US COAST GUARD Killer tomato
PACIFIC OCEAN -- Crewmembers of Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF throw an inflatable target, dubbed the "killer tomato" overboard Feb. 23, 2009. The target was used for gunnery exercises during Combat System Ship Qu... More
Haddock change of command ceremony
SAN DIEGO -- Lt. Thomas Brittingham and Lt. j.g. Ryan Beck salute during a change of command ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock held at Sector San Diego, July 7, 2010. The ceremony formalized the trans... More
Coast Guard Sector San Diego conducts medevac
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Coreano and Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Skarra, aircrew members from Coast Guard Sector San Diego, help a medevac patient from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Coast Guard Sector S... More
Petty Officer Ann'el - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Ann'el, a boarding officer, stands in front of a 33-foot response boat moored at Coast Guard Sector San Diego Feb. 1, 2011. Ann'el's job duties include conducting securi... More
US COAST GUARD Sea Scouts, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Robyn Hamilton (in black), a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, teaches Sea Scouts how to right a life raft in the event of an emergency during Safety at Sea Da... More
Memorial Day flight, US Coast Guard Photo
SAN DIEGO -- Cmdr. Kevin Bruen, a Judge Advocate General for the Eleventh Coast Guard District, stands in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft like the one his father served aboard during World War I... More
Coast Guard Foundation's 26th Annual Pacific Area awards dinner
Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Henry, an aviation survival technician stationed at Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., speaks after receiving the Admiral Chester R. Bender Award for Heroism during the Coast Gua... More
Rear Adm. Castillo - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO -- Rear Adm. Joseph Castillo, commander of the Eleventh Coast Guard District, addresses the media regarding a collision between a Coast Guard 33-foot response boat and a 24-foot recreational boat that... More
Coast Guard Sector San Diego medevac
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter lands at Coast Guard Sector San Diego after rescuing a 71-year-old-man who was experiencing seizures aboard a sailboat 120 miles south of San Diego April 23, 2011. The man was transp... More
US COAST GUARD Tanker boarding, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Boarding team members from Coast Guard Sector San Diego and Coast Guard Cutter Haddock return from the security boarding of a Hong Kong-flagged tanker aboard the Haddock's small boat off the coast ... More
San Diego Harbor Police Cpl. Damith Rodrigo and U.S.
San Diego Harbor Police Cpl. Damith Rodrigo and U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Garret Borden make contact with a boater arriving in San Diego during an interagency patrol Aug. 28, 2014. Joint patrols ... More
Vertical insertion training, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Boyle, a canine handler from Marine Safety and Security Team Los Angeles, and his explosives sniffing dog Dusty are lowered to the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Petrel... More
US COAST GUARD Wind testing, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO -- A HH-65C Dolphin helicopter lands on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Oct. 20, 2008, as seen from the cutter's helicopter control room. The Bertholf's crew is conducting dynam... More
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, San Diego, California
A crew member of USS Rentz watches as Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf approaches a pier at Naval Base San Diego Nov. 12, 2008 during the last leg of the cutter's first operational patrol. Bertholf is the first Lege... More
Migrant smuggling boat, San Diego, California
A boat used in suspected illegal migrant smuggling is tied to a pier at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. The Coast Guard Cutter Petrel's crew intercepted 11 suspected migrants in the 20-foot... More
Coast Guard Foundation Pacific Area Awards Dinner
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kathleen Heitman, a food service specialist stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, receives the Adm. James S. Gracey Award for Professional Excellence and shakes hands with Vi... More
US COAST GUARD Survival training
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Rinowski and Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Saylor, crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter, exit the water wearing immersion suits during survival training... More
San Diego patrol - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO -- Seaman Jorge Arreola, a boat crewmember at U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego, tends the towing line during an exercise in San Diego Bay, May 21, 2012. Boat crews maintain proficiency in towing tec... More
