Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Le...
BERKELEY, Calif. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Lee, a damage controlman stationed at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, trains to become a writing coach for the WriterCoach Connection, a partnership in education ... More
Week in the life - BUI training
VALLEJO, Calif. - Chief Petty Officer Ryan Hooper, a maritime enforcement specialist at Training Team West, conducts boating under the influence training for the boarding officers at Coast Guard Station Vallejo... More
Airman Zachary Burley, an aviation survival technician
Airman Zachary Burley, an aviation survival technician in training, drops back into the water after stabilizing the rescue basket as one of his victims is hoisted from a pool at the Aviation Technical Training ... More
Air Station Detroit advancement ceremony
Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Anderson, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Detroit, kneels in front of his father, Harry Anderson, and Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Matt Kehler as they pin o... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, a 225-foot
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, a 225-foot buoy tender home-ported in Port Huron, Michigan, conduct ice rescue training on the ice of the Black River in Port Huron, Feb. 18, 2017. Pictured is Petty... More
Cleveland marine inspector
Lt. Cmdr. Mickey Dougherty, a marine inspector at Marine Safety Unit Cleveland, inspects the damage to motor vessel Manistee moored in Cleveland Harbor, Sept. 30, 2015. The motor vessel was damaged after it str... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Gonzalez aboard Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Moses Gonzalez, a food service specialist aboard Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, prepares gravy to serve with the noon meal on the cutter, Oct. 2, 2015. Buckthorn is a 100-foot... More
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Sault Ste. Marie,
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Sector Sault Ste. Marie walk the deck aboard the motor vessel Stewart J. Cort during a safety and security boarding while underway on the St. M... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Carson Russell, a company commander
Petty Officer 1st Class Carson Russell, a company commander at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., walks through the line of the newest recruits to arrive for basic training, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Re... More
Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Colleen Foley (left), Lt. j.g.
Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Colleen Foley (left), Lt. j.g. Jennifer Flowers (center) and Lt. Brennan Dougherty, members from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore's prevention team, walk over to the Sultana, an approximately 5... More
Coast Guard conducts helicopter training
Petty Officer 2nd Class Casey Hanchette, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is lowered to a 41-foot Utility Boat from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, Va., during helicopter oper... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cheyenne Wolfe, a food service
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cheyenne Wolfe, a food service specialist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, prepares pita chips for lunch while underway in Alaska, Aug. 25, 2014. Food service specialists aboard the ... More
Coast Guard Seaman Logan Weeks, a crewman at Station
Coast Guard Seaman Logan Weeks, a crewman at Station Alexandria Bay, N.Y., gives a command to Petty Officer 3rd Class James Smith, a crewman at the station, during his boarding team member qualification test at... More
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques on the Thames River, July 31, 2013, as part of the Swab Summer training curriculum. Swabs spend their first summer at the Academy making the transition from 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
A detail photograph of the patches worn by Petty Officer
A detail photograph of the patches worn by Petty Officer 1st Class William Lahey, a member of the police department at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, July 30, 2013. The Coast Guard Police is made up of pers... More
Week in the Life - ANT San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Crewmembers from Aids to Navigation Team San Francisco load day boards onto their smallboat as they prepare to work local aids to navigation in the Bay Area Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. The crewmember... More
Air Station Barbers Point activity
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Terry Widrlechner, an avionics electrical technician, performs daily maintenance on an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012.... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Lisner, private aids
Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Lisner, private aids to navigation specialist, 9th Coast Guard District Department of Prevention, inspects aids to navigation folders in his office in Cleveland, July 29, 2013. All... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - HS school
PETALUMA, Calif. - Seaman Jennifer Bull and Seaman Amanda Kitson practice adminstering an intravenous drip on a fake arm while Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandelle Delph oversees the lesson at Health Services Tech... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Station Lake Tahoe
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Demucha, a maritime enforcement specialist at Station Lake Tahoe, yells "Man overboard" after throwing a rescue dummy off the boat during a training drill on L... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Morning Colors
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Fireman Mitzie Thompson marches out the national ensign in preparation for morning colors at Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe Sunday, Feb. 13, 2010. The crew of Station Lake Tahoe conducts se... More
