Suttles Press Briefing - A group of men standing on top of a boat
PORT FOURCHON, La. - BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles conducts a press conference in Port Fourchon with Coast Guard Capt. Roger Laferriere, incident commander, in the background June 1, 2010. Laferriere... More
Capt. Blake Welborn, the commanding officer of Coast
Capt. Blake Welborn, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Houma, presents two certificates of inspection to LeBeouf Bros. Towing, LLC, in Houma, Louisiana, May 10, 2018. The certificates are... More
From left Jamie Ward, 5th and 6th grade math and science
From left Jamie Ward, 5th and 6th grade math and science teacher at Elysian Fields Middle School, Bridgette Brown, behavioral interventionist at Oaklawn Jr. High School, Tiffany Gaynor, behavioral support teach... More
A Soldier conceals his movement with smoke during a
A Soldier conceals his movement with smoke during a tactical squad demonstration at the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, 194th Armored Brigade, Basic Combat Training Graduation Ceremony on the Inouye Para... More
Charles Williams, Army Continuing Education System
Charles Williams, Army Continuing Education System specialist, discusses the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program with educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee during the U.S. Army, Baton... More
The Louisiana National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force
The Louisiana National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force Commander Lt. Col. Ray Schindler of Pineville, La., observes law enforcement agents on the ground in Houma, La., during a round-up executing search and arre... More
Oil clean up vehicles on beach.
HOUMA, La. --- Crews aboard beach clean-up vehicles sift oil on the southeast Louisiana shoreline, June 10, 2010. Thousands of crews using spill-response technology, as part of the nation's largest oil spill re... More
New Orleans - Orleans Open House, Louisiana
HOUMA, La. - U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Roger Laferriere, the Louisiana Coast Guard Incident Commander, speaks to the public at an open house event at the New Orleans Botanical Garden in New Orleans June 23, 2010.T... More
Fighting the oil spill - Two men standing next to each other in a room
HOUMA, La., - Capt. Roger Laferriere, the Federal On Scene Commander for the Incident Command Post in Houma, meets with Captain Peter Garay, the president of Alaska Marine Pilots, to discus the Deepwater Horizo... More
USCG Aux ops, US Coast Guard Photo
HOUMA, La. -- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Robert Parr, from Flotilla 47 in New Orleans, along side a BP contacter performs a safety check on a vessel of opportuniy for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response,... More
Spc. Trey Alexander, a Louisiana National Guardsman
Spc. Trey Alexander, a Louisiana National Guardsman and amateur boxer, trains in Houma, La., in preparation for the All-Army Boxing Tournament, Aug. 13, 2015. Alexander, a food service specialist with Headquart... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft release oil dispersant over an oil discharge from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To ... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- A Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft loaded with oil dispersant heads down the runway at Houma-Terrebonne Airport to attack the oil spill from the mobile offshore oil drilling unit, Deepwater Horizo... More
New Orleans - Orleans Open House, Louisiana
HOUMA, La. New Orleans? Mayor Mitch Landrieu (left), U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. James Watson, Deepwater Horizon response federal on-scene coordinator and U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Roger Laferriere, the Louisiana C... More
Lt. Col. Alicia L. Pruitt, 30th Adjutant General Reception
Lt. Col. Alicia L. Pruitt, 30th Adjutant General Reception Battalion commander, explains how civilian volunteers are prepared for their transformation into competent, disciplined, professional and well-trained ... More
Deepwater Horizon overflight
HOUMA, La. -- Protective boom lines the Louisiana coast, May 1, 2010, after the explosion of the mobile off-shore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, triggered a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. More than... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft release oil dispersant over an oil discharge from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To ... More
Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo
Maj. Gen. Garry Dean, the joint force air component commander for North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, discusses the current response to the Gulf oil spill at the Houma Incident C... More
Confiscated narcotics found during a round-up headed
Confiscated narcotics found during a round-up headed by the Terrebonne Narcotics Task Force in Houma, La., July 29, 2011. More than 200 law enforcement agents and support personnel participated in the operation... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- Oil dispersant is carefully pumped from tanks into a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft by workers at a hangar in Houma, May 5, 2010. The aircraft is fitted with a spray delivery system and will d... More
Soldiers stand in formation during the 1st Battalion,
Soldiers stand in formation during the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, 194th Armored Brigade, Basic Combat Training Graduation Ceremony on the Inouye Parade Field at the National Infantry Museum in Colum... More
Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee learned about the 150 career paths, educational opportunities, benefits and family support available in Army service during the U.S. Army, Baton Rouge Recruit... More
US COAST GUARD Deepwater Horizon
HOUMA, La. -- A ship assists in cleanup efforts in the vicinity of the source of the oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard is working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies to preve... More
Ask a responder - Lt. Cmdr. Wong