US COAST GUARD Engine swap, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Edisto's crew get underway from Naval Base San Diego after replacing both of the cutter's main diesel engines, Dec. 3, 2012. Engineers from Sector San Diego assisted the Edi... More
Chief Warrant Officer Chris Keister, a marine inspector
Chief Warrant Officer Chris Keister, a marine inspector at U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, examines repair work being done to the Bay Breeze, a ferry from Alameda, at a shipyard in Chula Vista, Calif., Aug. ... More
Vertical insertion training, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Boyle and Dusty, an explosives detection team from Marine Safety and Security Team Los Angeles, are hoisted in a basket from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter during vertical... More
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office nuclear detection exercise
Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Pierce, a member of Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91109 San Diego, uses a backpack-mounted radiation detector to scan a vessel in Mission Bay, Calif., during the D... More
Bertholf crew's Tailored Ship's Training Availability
SAN DIEGO - Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf practice hose handling techniques at the Firefighting and Damage Control School aboard Naval Base San Diego, March 14, 2012. This school was part of ... More
US COAST GUARD Marijuana offload
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal, and agents from the San Diego Maritime Task Force offload 137 bales of marijuana from a recent case. The crew of the Narwhal spotted a "go-fast" vessel jettisoni... More
Lot of pot - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen prepare to offload 207 bails of marijuana to a pier in San Diego March 22, 2009. The Aspen's crew, a C-130 crew from Air Station Sacramento and Maritime S... More
Raimey. Warship photograph collection
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Raimey, a yeoman stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, stands on a pier in front of the Hamilton at Naval Base San Diego Feb. 23, 2011. Raimey, a San Die... More
Before and after - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Tom Hussey, a boatswain's mate stationed at the San Diego recruiting office, demonstrates the front double biceps bodybuilding pose in San Diego, June 6, 2011 (Left) and in ... More
Petty Officer 2nd David Paquin repeats the reenlistment
Petty Officer 2nd David Paquin repeats the reenlistment oath as Lt. Cmdr. Jon Bartel swears him in for four more years in the Coast Guard inside of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at U.S. Coast Guard San Diego Aug.... More
Members of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego's prevention
Members of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego's prevention department embark the tanker ship Ardenne Venture for an annual exam off the coast of San Diego, Aug. 3, 2012. The Coast Guard carries out exams on for... More
US COAST GUARD ANT Oceanside. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA
OCEANSIDE, Calif., -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Newton Mak, an electrician's mate stationed at Aids to Navigation Team San Diego, installs a solar-powered LED light atop a jetty tower in the harbor of Oceanside, ... More
US COAST GUARD ANT Oceanside. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA
OCEANSIDE, Calif., -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Fuentes, a boatswain's mate assigned to Aids to Navigation Team San Diego, throws a heaving line to crew members aboard a 26-foot aids-to-navigation boat from ... More
US COAST GUARD Hussey curls, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Tom Hussey, a boatswain's mate stationed at the San Diego recruiting office, does barbell curls at the Marine Corp Air Station Miramar fitness complex in San Diego July 20, ... More
Bertholf crew's Tailored Ship's Training Availability
SAN DIEGO - A student at the U.S. Navy Firefighting and Damage Control School places a patch on a ruptured pipe during a class at Naval Base San Diego attended by members of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf's crew M... More
JHOC - U.S. Coast guard photo, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - Chief Petty Officer John McFee, an operations specialists at U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, looks through binoculars in the Joint Harbor Operation Center located at Sector San Diego, Aug. 2, 201... More
US COAST GUARD Engine swap, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - A rigging team guides one of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Edisto's main diesel engines out of the cutter's engine room during a dual-engine replacement at Naval Base San Diego, Nov. 19, 2012. The Edisto... More
Capt. Sean Mahoney, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector
Capt. Sean Mahoney, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, presents Raymond Hudson with the Meritorious Public Service award during a ceremony in San Diego, April 21, 2014. Hudson, along with other cre... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Edisto transits near Catalina
