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Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) conducts ATON off Oahu

Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) conducts ATON off Oahu

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) conducted aids to navigation work on the H buoy off Honolulu, Dec. 4, 2017. These red and white buoys mark safe water all around and weigh around 18,000 pounds. ... More

An emperor penguin poses for a photo in front of the

An emperor penguin poses for a photo in front of the

An emperor penguin poses for a photo in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. The crew of the Seattle-based Polar Star is on its way to Antarct... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson renders honors while passing Washington's Tomb on Mount Vernon Monday, Mar. 6, 2017. The Lawson is visiting the Washington, D.C. area prior to its formal commi... More

US COAST GUARD Fierce Tradition

US COAST GUARD Fierce Tradition

Coast Guard Academy 2/c Kayla Hughely holds the Echo Company flag during the Corps of Cadets Regimental Review, Sept. 22, 2018. Demonstrating pride in military heritage, Regimental Reviews are one of the oldes... More

ITC Colin Bird jumping off of the pamper pole at Chief

ITC Colin Bird jumping off of the pamper pole at Chief

ITC Colin Bird jumping off of the pamper pole at Chief Petty Officer Academy Challenge Course.

Capt. Brenda K. Kerr, commander of Coast Guard Base

Capt. Brenda K. Kerr, commander of Coast Guard Base

Capt. Brenda K. Kerr, commander of Coast Guard Base Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia, discusses aspects of the base with Councilwoman Elizabeth M. Psimas Wednesday, March 8, 2017, beside the Coast Guard Cutte... More

A response boat from SMTC conducts a demonstration

A response boat from SMTC conducts a demonstration

A response boat from SMTC conducts a demonstration with an embarked member of the Panamanian Coast Guard as a part of the International Maritime Officers Course (IMOC) on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. The purpos... More

Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepares for Operation Spring Restore

Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepares for Operation Spring Restore

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepares to moor in Detroit, March 21, 2017, in preparation for Operation Spring Restore. Hollyhock was one of six cutters and multiple shore units tasked with aids-to-navigati... More

Coast Guard Solar Eclipse U.S. Coast Guard photograph

Coast Guard Solar Eclipse U.S. Coast Guard photograph

The crew of the 52-foot Motor Life Boat Victory, homeported at Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay, Ore., conducts a patrol of the Oregon coast during a total solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017. The Oregon coast drew tho... More

Operation Deep Freeze, Antarctica Antarctic animal alongside

Operation Deep Freeze, Antarctica Antarctic animal alongside

A Southern or Antarctic Minke whale prepares to breach alongside the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star in the fast ice channel at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze, Jan. 29, 2018. Increased ac... More

PHILADELPHIA - Members of Coast Guard Station Indian

PHILADELPHIA - Members of Coast Guard Station Indian

PHILADELPHIA - Members of Coast Guard Station Indian River get underway on a 47-foot Motor Life Boat for nighttime operations near Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, June 25, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty O... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Harris, assigned to Coast

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Harris, assigned to Coast

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Harris, assigned to Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans, rescues a child in support of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Port Arthur, Texas, August 30, 2017.... More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Gallant, a

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Gallant, a

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Gallant, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Miami, carries a boy away from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter in Beaumont, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017. An aircraft crew working out of ... More

Members of Coast Guard Sector New York stand at attention

Members of Coast Guard Sector New York stand at attention

Members of Coast Guard Sector New York stand at attention while marching in the New York City Veterans Day Parade, also known as America's Parade, Nov. 11, 2017. With more than 40,000 participants, the New York... More

Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team conducts fast rope training

Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team conducts fast rope trainin...

Members of the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team fast rope onto the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge from an MH-60 Jayhawk heilcopter delployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, ... More

9/11 Remembrance, New London Connecticut

9/11 Remembrance, New London Connecticut

Members of the Coast Guard Academy gather in front of Hamilton Hall to witness morning colors in honor of the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, Sep. 11, 2017. The ceremony marked the 16th anniversary of the events th... More

Cadets and crew members housing the sails

Cadets and crew members housing the sails

Cadets and crew members housing the sails

Lt. j.g. Lucas Taylor, a pilot at Coast Guard Air Station

Lt. j.g. Lucas Taylor, a pilot at Coast Guard Air Station

Lt. j.g. Lucas Taylor, a pilot at Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, delivers food and water to a young girl in Moca, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2017. The Coast Guard and partner agencies have been deliv... More

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock offloads

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock offloads

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock offloads approximately 4,000 pounds of suspected marijuana at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, May 19, 2017. The crew seized the contraband after vessel boarding sou... More

Coast Guard Cutter Cypress at sunset

Coast Guard Cutter Cypress at sunset

Coast Guard Cutter Cypress can do more than work aids to navigation. It's equipped to perform search and rescue, law enforcement, homeland security, pollution response and domestic icebreaking missions. Courtesy photo

MKCS Chris Wilson motivating Class 239 after their

MKCS Chris Wilson motivating Class 239 after their

MKCS Chris Wilson motivating Class 239 after their 1.5 mile run.