HOUMA, La. - Lt. Cmdr. Nicholas L. Wong, Chief of Prevention for Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., is the liaison for Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet in support of the Deepwater Horizon res... More
Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion,
Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment work with the Black Bayou Fire Department to lay Tiger Dam flood-control tubing near a river bank in Houma, La., May 17. The T... More
Scott Pellegrin, health and speech teacher at South
Scott Pellegrin, health and speech teacher at South Terrebonne High School, gazes at the Global War On Terrorism Memorial at National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Ga., during the U.S. Army, Baton Rouge Recruiti... More
Aransas, Texas Pelican Release
HOUMA, La. - Dr. Gregory Rich, a participant of a brown pelican release at the Port Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Aransas Texas, takes a last look before the birds take flight in a Coast Guard HC-144A Oce... More
Fighting the oil spill - A group of men standing next to each other
HOUMA, La., - Mike Utsler, along with Capt. Roger Laferriere and Lt. Cmdr. Theodore Lam, all from the Incident Command Post in Houma meet with Captain Peter Garay, the president of Alaska Marine Pilots, to disc... More
Coast Guard and other organizations participate in ICS training
The Coast Guard and other federal, state, and idustry partners participated in a response exercise in Houma, Louisiana, March 8, 2017. The purpose of the exercise was to improve the effectiveness of the involve... More
Louisiana National guardsman, Pfc. Aaron K. Jackson,
Louisiana National guardsman, Pfc. Aaron K. Jackson, with the 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, watches the release valve as he fills a Tiger Dam tube in Houma, La., May 17. The Tiger Dam has been put in ... More
Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee visited the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Ga., during the U.S. Army, Baton Rouge Recruiting Battalion Education Tour at the Maneuver Center of Excelle... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft release oil dispersant over an oil discharge from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To ... More
Aransas, Texas Pelican release
HOUMA, La. - Lt. Kevin Crecy, a pilot from the incident command post in Houma, along with Dr. Sharon K. Taylor, a division chief with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, transfer a cage of brown pelicans to an ... More
Tour of Port Fourchon - A group of men walking down a gravel road
PORT FOURCHON, La. - Coast Guard Capt. Roger Laferriere, incident commander, and Doug Suttles, BP chief operating officer, tour a portion of staging area established in Port Fourchon June 1, 2010. Staging area... More
Aransas, Texas Pelican release
HOUMA, La. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Baugh, an aircraft maintenance technician from Mobile, Ala., and members from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service release a total of 72 brown pelicans at t... More
The Louisiana National Guard’s Sgt. Logan Kennedy,
The Louisiana National Guard’s Sgt. Logan Kennedy, crew chief for the Counterdrug Task Force, observes law enforcement agents on the ground in Houma, La., during a round-up executing search and arrest warrants,... More
Spc. Trey Alexander, a Louisiana National Guardsman
Spc. Trey Alexander, a Louisiana National Guardsman and amateur boxer, trains in Houma, La., in preparation for the All-Army Boxing Tournament, Aug. 13, 2015. Alexander, a food service specialist with Headquart... More
Unified Command Meeting U.S. Coast Guard photograph
HOUMA, La. -- Members of the unified response for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill listen to the command members give an update at the unified command center in Houma, La. April, 25, 2010. The command is made u... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- Oil dispersant is carefully pumped from tanks into a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft by workers at a hangar in Houma, May 5, 2010. The aircraft is fitted with a spray delivery system and will d... More
Unified Incident Command
HOUMA, La. - Personnel in the Geographic Information System lab at the Unified Incident Command work to create informational maps, graphics and charts May 13, 2010. Workers in the lab gather data from multiple... More
Oil clean up vehicles on beach.
HOUMA, La. --- Crews aboard beach clean-up vehicles sift oil on the southeast Louisiana shoreline, June 10, 2010. Thousands of crews using spill-response technology, as part of the nation's largest oil spill re... More
Ask a responder Lt. Cmdr. Wong
HOUMA, La. - Lt. Cmdr. Nicholas L. Wong, Chief of Prevention for Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., is the liaison for Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet in support of the Deepwater Horizon res... More
Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion,
Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment repair a leak in a Tiger Dam flood-control tube near a river bank in Houma, La., May 17. The Tiger Dam has been put in place t... More
Coast Guard medevacs man suffering from heat exhaustion
The Coast Guard medevaced a man reported to be suffering from heat exhaustion in the vicinity of Bayou Black near Houma, Louisiana, July 27, 2017. The survivor was transferred to Terrebonne General Hospital and... More
Spc. Trey Alexander, a Louisiana National Guardsman
Spc. Trey Alexander, a Louisiana National Guardsman and amateur boxer, trains in Houma, La., in preparation for the All-Army Boxing Tournament, Aug. 13, 2015. Alexander, a food service specialist with Headquart... More
Col. Mike Solet, sheriff’s assistant with the Terrebonne
Col. Mike Solet, sheriff’s assistant with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, observes law enforcement agents on the ground in Houma, La., during a round-up executing search and arrest warrants, July 27, 20... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft release oil dispersant over an oil discharge from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To ... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- Oil dispersant is carefully pumped from tanks into a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft by workers at a hangar in Houma, May 5, 2010. The aircraft is fitted with a spray delivery system and will d... More