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Edisto transits near Catalina Island after Coast Guard members and a team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center aboard worked together to release a California sea lion, Aug. 24, 2012. Th... More
A 33-foot Special Purpose Craft from U.S. Coast Guard
A 33-foot Special Purpose Craft from U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego maneuvers during pursuit training in San Diego Bay Aug. 27, 2014. Boat crews train frequently to maintain proficiency in law enforcement t... More
US COAST GUARD Dynamic testing, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO -- Seaman Kevin Cleary signals the landing signal officer that the primary tie downs are in place, securing a HH-65C helicopter to the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf's flight deck Oct. 20, 2008. The ... More
Haddock change of command ceremony
SAN DIEGO -- Lt. Thomas Brittingham and Lt. j.g. Ryan Beck conduct a personnel inspection during a change of command ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock held at Sector San Diego, July 7, 2010. The cerem... More
US COAST GUARD America's Cup, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 3rd Ryen Farnworth, a boatswain's mate at Coast Guard Station San Diego, observes the safety zone in place in San Diego Bay during the America's Cup sailing races Nov. 20, 2011. The ... More
US COAST GUARD Sherman homecoming
SAN DIEGO -- A line handler pulls a mooring line to the pier from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman as it returns to homeport at Naval Base San Diego from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea, Dec. 22, 2011. During... More
US COAST GUARD Tanker exam, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Hager, a member of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego's prevention department, discusses engineering logs with the chief engineer of the tanker ship Ardenne Venture dur... More
Capt. Sean Mahoney, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector
Capt. Sean Mahoney, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego, and Lt. John Downing pose with Brian Castleton, Derek Southern and Raymond Hudson after presenting them with awards during a ceremony in San D... More
Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell and
Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell and civilian crane operators prepare to offload 28,000 pounds of cocaine at Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 6, 2014. The cocaine was seized during 18 separate interdic... More
Vertical insertion training, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 1st Class Frederick Leland and Asia, an explosives detection team from Marine Safety and Security Team Los Angeles, prepare to be hoisted in a basket from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter ... More
Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF
Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Proctor and Petty Officer 3rd Class Suren Chandrasena, boatswains mates on board Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF, operate the winch controls of BERTHOLF's stern launch system Nov. 3, 20... More
US COAST GUARD Shooting bearings
PACIFIC OCEAN -- Lt. Matthew Press shoots bearings using an alidade on the bridge of Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF Feb. 27, 2009 during Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials. The alidade is used to determine b... More
Lot of pot - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO - A crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen stands on a pier in San Diego after the crew offloaded over eight tons of marijuana March 22, 2009. The Aspen's crew, a C-130 crew from Air Station Sacra... More
US COAST GUARD Cleanup briefing
VENICE, La. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Ingram (right) briefs Chief Petty Officer James Allendorph on clean up efforts in the Mississippi River Delta near Venice, La., Aug. 3, 2010. Allendorph, a New York... More
US COAST GUARD Boom-Replacement
VENICE, La. - Cleanup workers load oiled sorbent boom onto a workboat in the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River Delta Aug. 7, 2010. The sorbent boom is designed to absorb oil as the tides go in and out, an... More
US COAST GUARD Heat check
VENICE, La. -- U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Emily Westbtrook, a safety observer at the Deepwater Horizon Response Plaquemines Branch, measures the heat index on a pocket weather tracker to determine... More
Coast Guard Foundation's 26th Annual Pacific Area awards dinner
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp poses with Lt. Trevor Parra, who received the Admiral John B. Hayes Award for Unit Excellence on behalf of Marine Safety Detachment American Samoa during the Coast Guard Fou... More
US COAST GUARD Sherman homecoming
SAN DIEGO -- Loved ones of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman's crew wait for their return to homeport from a 100-day patrol to the Bering Sea at Naval Base San Diego, Dec. 22, 2011. During the patrol, Sherman's c... More
Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Hager, a member of U.S.
Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Hager, a member of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego's prevention department, observes a steering test aboard the tanker ship Ardenne Venture during an annual exam off the coast of ... More
Suspected illegal migrants, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Suspected illegal migrants wait to be interviewed by immigration authorities March 19, 2009. The Coast Guard Cutter Haddock safely transported 21 passengers from an overcrowded 25-foot panga. (U.S.... More
San Diego patrol, US Coast Guard Photo
SAN DIEGO -- Seaman Jorge Arreola, a boat crewmember at U.S. Coast Guard Station San Diego, tends the towing line during an exercise in San Diego Bay, May 21, 2012. Boat crews maintain proficiency in towing tec... More
San Diego rescue - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO -- A U.S. Coast Guard Response Boat approaches the fishing vessel Malihini to conduct the medevac of a 51-year-old man experiencing chest pain aboard 12 miles from San Diego, May 30, 2012. The man wa... More
An honor guard presents the colors during a
An honor guard presents the colors during a change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock held at Coast Guard Sector San Diego July 11, 2014. Command of the Haddock was transferred from Lt. An... More
Derek Southern, Raymond Hudson and Brian Castleton
Derek Southern, Raymond Hudson and Brian Castleton hold awards that they were presented for their part in rescuing three men from a capsized boat after a ceremony in San Diego, April 21, 2014. Castleton, Southe... More
US COAST GUARD Marijuana offload
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal, and agents from the San Diego Maritime Task Force offload 137 bales of marijuana from a recent case. The crew of the Narwhal spotted a "go-fast" vessel jettisoni... More
US COAST GUARD Marijuana offload
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal, and agents from the San Diego Maritime Task Force offload 137 bales of marijuana from a recent case. The crew of the Narwhal spotted a "go-fast" vessel jettisoni... More
Suspected illegal migrants, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Suspected illegal migrants disembark the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock March 19, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Henry G. Dunphy)
Post-storm cleanup, US Coast Guard Photo
VENICE, La. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Reif, a division supervisor for the Deepwater Horizon Response's Plaquemines Branch, marks the position of sorbent boom that washed ashore during storms using a G.P.S... More
US COAST GUARD MSST homecoming, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - Loved ones welcome members of Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) San Diego, 91109, at San Diego International Airport after their return from a 4-month deployment to the Gulf of Aden in suppor... More
Coast Guard Sector San Diego medevac
Emergency medical personnel examine a 71-year-old man who was experiencing seizures aboard a sailboat 120 miles south of San Diego at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, April 23, 2011. The man was hoisted from the b... More
US COAST GUARD Security boarding
SAN DIEGO -- Members of Coast Guard Sector San Diego's boarding team climb aboard the ladder of a Hong Kong-flagged tanker from the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock's small boat to conduct a security boarding off th... More
US COAST GUARD Congressional visit
Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Skarra, an aviation survival technician from Coast Guard Sector San Diego, gives a safety brief to Sens. Mary Landrieu and Dan Coats, members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on... More
Manning the helm - U.S. Coast guard photo
PACIFIC OCEAN -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Gutierrez mans the helm onboard Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF Feb. 27, 2009 during Combat System Ship Qualification Trials. The crew is conducting the trials thi... More
Division supervisor for the Deepwater Horizon Response
VENICE, La. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaison Kurian, a division supervisor for the Deepwater Horizon Reponse Plaquemines Branch, stands on a dock at the forward operating base near Venice, La., Aug. 21, 2010. K... More
Public Domain Images - Briefing
SAN DIEGO -- Sens. Mary Landrieu and Dan Coats, members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, listen to a brief given by Capt. Thomas Farris, Coast Guard Sector San Diego Commander, on the ef... More
LED at Point Loma lighthouse, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Flores and Petty Officer 1st Class Juan Diaz, members of U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team San Diego, place the new light-emitting diode beacon on its platform a... More
LED at Point Loma lighthouse, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Flores and Petty Officer 1st Class Juan Diaz, members of U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team San Diego, lower an incandescent lantern from the Point Loma lighthous... More
A diver from Regional Dive Locker West steps off a
A diver from Regional Dive Locker West steps off a pier in San Diego wearing surface-supplied diving equipment, March 19, 2013. The new equipment will allow coast guard divers to remain underwater longer and c... More
An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically
An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically evacuate a burn victim from aboard a container ship 30 miles west of San Diego, Aug. 4, 2012. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the man to the... More
Yeoman - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Patterson, a yeoman at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, studies during a public speaking course held on base. Coast Guard members have a variety of educational opportu... More
US COAST GUARD PJ flight
PACIFIC OCEAN -- Petty Officer 1st Class Dan Booth, a drop master from Air Station Sacramento, and Capt. Damon Foss, a member of the 129th Rescue Wing California Air National Guard, prepare watertight drop boxe... More
Workboats clean the Delta