Members of Coast Guard Station Manistee, Michigan,

Members of Coast Guard Station Manistee, Michigan,

Members of Coast Guard Station Manistee, Michigan, rescue a pregnant deer trapped between the rocks on the edge of the Manistee River near Harbor Village, Michigan, May 31, 2017. The crew was underway for routi... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Ott smiles as he embraces

Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Ott smiles as he embraces

Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Ott smiles as he embraces his family at the Ft. Eustis Reserve Center on Nov. 12, 2017, at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Port Security Unit 305 returned to Fort Eustis after being deplo... More

National Ice Rescue School pool training

National Ice Rescue School pool training

Senior Chief Joel Sayers, an Aviation Survival Technician stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, oversees training at the National Ice Rescue School in Bay City, Michigan, January 18, 2018. The training included outdoor ... More

Training Center Petaluma Rainbow

Training Center Petaluma Rainbow

Sonoma County rises out of the ashes at Training Center Petaluma, California almost six months after the devastating wildfires. Rainbows ran rampant during a recent winter storm further proving that mother natu... More

Spider-Man in NYC, US Coast Guard Photo

Spider-Man in NYC, US Coast Guard Photo

Spider-Man poses aboard a Station New York 45-foot Response Boat Medium (RBM) while underway in the New York Harbor, June 26, 2017. Spider-Man was aboard the RBM to promote boating safety. (U.S. Coast Guard pho... More

Coast Guard aircrews medevac a female rescued from

Coast Guard aircrews medevac a female rescued from

Coast Guard aircrews medevac a female rescued from rising flood waters in response to Hurricane Harvey in the greater Houston metro area Aug. 27, 2017. The Coast Guard worked closely with all federal, state and... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted King Zulu and his krewe to Lundi Gras events in New Orleans to kick off the Mardi Gras celebrations, February 12, 2018. For over a quarter century the Coa... More

A walrus is seen by the Coast Guard Cutter Maple (WLB

A walrus is seen by the Coast Guard Cutter Maple (WLB

A walrus is seen by the Coast Guard Cutter Maple (WLB 207) crew underway on their historic voyage up through the Northwest Passage in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, July 22, 2017. Cutter Maple and crew assisted a re... More

Go Coast Guard, Go Bears!, New London Connecticut

Go Coast Guard, Go Bears!, New London Connecticut

Cadets at the Coast Guard Academy cheer on the Academy’s football team during the Secretaries Cup, Nov. 11, 2017. The Secretaries Cup is an annual NCAA Division III athletics college football game between the ... More

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew member, from Coast

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew member, from Coast

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew member, from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, stabilizes a hoist cable during flight operations in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. The cable was lowered down for Heal... More

A puppy welcomes the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer crew

A puppy welcomes the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer crew

A puppy welcomes the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer crew home to Boston, Tuesday, November 21, 2017 following a highly successful 90-day patrol fighting transnational organized crime networks in the Eastern Pacific... More

Cadets and crew members observing Colors

Cadets and crew members observing Colors

Cadets and crew members observing Colors Public domain photograph of a ship, sailing ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A woman clutches her dog after boarding a Coast Guard

A woman clutches her dog after boarding a Coast Guard

A woman clutches her dog after boarding a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter in a flooded Vidor, Texas, neighborhood, Aug. 31, 2017. An aircraft crew working out of Coast Guard Air Station Houston picked up a... More

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jason Martel, a marine

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jason Martel, a marine

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jason Martel, a marine science technician, Pacific Strike Team, assessed vessel conditions in Coral Harbor, U.S. Virgin Islands, as part of Emergency Support Function 10 response... More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy deployed in support of Operation Arctic Shield 2017

Coast Guard Cutter Healy deployed in support of Operation Arctic Shiel...

The Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a medium icebreaker, sits in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska during an Arctic deployment in support of scientific research and polar operations, Saturday, July 29, 2107. Th... More

USCGC Washington (WPB 1331) conducts joint fisheries boardings in Pacific

USCGC Washington (WPB 1331) conducts joint fisheries boardings in Paci...

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Washington (WPB 1331), homeported in Guam, partnered with a member of Palau's Department of Marine Law Enforcement to conduct fisheries boarding to ensure compliance with appl... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick conducts

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick conducts

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick conducts a patrol in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska, near Hubbard Glacier, June 13, 2017. The cutter and crew are homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska, and conduct Coast... More

MECS Alan Kinman facilitating trust falls at Chief

MECS Alan Kinman facilitating trust falls at Chief

MECS Alan Kinman facilitating trust falls at Chief Petty Officer Academy.

