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Ground crewmen in a control vehicle stand by to monitor incoming aircraft from a vantage point at Baumholder Range. Aircraft from various participating countries are using the range during a day-long gunnery practice session in preparation for Tactical Ai

Ground crewmen in a control vehicle stand by to monitor incoming aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TACTICAL AIR MEET '88 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released... More

COL. Saad and Soldiers of the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade take to a higher vantage point during the joint operation with the 1ST Battalion, 66th CAB, 4th Infantry Division cordon and search of Hadem Mutleg, Iraq on 18 January 2006. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

COL. Saad and Soldiers of the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade take t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-66/IA Scene Came... More

Sergeant Randy Daugherty, 12th Marine Corps District Headquarters, stands on a vantage point on the Naval Station, Treasure Island. In the background is the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Sergeant Randy Daugherty, 12th Marine Corps District Headquarters, sta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Blackburn Release Status: Released to Public... More

Assistant Dayshift Flight Sergeant, STAFF Sergeant John Stotler, a Security Specialists with the 60 Security Police Squadron (SPS), Travis AFB, California, observes the Harvest Falcon perimeter from a high vantage point at Al Kharj AB. The Security Police Contingent with security teams from various units such as 89 SPS Andrews AFB, 60 SPS Travis AFB, and Primarily 99 SPS Nellis AFB, Navada, is providing the security for Harvest Falcon and the Al Kharj Flightline area, in support of Desert Focus, the relocation of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (monitoring the no-fly zone over Iraq) personnel

Assistant Dayshift Flight Sergeant, STAFF Sergeant John Stotler, a Sec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Al Kharj Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M. Heileman, USAF Rele... More

Soldiers of A Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division iprovide security during the erection of new guard towers at a Entry Control Point manned by Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq on Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help bolster security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity.  (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of A Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-1... More

Sergeant Randy Daugherty, 12th Marine Corps District Headquarters, stands on a vantage point on the Naval Station, Treasure Island. In the background is the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Sergeant Randy Daugherty, 12th Marine Corps District Headquarters, sta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Blackburn Release Status: Released to Public... More

Members of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile team stand by on a vantage point overlooking a long roadway during the joint U.S./Korean Exercise Team Spirit '86. The missile launcher is mounted on an M-151 light vehicle

Members of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yong Mun Country: South Korea Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires an M60 lightweight machine gun at a group of targets from a hilltop vantage point during a field training exercise

A Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member fires an M60 lightweight machine gun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

W.J.L. Pratt, British air traffic controller, monitors incoming aircraft from his vantage point in the control tower during Excalibur III, a United States Air Forces, Europe bombing and gunnery competition

W.J.L. Pratt, British air traffic controller, monitors incoming aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Holbeach Range Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul A. Tubridy Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Soviet officers watch passersby from their shipboard vantage point upon the arrival of three Soviet Pacific Fleet vessels for a five-day goodwill visit

Soviet officers watch passersby from their shipboard vantage point upo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 P. Muscutt Release Status... More

US Army SPECIALIST Tusi Pagofie shoots Rock Drill from her vantage point 10 feet above the terrain board. This mission is in direct support of an Army Medical Department Exercise (AMEDDEX) Rock Drill Setup, at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas on August 10th, 2000

US Army SPECIALIST Tusi Pagofie shoots Rock Drill from her vantage poi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AMEDDEX Base: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Newark's populace views "Send-Off" Parade from high vantage point

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Newark's populace view...

Original Caption: Newark's populace views "Send-Off" Parade from high vantage point. Young men climbed almost to the top of a flag pole to witness the send-off parade of Camp Dix soldiers in Newark, New Jersey... More

A soldier of Co. A, 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., watches from his vantage point behind a wall while taking part in an urban warfare training exercise in an abandoned town during Operation Desert Shield. The soldier is armed with an M-16A2 rifle

A soldier of Co. A, 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SPC. Samuel Henry Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

SSGT Gene Burbage, Detachment 8, 1365th Audiovisual Squadron, and A1C Chris Scrivener, 1369th Audiovisual Squadron, photograph the base from their vantage point in front of a weather satellite tracking antenna during the joint service exercise Brim Frost '89

