. A lampchanger is a device that automatically switches a burnt-out More

Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Crist sings the national anthem at a Washington Nationals game Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 in Washington. The Nationals dedicate one game a year to each of the five branches of the More

The Coast Guard cutter Eagle sails to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to participate in the Star-Spangled Spectacular Sept. 11, 2014. The week-long event marks the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner” and t More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Brian Moller, a member of the Baltimore chapter of the Chief Petty Officer's Association, repairs a wall at a Habitat for Humanity build in Baltimore, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. The Balti More

Master Chief Petty Officer Steven Cantrell, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard pins the Coast Guard Achievement Medal on Petty Officer Jacob S. Wieduwilt at the Fleet Reserve Club in Annapolis, Md. J More

Brad Stemcosky and Charlie Frend, survivors of a capsized vessel incident, tour the Coast Guard Sector Baltimore command center Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. Stemcosky and Frend learned about the search and rescue More

Members of the incident management diviision at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore and members of the local community release rehabilitated Canada geese near Belle Haven Marina in Alexandria, Va., Monday, Feb. 22, 20 More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Leonard Posluszny, a boatswain’s mate at Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, reads a memorandum designating Jack Edler, a child with osteogenisis imperfecta, an honorary boatcrew member at S More

Jim Briggs, one of the first American crewmembers on the Coast Guard Barque Eagle, stands in the engine room with two of his sons while touring the ship in Baltimore Friday, April, 15, 2016. Briggs was statione More

Volunteers from Coast Guard Yard Baltimore add plants to a new rain garden in the north parking lot at Coast Guard Yard Baltimore, Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2016. This is the third rain garden added the the Yard camp More