A group of Coast Guardsmen perform wall sits in Downtown
A group of Coast Guardsmen perform wall sits in Downtown Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, July 30, 2013. The Atlantic Area and 5th District Chief's Mess hosts workouts every two weeks in an effort to promote physical... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard 2014
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crew member crosses the air station tarmac in Sitka, Alaska, Aug. 29, 2014. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews based at Air Station Sitka perform search and rescue and aids to na... More
Member of Sector Lake Michigan stands gate guard
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Drew, a member of Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, stands guard at the sector's gate, Sept. 29, 2015. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan comprises 21 Coast Guard stati... More
Week in the Life 2017, Alaska
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, pilots and command staff receive a morning weather brief at the air station’s Hangar 1, Feb. 24, 2017. The air station is home to three Coast Guard airframes: the MH-60 ... More
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice breaking tug home-ported in Detroit, conduct helicopter hoisting training with crew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit aboard a 65MH Dolphin helicopte... More
Week in the life of the Coast Guard - Colors
VALLEJO, Calif. - Coast Guard members from Station Vallejo conduct morning colors, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Morning colors is observed at 8 a.m. every morning. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class ... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Reid Roach, a boatswain's mate at Station Lake Tahoe, examines the waters of Lake Tahoe Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. The crew conducts search and rescue, law enforcement... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brock Taylor, a member of Coast
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brock Taylor, a member of Coast Guard Station Erie, Pa., splices double-braided nylon line for new mooring lines at the station, Sept. 30, 2015. The double-braided nylon line is manufact... More
Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Heather Bove, landing
Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Heather Bove, landing signal officer, stands on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley after the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter A... More
Fireman Timothy Hunter, a crew member aboard Coast
Fireman Timothy Hunter, a crew member aboard Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, a 100-foot Inland Buoy Tender homeported in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., paints an ice buoy in preparation for Operation Fall Retrieve. For... More
Recruits at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J.,
Recruits at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., approach a simulated fire during a training evolution Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Recruits learn shipboard firefighting techniques in basic training in order ... More
Representatives from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River,
Representatives from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, Port of Portland, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Customs and Border Protection and Port of Portland Fire and Rescue gather together at Terminal 2 in t... More
Reserve Officer Candidate Indoctrination Class 1-13
Reserve Officer Candidate Indoctrination Class 1-13 renders honors to Rear Adm. John S. Welch, Senior Reserve Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Aug. 2, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Office... More
Recruits at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J.,
Recruits at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., place their hands on the shoulders of those in front of them as they prepare to safely leave a fire simulator, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Recruits learn ship... More
Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles crew conducts cliff
Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles crew conducts cliff rescue operation training near Point Vicente Lighthouse in Rancho Palos Verde, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. This training is conducted in an effort to ... More
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit inspect
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit inspect a rescue helicopter prior to take-off from the station, Oct. 2, 2015. The preflight inspection is conducted by all members of the crew before every take-off. ... More
A group of Coast Guardsmen participate in a run along
A group of Coast Guardsmen participate in a run along the water in Downtown Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, July 30, 2013. The Atlantic Area and 5th District Chief's Mess hosts workouts every two weeks in an effort t... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Avery, a flight mechanic
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Avery, a flight mechanic from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, guides the hoist cable up to a MH-60 Jayhawk from the air station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The crews con... More
Seaman Andrew Simmons and Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott
Seaman Andrew Simmons and Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Sjostrom, crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, fight a simulated bilge fire at the United States Maritime Administration firefighting school i... More
Seaman Recruit Casey Ranson, a Tyler, Texas, native,
Seaman Recruit Casey Ranson, a Tyler, Texas, native, speaks to his sponsor from the Recruit Servicing Personnel Office at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Oct. 1, 2015. Ranson is a member of Recruit ... More
