A Coast Guard honor guard from Coast Guard Island in
A Coast Guard honor guard from Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., presents the colors for the retirement ceremony of Coast Guard Capt. Matt Bliven, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Bliven, who graduated from the Coa... More
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Karl Schultz, commander of the
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Karl Schultz, commander of the Coast Guard 11th District (center) bows his head as the invocation is read during a retirement ceremony for Coast Guard Capt. Matt Bliven (far right), Friday... More
Members of the Bay Area Chief’s Mess hold letters spelling
Members of the Bay Area Chief’s Mess hold letters spelling the words “No Bystanders” on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton April 3, 2013. The Chief’s Mess sponsored the day as Service Dress Blues Da... More
The tug Respect is hauled to the surface of the Oakland
The tug Respect is hauled to the surface of the Oakland Estuary Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The tug, which sank at its moorings in 2007, will be transported to a nearby yard for scrapping. (Coast Guard photo by P... More
Coast Guard Cmdr. Joseph Sundland, executive officer
Coast Guard Cmdr. Joseph Sundland, executive officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, is interviewed by local media after returning home from a five-month counter-drug deployment to the Eastern Pacific in su... More
Ronald Ouimette, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary,
Ronald Ouimette, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, directs a spectator vessel away from the Coast Guard-enforced safety zone during day three of the Americas Cup World Series event, Aug. 23, 2012. The... More
Fleet Week media day - U.S. Coast guard photo
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ernie Child, attached to Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, provides a play-by-play narrative of a search and rescue exercise for local television and radio stations duri... More
Coast Guard Machinery Technician Petty Officer 1st
Coast Guard Machinery Technician Petty Officer 1st Class Ian Gable acts as lookout while Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Karen Sinkey, both with the Coast Guard's Pacific Strike Team based ... More
Coast Guard Lt. Carl Breedlove applies a layer of paint
Coast Guard Lt. Carl Breedlove applies a layer of paint to graffiti on a stanchion in Union Point Park in Oakland, Calif., Jan. 21, 2013, as part of a park cleanup and beautification project. The project was s... More
Members of a color guard render a 21-gun salute during
Members of a color guard render a 21-gun salute during a Pearl Harbor ceremony on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Dec. 7, 2013. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie)
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center activity
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyquan Scullark, an operations specialist with Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, issues a notice to mariners during his shift in the command center. Coast Guard Sector San Fr... More
Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Petty Officer 1st Class
Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Karen Sinkey with the Coast Guard's Pacific Strike Team based in Novato, Calif., operates a 23-foot vessel in the waters near Humboldt Bay, March 28, 2014. T... More
US COAST GUARD Media event, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO -?Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Huey, attached to Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, provides an overview of Coast Guard waterways and port security to a reporter during a media ... More
Burial at sea, US Coast Guard Photo
The cremated remains of Coast Guard veteran Ernest W. Woldemar, who served in World War II from 1942 to 1945 aboard USS LST 19 in the Pacific and participated in several campaigns among the Northern Mariana Isl... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Dunham works to remove
Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Dunham works to remove graffiti from a plaque in Union Point Park in Oakland, Calif., Jan. 21, 2013, as part of a park cleanup and beautification project. The project was sponso... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Dunham, assisted by
Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Dunham, assisted by his sons, works to remove graffiti from a plaque in Union Point Park in Oakland, Calif., Jan. 21, 2013, as part of a park cleanup and beautification project.... More
A Coast Guard boat crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small
A Coast Guard boat crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small enforces a safety zone on San Francisco Bay during the 34th Americas Cup World Series event, Aug. 22, 2012. The Americas Cup is the oldest active tro... More
Coast Guard recognizes Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year for the 11t...