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilots Lt. Patrick Wright, Ensign Dave Strojny, Lt. Cmdr. James Cooley, Lt. j.g. Jason Weeks, Lt. Kyle Murphy and Lt. Jonathan Ralston kneel beside the... More

Here's a picture that was taken onboard before one

Here's a picture that was taken onboard before one

Here's a picture that was taken onboard before one of the many sail races that EAGLE participated in last summer

The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle is shown docked

The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle is shown docked

The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle is shown docked in Norfolk, Virginia, during Norfolk's annual Harborfest fireworks show, June 10, 2017. The Eagle crew came into Norfolk under full sail for the festival and ... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Juliana Harrison, an aviation

Petty Officer 3rd Class Juliana Harrison, an aviation

Petty Officer 3rd Class Juliana Harrison, an aviation electronics technician, performs anti-corrosion maintenance on a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter inside the hangar at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Warrento... More

Making tomorrow's leaders, New London Connecticut

Making tomorrow's leaders, New London Connecticut

Cadets at the Coast Guard Academy participate in 100th Week, a week-long training course with Cape May recruit company commanders, May 8, 2017. These cadets will become the command cadre for the incoming Class... More

Coast Guard conducts operations in Singapore

Coast Guard conducts operations in Singapore

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Cass, of Coast Guard Sector Honolulu, works with U.S. Coast Guard Activities Far-East on inspection and investigation work aboard commercial vessels in the Singapore Strait and... More

Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander flips game coin at Norfolk State University

Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander flips game coin at Norfolk State U...

Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander Vice Admiral Karl Schultz flips the game coin for the Norfolk State University football team in Norfolk, Va., November 4, 2017. Schultz was an honored guest during the game a... More

Eagle sailing at full sail

Eagle sailing at full sail

Eagle sailing at full sail

Training Center Petaluma members and families march

Training Center Petaluma members and families march

Training Center Petaluma members and families march together following colors on September 11, 2017.

Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay hove-to in ice on

Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay hove-to in ice on

Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay hove-to in ice on the Hudson River, January 18, 2018. The crew was able to enjoy some ice liberty during the busy winter season. The cutter and crew are homeported in Bayonne, N... More

A Coast Guard child takes part in Flags Across America

A Coast Guard child takes part in Flags Across America

A Coast Guard child takes part in Flags Across America ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. During the event, Coast Guard members, families, and friends placed Coast ... More

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles flies close to the water while conducting training exercises off the coast of Washington, Jan. 26, 2018. Crews will routinely conduct tr... More

A diver with a local salvage team floats in the water

A diver with a local salvage team floats in the water

A diver with a local salvage team floats in the water while working to recover a sunken vessel at the Isleta Marina in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on November 10, 2017. Maria Emergency Support Function 10 Puerto Rico... More

Coast Guard helicopter stands ready

Coast Guard helicopter stands ready

A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-65 Dolphin helicopter stands ready on the air strip in Alabama, January 10, 2018. ATC Mobile provides core training for rotary wing and fixed wing pilots, rescue... More

Members of Training Center Petaluma form up during

Members of Training Center Petaluma form up during

Members of Training Center Petaluma form up during colors on September 11, 2017 in honor of those lost.

Chief Petty Officer Jeff Wildes and Petty Officer 3rd

Chief Petty Officer Jeff Wildes and Petty Officer 3rd

Chief Petty Officer Jeff Wildes and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dick Shiplett, both from Coast Guard Station Seattle, look out for hazardous boaters on Lake Washington Aug. 4, 2017. The Coast Guard and partnering l... More

The daughter of Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Shreaves,

The daughter of Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Shreaves,

The daughter of Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Shreaves, who is assigned to Port Security Unit 305, hugs her dad when he returned home Sunday, November 12, 2017. Port Security Unit 305 returned to Fort Eustis a... More

A Coast Guard C-27J Spartan crew, assigned to Coast

A Coast Guard C-27J Spartan crew, assigned to Coast

A Coast Guard C-27J Spartan crew, assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, flies over San Francisco, California, during area of responsibility familiarization training, Monday, Feb. 6, 2018. The C-27Js a... More

The Coast Guard Cutter Munro passes under the Golden

The Coast Guard Cutter Munro passes under the Golden

The Coast Guard Cutter Munro passes under the Golden gate Bridge on its way into the Bay Area April 6, 2017. The Munro, the Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter, was commissioned in Seattle. U.S. Coast... More