Crews aboard workboats set out to continue clean up efforts in the Mississippi River Delta near Venice, La., Aug. 3, 2010. Crews like these work every day to maintain, replace and inspect the millions of feet o... More
US COAST GUARD Hamilton homecoming
SAN DIEGO -- Loved ones embrace a crewmember of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton on a pier at Naval Base San Diego after the ship's return to homeport after a 76-day patrol to the Eastern Pacific, Sept. 30, 2010. Du... More
Coast Guard Sector San Diego conducts medevac
A paramedic walks out to meet the crew of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Coast Guard Sector San Diego after the medevac of a 53-year-old man from a tanker ship 130 miles west of San Diego, Oct. 25, 2010. The sh... More
US COAST GUARD Survival training
SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane Knowles, a food service specialist stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter, jumps from the deck of the Sea Otter into the water wearing an immersion suit duri... More
US COAST GUARD Tanker exam, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of the tanker ship Ardenne Venture operate a firefighting monitor on the deck of the ship as part of a firefighting drill during an annual exam off the coast of San Diego, Aug. 3, 2012.... More
US COAST GUARD Base anniversary
SAN DIEGO - U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego celebrates the 75th anniversary of the base in San Diego, Nov. 15, 2012. Sector personnel formed a '75' surrounded by MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters, a 33-foot Special P... More
An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego transfers
An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego transfers an injured woman to emergency medical personnel after medically evacuating her from a cruise approximately 150 miles west of San Diego, Jan. 23, 2014.... More
Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock prepare
Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock prepare to offload 50 bales of marijuana in San Diego, Oct. 2, 2014. An estimated 1,200 pounds of marijuana was seized and two suspects were taken into custody in ... More
Remembering the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks
SAN DIEGO -- Two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters stand ready in a hangar at Coast Guard Sector San Diego Sept. 11, 2008. The flag hangs on this day as a memorial to the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Co... More
US COAST GUARD Recovery horn
PACIFIC OCEAN -- Fireman Anthony Martinez, Petty Officer 1st Class Asher Thomas and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jayke Hooks, crewmembers on board Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF, secure the bridle to the recovery horn ... More
US COAST GUARD Weapons testing
PACIFIC OCEAN -- Crewmember onboard Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF load the Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) Feb. 22, 2009. BERTHOLF, the first Legend-Class Cutter is conducting Combat Systems Qualification Testing t... More
Conference about international oil spill response
SAN DIEGO -- Rear Adm. Paul M. Zukunft, Commander of the 11th Coast Guard District, gives opening remarks at a conference attended by U.S. Coast Guard, Mexican Navy, and other agencies concerning international ... More
Coast Guard Station San Diego, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Lt. Steve Schultz and Chief Petty Officer Bradley Adams conduct an inspection of Coast Guard Station San Diego personnel during a change of command ceremony held at Sector San Diego May 14, 2010. T... More
Deepwater Horizon oil spil
VENICE, La. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesus Gonzalez, a member of the Deepwater Horizon Incident Response Plaquemines Branch's Recon Group, observes the placement and condition of boom used to contain and abso... More
Search and rescue demonstration
SAN DIEGO -- An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Sector San Diego approaches the Coast Guard Cutter Petrel during a search and rescue demonstration in San Diego Bay, Sept. 19, 2010. The Petrel's crew a... More
Safety at Sea Day - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian LaVigne, a machinery technician at Coast Guard Station San Diego, explains the safety equipment the Coast Guard uses during Safety at Sea Day hosted by Coast Guard Sec... More
US COAST GUARD Congressional visit
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter departs from Coast Guard Sector San Diego with member of Sens. Mary Landrieu and Dan Coats' congressional delegations aboard for an aerial tour of San Diego's harbor and border regio... More
Drug panga intercepted off the coast of Baja California
U.S. Coast Guard crews from the San Diego area intercept a suspected drug smuggling boat and crew in international waters off the coast of Baja California in Oct. 2011. The suspects and boat were turned over to... More
Chief Warrant Officer Dennis Croyle, a member of U.S.
Chief Warrant Officer Dennis Croyle, a member of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego's prevention department, watches as the crew boat departs from the tanker ship Ardenne Venture after an annual exam off the coa... More
US COAST GUARD Fire drills, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO -- Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Hoppenrath waves flags to represent fire and smoke during a damage control drill simulating a helicopter crash on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Berthol... More
US COAST GUARD Marijuana offload
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal, and agents from the San Diego Maritime Task Force offload 137 bales of marijuana from a recent case. The crew of the Narwhal spotted a "go-fast" vessel jettisoni... More
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
PACIFIC OCEAN -- Coast Guard Cutter BERTHOLF's 57mm gun fires at an unmanned aerial vehicle drone Feb. 26, 2009. BERTHOLF's crew is conducting Combat System Ship Qualification Trials this week to test its abili... More
Suspected illegal migrants, San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO -- Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock moor a seized panga after responding to a report of suspected illegal migrants March 19, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Henry G. Dunphy)