The Coast Guard Reserve Person of the Year, Petty Officer 1st Class Stepheni Norton (center), a yeoman assigned to the operational support division at Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311, Long Beach, Calif., sta... More
US COAST GUARD America's Cup, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO - A Coast Guard boatcrew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small enforces a safety zone on San Francisco Bay during the 34th America's Cup World Series event, Aug. 22, 2012. The America's Cup is the ... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, who returned
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, who returned to their homeport of Alameda April 13, 2014, after a 97-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean, work together to move a electrical shore tie into pl... More
U.S. Navy retired Fireman 2nd Class John Vaessen is
U.S. Navy retired Fireman 2nd Class John Vaessen is recognized during a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony on Coast Guard Island, in Alameda, Calif., Dec. 7, 2013. Vaessen was serving aboard the USS Utah on the ... More
A Coast Guard bagpiper performs "Amazing Grace" at
A Coast Guard bagpiper performs "Amazing Grace" at the conclusion of a memorial ceremony for Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Obendorf held on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Jan. 30, 2014. (Coast Guard ph... More
Packing a bearing - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN FRANCISCO - Coast Guard Fireman Brandon Neuhesel, attached to Coast Guard Station San Francisco, packs grease into a wheel bearing from one of the station's boat trailers. The station's area of responsibili... More
U.S. Navy retired Fireman 2nd Class John Vaessen is
U.S. Navy retired Fireman 2nd Class John Vaessen is recognized during a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony on Coast Guard Island, in Alameda, Calif., Dec. 7, 2013. Vaessen was serving aboard the USS Utah on the ... More
United States Interdiction Coordinator Fixed Wing Aviation Award
R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, presents Capt. Michael J. Eagle, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento with the United States Interdict... More
Members of the Coast Guard Honor Guard render a 21-gun
Members of the Coast Guard Honor Guard render a 21-gun salute from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche before honored guests, family, friends and shipmates during the memorial ceremony for Petty Officer ... More
U.S. Coast Guard boarding team members practice boarding
U.S. Coast Guard boarding team members practice boarding a suspect “go fast” vessel during an exercise with the Mexican Navy off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico, Oct. 8-11, 2013. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty O... More
US COAST GUARD America's Cup, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO - A Coast Guard boatcrew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small enforces a safety zone on San Francisco Bay during the 34th America's Cup World Series event, Aug. 22, 2012. The America's Cup is the ... More
Coast Guard Capt. Gregory Stump, (center) commander
Coast Guard Capt. Gregory Stump, (center) commander Coast Guard Sector San Francisco and Captain of The Port of San Francisco, shakes the hand of Congressman Jared Huffman of the 2nd District of California in S... More
“Black liquor” - a waste byproduct created during the
“Black liquor” - a waste byproduct created during the pulping process - is transferred from an unstable holding tank and into a tanker truck March 28, 2014, during a long-term joint-agency cleanup of an abandon... More
Station San Francisco provides security escort
Coast Guard Seaman Robert Gable is silhouetted against the morning sun while aboard a Response Boat-Small from Coast Guard Station San Francisco during a "positive control," patrol Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, as inb... More
United States Interdiction Coordinator Fixed Wing Aviation Award
R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, addresses the crew of Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento Monday, August 20, 2012, at a ceremony at McClellan Airfield. Ker... More
Burial at sea, US Coast Guard Photo
Coast Guard Lt. Amanda Hood, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter Pike, presides over the burial at sea of Ernest W. Woldemar, a veteran of the Coast Guard who served in World War II from 1942 to 1945 aboard ... More
The Honorable Alejandro Majorkas, deputy secretary
The Honorable Alejandro Majorkas, deputy secretary of Homeland Security, addresses honored guests, family, friends and shipmates present during the memorial ceremony for Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Obendorf ... More
A warden with the California Division of Fish and Wildlife
A warden with the California Division of Fish and Wildlife assists with a series of fisheries boardings near Morro Bay, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. The boardings were a mix of recreational boating safety and f... More
A group of Coast Guard personnel and their family members
A group of Coast Guard personnel and their family members gather in Union Point Park in Oakland on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, to assist with a park cleanup. The project was sponsored by the Coast Guard's 11th Dist... More
Crew from the CGC Bertholf, home ported in Alameda,
Crew from the CGC Bertholf, home ported in Alameda, Calif., wait as the ship moves into position at the pier after a five-month counter-drug deployment to the Eastern Pacific in support of Joint Inter-Agency Ta... More
United States Interdiction Coordinator Fixed Wing Aviation Award
R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, addresses the crew of Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento Monday, August 20, 2012, at a ceremony at McClellan Airfield. Ker... More
US COAST GUARD America's Cup, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO - A Coast Guard boatcrew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small enforces a safety zone on San Francisco Bay during the 34th America's Cup World Series event, Aug. 22, 2012. The America's Cup is the ... More
A warden with the California Division of Fish and Wildlife
A warden with the California Division of Fish and Wildlife assists the Coast Guard with a series of fisheries boardings near Morro Bay, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. The boardings were a mix of recreational boat... More
Friends and family wait to greet their loved ones aboard
Friends and family wait to greet their loved ones aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton as it returns to homeport in Alameda, April 13, 2014. Since departing Jan. 6, Stratton completed a 22,000-mile patrol in ... More
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, home
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, home ported in Alameda, Calif., maneuver the ship's brow into position in anticipation of departing the ship after a five-month counter-drug deployment to the E... More
A Coast Guard honor guard from Coast Guard Island in
A Coast Guard honor guard from Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., presents the colors for the retirement ceremony of Coast Guard Capt. Matt Bliven (above, center), Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Bliven, who gradua... More
A diver exits the water after checking the tension
A diver exits the water after checking the tension on the chains used to haul the sunken tug Respect to the surface of the Oakland Estuary Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The tug, which sank at its moorings in 2007, ... More
A member of the Coast Guard assists with a series of
A member of the Coast Guard assists with a series of fisheries boardings conducted near Morro Bay, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. The boardings were a mix of recreational boating safety and fisheries to coincide ... More
US COAST GUARD Updating charts, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Shaffer, a boatswain's mate with Coast Guard Station San Francisco, updates the charts for the unit's area of responsibility, which covers San Francisco Bay south t... More
Members of the Bay Area Chief’s Mess hold letters spelling
Members of the Bay Area Chief’s Mess hold letters spelling the words “No Bystanders” on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton April 3, 2013. The Chief’s Mess sponsored the day as Service Dress Blues Da... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, who returned
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, who returned to their homeport in Alameda April 13, 2014, after a 97-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean, work together to move a electrical shore tie into pl... More