SSGT Gene Burbage, Detachment 8, 1365th Audiovisual Squadron, and A1C ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

Using a crane bucket to obtain a higher vantage point a Marine from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, scans the area for enemy forces at the MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) facility during LOE 1 (Limited Objective Experiment 1), which is part of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's URBAN WARRIOR series

Using a crane bucket to obtain a higher vantage point a Marine from Ch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

A sniper's eye view looking down over the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan. From this vantage point Taliban insurgents engaged US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in days of intense fighting. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A sniper's eye view looking down over the village of Siah Chub Kalay, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Siah Chub Kalay State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, ... More

U.S. Army LT. COL. Randy George, Comander of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division checks the progress of the construction of two guard towers at a Entry Control Point manned by Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq on Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help bolster security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity.  (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army LT. COL. Randy George, Comander of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-1... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division initiate the erection of two guard towers at an entry control point manned by Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help reinforce security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187 Scene Camera Op... More

Members of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile team stand by on a vantage point overlooking a long roadway during the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '86. The missile launcher is mounted on an M151 light vehicle

Members of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yong Mun Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang Release Status: Released to ... More

Dock master Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (BM2) Dennis W. Smith watches from a nearby vantage point as the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV 61) moves into its berth with the assistance of the large harbor tug KALISPELL (YTB 784)

Dock master Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (BM2) Dennis W. Smith watches f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Subic Bay Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D.P. Flynn, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Assistant Dayshift Flight Sergeant, STAFF Sergeant John Stotler, a Security Specialists with the 60 Security Police Squadron (SPS), Travis AFB, California, observes the Harvest Falcon perimeter from a high vantage point at Al Kharj AB. The Security Police Contingent with security teams from various units such as 89 SPS Andrews AFB, 60 SPS Travis AFB, and Primarily 99 SPS Nellis AFB, Navada, is providing the security for Harvest Falcon and the Al Kharj flightline area, in support of Desert Focus, the relocation of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (monitoring the no-fly zone over Iraq) personnel

Assistant Dayshift Flight Sergeant, STAFF Sergeant John Stotler, a Sec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Al Kharj Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M. Heileman, USAF Rele... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division initiate the erection of two guard towers at an entry control point manned by Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help reinforce security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Rele... More

U.S. Army 1ST SGT. Rob Corrigan and SPC. Tim Ramirez, from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, help guide the base of a guard tower into position at an entry control point manned by Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help reinforce security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army 1ST SGT. Rob Corrigan and SPC. Tim Ramirez, from Alpha Compa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187 Scene Camera Op... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division initiate the erection of two guard towers at an entry control point manned by Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help reinforce security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Rele... More

A US Coast Guardsman stands by in a boat as townspeople observe flood damage from a vantage point during flood rescue operations.  Flood waters from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers invaded river towns throughout Missouri and Illinois and caused a stat

A US Coast Guardsman stands by in a boat as townspeople observe flood ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Alton State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Fehringer, USAF Release Status: Released... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) James O Tenney, left and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Diane Colvin, use a fire suppression gondola from the Chesterfield Fire Department to photographically document the 2003 Selfridge Air Show from a high vantage point

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) James O Tenney, lef...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 927th ARW Scene Camera Operator: CIV John Swanson, USAF Releas... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division initiate the erection of two guard towers at an entry control point manned by Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help reinforce security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187 Scene Camera Op... More

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Wounded veterans of fighting in France were given vantage points along Fifth Avenue when the victorious 27th Division New York National Guard Unit, passed in review before the City's million on March 25th

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Wounded veterans of figh...

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A video cameraman films the guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG-51) from his vantage point aboard a PB Mark III patrol boat. The cruiser is returning to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A video cameraman films the guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) look out over the crowd from their vantage point beside a lifeboat station following the ship's arrival at the pier. The AMERICA is returning to Norfolk following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) look out over ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scen... More

Using a crane bucket to obtain a higher vantage point, a Marine scans the area for enemy forces at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT) during Urban Warrior. Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies. The experiment is being conducted by the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Experimental) from Quantico, Va and Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines from Camp Lejeune

Using a crane bucket to obtain a higher vantage point, a Marine scans ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division initiate the erection of two guard towers at an entry control point manned by Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help reinforce security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Rele... More

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Newark's populace views parade from high vantage point

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Newark's populace view...