Aerial photographs - Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft release oil dispersant over an oil discharge from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To ... More
Deepwater Horizon Response
HOUMA, La. -- Coast Guard Aviation Maintenance Technician First Class Shane Uhl briefs the media onboard a Coast Guard HC-144 during an overflight of the source of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The U.S. Coas... More
US COAST GUARD German media
HOUMA, La. - Members of the German media exit a Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft May 13, 2010 after an overflight of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard is working in partnership wit... More
Capt. Blake Welborn, the commanding officer of Coast
Capt. Blake Welborn, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Houma, presents two certificates of inspection to LeBeouf Bros. Towing, LLC, in Houma, Louisiana, May 10, 2018. The certificates are... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft release oil dispersant over an oil spill from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To date... More
Unified Incident Command
HOUMA, LA -- Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Dan Sarachene (rear) reviews a map of the Gulf of Mexico with Capt. Travis Adams at the Unified Incident Command. Capt. Adams prepares to relieve Lt. Col. Sarachene and c... More
New Orleans - Orleans Open House, Louisiana
HOUMA, La. - U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. James Watson, Deepwater Horizon Response federal on-scene coordinator, speaks to a crowd at an open house event at the New Orleans Botanical Garden in New Orleans June 23... More
Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee view a display in “The Last 100 Yards” exhibit at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Ga., during the U.S. Army, Baton Rouge Recruiting Battalion Educat... More
Deepwater Horizon overflight U.S. Coast Guard photograph
HOUMA, La. -- Gary Shigenaka, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Cliff Fisher, a flight mechanic with Aviation Training Center Mobile, ... More
Sweeping arm system skimmer vessel
HOUMA, La. A sweeping arm system, fitted on a commercial vessel, collects oil in the Gulf of Mexico June 10, 2010. Rigged with the skimming technology, the vessel becomes a more effective element in the nation'... More
Deepwater Horizon Response
HOUMA, La. - Commercial vessels conduct various operations, including skimming of oil and burning of natural gas near the well pipe in the Gulf of Mexico June 11, 2010. Flare stacks are a common part of oil dri... More
Capt. Blake Welborn, the commanding officer of Coast
Capt. Blake Welborn, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Houma, presents two certificates of inspection to LeBeouf Bros. Towing, LLC, in Houma, Louisiana, May 10, 2018. The certificates are... More
Unified Command Meeting U.S. Coast Guard photograph
HOUMA, La. -- Members of the unified response for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill listen to the command members give an update at the unified command center in Houma, La. April, 25, 2010. The command is made u... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- A spotter plane locates oil spilled by the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, and vectors a plane loaded with oil dispersant to the site off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To... More
Oil clean up vehicles on beach.
HOUMA, La. --- Crews aboard beach clean-up vehicles sift oil on the southeast Louisiana shoreline, June 10, 2010. Thousands of crews using spill-response technology, as part of the nation's largest oil spill re... More
Deepwater Horizon Response
HOUMA, La. - Deepwater Horizon responders evaluate the effectiveness of a beach cleaner along the shoreline of Grand Isle, La., June 12, 2010. The beach cleaners sift through sand to separate debris or oils th... More
Aransas, Texas Pelican release
HOUMA, La. - Dr. Sharon K. Taylor, a veterinarian with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dan Alonso, the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge manager, and others release a crate of brown pelicans into the wild, J... More
CG Aux ops, US Coast Guard Photo
HOUMA, La. -- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Robert Parr, from Flotilla 47 in New Orleans, performs a safety check on a vessel of opportuniy for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, July 4, 2010. Once a VOO ... More
Oil dispersant operations
HOUMA, La. -- Oil dispersant is carefully pumped from tanks into a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft by workers at a hanger in Houma, May 5, 2010. The aircraft is fitted with a spray delivery system and will d... More
Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technology overflight
HOUMA, La. -- Doug Reimer, a subcontractor for BP, and David Oge, an environmental scientist with Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, consult maps and compiled information while watching for an oil d... More
Shoreline Cleanup Assesment Team
HOUMA, La. - Personnel in the Shoreline Cleanup Assesment Team operations center identify areas along the Louisiana coast that may be impacted by oil from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead May 13, 2010. Th... More
Deepwater Horizon Response
HOUMA, La. -- Coast Guard Aviation Maintenance Technician First Class Shane Uhl signals to fellow crew member onboard a Coast Guard HC-144 during an overflight of the source of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. ... More
Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo
(Left to right) Col. Jeff Fiebig, the mobilization assistant to the commander, First Air Force, Tyndall AFB, Fla., Maj. Gen. Garry Dean, the joint force air component commander for North American Aerospace Defe... More
Confiscated weapons found during a round-up headed
Confiscated weapons found during a round-up headed by the Terrebonne Narcotics Task Force in Houma, La., July 29, 2011. More than 200 law enforcement agents and support personnel participated in the operation t... More