The Class of 2017, New London Connecticut

The Class of 2017, New London Connecticut

Coast Guard Academy 1/c Fredrick Scott presents U.S. President Donald Trump with a gift for being the Coast Guard Academy Commencement ceremony speaker, May 17, 2018. During the ceremony, Academy graduates rec... More

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 helicopter aircrew,

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 helicopter aircrew,

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 helicopter aircrew, currently deployed on the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, conducts sling-load operations at Forward Operating Location Kotzebue, July 20, 2017. The aircrew... More

Chief Petty Officer Kelly, a Maritime Enforcement Specialist

Chief Petty Officer Kelly, a Maritime Enforcement Specialist

Chief Petty Officer Kelly, a Maritime Enforcement Specialist assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South observes a shooter perform a low-light shooting drill during Advanced Marksmanship Instructor (AMI) c... More

US COAST GUARD New Friends

US COAST GUARD New Friends

Coast Guard Academy 4/c John Barbera chats Maddie, a New London, Connecticut, resident, during a football game halftime event, Academy, Oct. 7, 2017. Maddie, along with other New Londoners attended a Coast Gua... More

MSST provides security at sunset in Hawaii

MSST provides security at sunset in Hawaii

Crews from Maritime Safety and Security Team Honolulu enforce a Security Zone during President Donald Trump's visit to the USS Arizona Memorial in conjunction with U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Navy in Pearl... More

A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf reunites

A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf reunites

A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf reunites with his wife and child after the cutter returned to homeport at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., Oct. 24, 2017.

Here's a picture from one of EAGLE's many tours last

Here's a picture from one of EAGLE's many tours last

Here's a picture from one of EAGLE's many tours last summer.

Coast Guard K-9 participates in helo ops training

Coast Guard K-9 participates in helo ops training

Ricky, a Belgian Malinois at Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco, is shown outfitted in his vertical delivery gear consisting of a hoisting vest, eye protection and hearing protection during trainin... More

Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules wash down

Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules wash down

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft is rinsed down at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Jan. 24, 2018. Crewmembers maintain operational readiness by washing the plane after every flight to protect it a... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson passes by the Washington Monument while transiting the Potomac River Monday, Mar. 6, 2017. The Lawson is visiting the Washington, D.C. area prior to its formal... More

A Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmember hugs his child

A Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmember hugs his child

A Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmember hugs his child Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. The Valiant crew returned to homeport after a 60-day multi-mission patrol in the Caribbean. (U.S... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Staph, an aviation survival

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Staph, an aviation survival

Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Staph, an aviation survival technician at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, is hoisted from a Station Boston 45-foot rescue boat to an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, during a training ex... More

Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo was commissioned December

Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo was commissioned December

Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo was commissioned December 8, 2017. The Jacob Poroo is a Sentinel-class fast response cutter that is homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi, but will operate throughout the vast and... More

Mabel Johnson laughs with Rear Adm. June Ryan and Rear

Mabel Johnson laughs with Rear Adm. June Ryan and Rear

Mabel Johnson laughs with Rear Adm. June Ryan and Rear Adm. Joanna Nunan at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, 2017. Ryan spoke of Johnson as one of the 'Founding Mothers' for women in the... More

Members of Coast Guard Safety and Security Team 91109

Members of Coast Guard Safety and Security Team 91109

Members of Coast Guard Safety and Security Team 91109 conduct vertical insertion training April 25, 2017, in San Francisco Bay. During the training evolution, Coast Guard members descended from an Air Force 12... More

NASA Orion Egress Testm GALVESTON, TEXAS

NASA Orion Egress Testm GALVESTON, TEXAS

Astronaut and retired Coast Guard Capt. Dan Burbank joined three other astronauts to practice egress training from an Orion spacecraft in real conditions in the Gulf of Mexico, July 13, 2017. The Coast Guard Cu... More

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer walks toward an MH-60

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer walks toward an MH-60

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer walks toward an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Air Station Houston Aug. 27, 2017. The Coast Guard, Texas Air National Guard, Customs and Border Protection and other federal, state... More

USCGC Gerczak (WPC 1126) arrives to new homeport of Honolulu

USCGC Gerczak (WPC 1126) arrives to new homeport of Honolulu

Lt. j.g. Joshua Martin, executive officer, Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) holds his daughter following the cutter's arrival to its new homeport of Honolulu Feb. 4, 2018, following a 42-day transit... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne escorted King Zulu and his krewe to Lundi Gras events in New Orleans to kick off the Mardi Gras celebrations, February 12, 2018. For over a quarter century the Coa... More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Keola Marfil, honorary

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Keola Marfil, honorary

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Keola Marfil, honorary Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Bishop and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Dickey walk to an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter during a search and rescue drill at C... More

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