Original Caption: Newark's populace views parade from high vantage point. With every inch of space taken from which to view the send-off parade of Camp Dix soldiers in Newark, New Jersey, some of the more dari... More

Using their truck as a vantage point, US Marines equipped with M-60 machine guns and M-16A2 rifles stay on the alert for snipers as they surround the weapons cantonment area of Somali Warlord GEN. Aideed. GEN. Aideed's compound seized by the Marines was an early morning raid

Using their truck as a vantage point, US Marines equipped with M-60 ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Relatives of Guardsmen leaving for training camps line route of march.  A good vantage point

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Relatives of Guardsmen l...

Photographer: Paul Thompson Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A soldier looks at a 433rd Military Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft from his vantage point atop an M-551 Sheridan light tank. The equipment is being deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

A soldier looks at a 433rd Military Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

Combat cameramen film the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37) from their vantage point on the bow of a PB Mark III patrol boat. The cruiser is returning to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Combat cameramen film the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

A member of Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5) looks down at a torpedo in the water from his vantage point in an SH-3 Sea King helicopter. The ordnance will be retrieved as part of a torpedo recovery training mission

A member of Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5) looks down at a torpedo ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines(PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 M.C. Farrington Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Honorable Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), views San Francisco Bay and the surrounding area from the vantage point of The Lone Sailor Memorial at Vista Point Outlook

The Honorable Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), views Sa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Damon J. Moritz, Usn Release Status: Rel... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division initiate the erection of two guard towers at an entry control point manned by Iraqi army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi army Division in As Saliniya, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2006.  The towers will help reinforce security in the area and allow a higher vantage point to curtail insurgent activity. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Rele... More

US COAST GUARD Safety patrols, Washington State

US COAST GUARD Safety patrols, Washington State

VANTAGE, Wash. - Coast Guard Auxiliarists pause for a photo on May 25, 2008 during volunteer safety patrols at Lake Wanapum for Memorial Day weekend. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Eric J. Chandler)

US COAST GUARD Boat recovered, Washington State

US COAST GUARD Boat recovered, Washington State

VANTAGE, Wash. - Joe Malick stands on his recreational jet boat after the Coast Guard Auxiliary recovers the $500,000 dollar vessel on May 25, 2008. The jet boat was found adrift by Auxiliary members on Memoria... More

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

VANTAGE, Wash. - Coast Guard Auxiliarist Bill Hougar works with the Grant County Sheriff on May 25, 2008 during the Memorial Day weekend patrol. Auxiliarists saved and assisted over 1.5 million dollars in recre... More

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

080525-C-9679C-53944 VANTAGE; Wash. - Coast Guard Auxiliarists tow the disabled jet boat Eliminator after discovering it adrift on Wanapum Lake, May 25, 2008. Moments later the vessel began taking on water at ... More

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

VANTAGE, Wash. - Coast Guard Auxiliarist Paul Bellona patrols Lake Wanapum on May 25, 2008 during Memorial Day weekend. The auxiliary assisted and saved over 1.5 million dollars during the voluntary three day p... More

US COAST GUARD Safety patrols, Washington State

US COAST GUARD Safety patrols, Washington State

VANTAGE, Wash. - Coast Guard Auxiliarist Bob Lewis prepares a boat hook to assist a 20-foot disabled recreational vessel on May 25, 2008, during a volunteer Memorial Day weekend patrol. (Coast Guard photo by Pe... More

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

US COAST GUARD Safety patrol, Washington State

VANTAGE, Wash. - Coast Guard Auxiliarist Joseph La Pointe and Garrison Bromell assist a kayaker suffering from sun exposure on May 25, 2008, during a voluntary Memorial Day weekend patrol. (Coast Guard photo by... More

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