Chief Petty Officer Jeffery Borup, a health services
Chief Petty Officer Jeffery Borup, a health services technician at Sector Columbia River, discusses medical readiness during an all-hands meeting at the sector's base in Warrenton, Ore., Feb. 15, 2017. The comm... More
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin,
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, home-ported at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, go about their daily business while in port Tuesday, July 30, 2013. The crew aboard the Rankin is responsib... More
US COAST GUARD TACLET South FLORIDA
A TACLET South Green Team member treads water wearing his first line gear consisting of helmet, gun belt and Advanced Interdiction Uniform Aug. 1 during Water Survival Training. Water Survival Training is desi... More
Coast Guard SN Aaron Clayton, a member at Coast Guard
Coast Guard SN Aaron Clayton, a member at Coast Guard Station Erie, Pennsylvania, is issued his personal protective equipment by Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig Campomizzi, the station’s rescue and survival petty... More
Coast Guard Cmdr. Shana Donaldson, a member of Air
Coast Guard Cmdr. Shana Donaldson, a member of Air Station Detroit, poses for a photo with her family after her promotion ceremony at the air station, Oct. 1, 2015. Donaldson is the air station's assistant ope... More
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit conduct
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit conduct a preflight check of a rescue helicopter at the air station, Oct. 2, 2015. The preflight inspection is conducted by all members of the crew before every take-o... More
Chirs Isaak, a student at Juneau Douglas High School
Chirs Isaak, a student at Juneau Douglas High School in Juneau, Alaska, watches as crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty assemble a .50 caliber machine gun at the Juneau Police Department firing range... More
Members of Coast Guard Station Erie, Pennsylvania,
Members of Coast Guard Station Erie, Pennsylvania, Petty Officer 2nd Class James Stephenson and FN Josh Gonzales, conduct repairs on one of the station’s 45-foot response boats at the station dock, Feb. 16, 201... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dakota Crow and Fireman Cody
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dakota Crow and Fireman Cody Rogers of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty fire a .50 caliber machine gun during a practice fire exercise at the Juneau Police Department firing range in Junea... More
Swabs from Golf Company participate in marchings drills
Swabs from Golf Company participate in marchings drills and manual of arms training on Washington Parade Field at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, July 30, 2013. Swabs spend their first summer at the Academy makin... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Douglas, a marine science
Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Douglas, a marine science technician, watches while a fire alarm is tested in the engine room of a bulk carrier vessel at the Port of Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The Coast Gu... More
Seaman Adam Muniz gives hands signals to the crane
Seaman Adam Muniz gives hands signals to the crane operator while Seaman Kayce Baker tends the rigging line to keep positive control on mooring bridles being craned from shore at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimo... More
Air Station Barbers Point activity
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Terry Widrlechner, an avionics electrical technician, performs daily maintenance on an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012.... More
Coast Guard conducts helo hoist training
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, gets hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the air station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The crews conduct... More
Michigan chiefs clean I-75
Members from the Station St. Ignace, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Coast Guard Chief's Mess cleaned up four miles of I-75 Sept. 28, 2015. The chief's mess is the name given to the gathering of Coast... More
Chief Petty Officer Reno Joergens speaks to local mariners
Chief Petty Officer Reno Joergens speaks to local mariners requesting navigational assistance Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at Sector Houston-Galveston. The Coast Guard provides these services in major ports througho... More
Name tapes for operational dress uniforms rest on a
Name tapes for operational dress uniforms rest on a table at the Uniform Distribution Center, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, N.J. Recruits are issued their uniforms an... More
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit conduct
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit conduct a preflight check of one of their rescue helicopters prior to launch from the station, Oct. 2, 2015. The preflight inspection is conducted by all members of th... More
Chief Petty Officer Marcus Collison (right), executive
Chief Petty Officer Marcus Collison (right), executive petty officer at Coast Guard Station Marquette, Mich., and Seamen Chelsea Martin and Brandon Pollard, crewmembers at the station, talk about the benefits o... More
Chief Operations Specialist speaks to local mariners
Chief Operations Specialist speaks to local mariners requesting navigational assistance Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at Sector Houston-Galveston. The Coast Guard provides these services in major ports throughout the... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Cole Bender, a
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Cole Bender, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Niagara, N.Y., practices throwing a heaving line at a buoy from a 45-foot response boat in the Niagara River, Sept. 30, 2015. A ... More
Auxiliarist Tim Welsh (left) checks Petty Officer 3rd
Auxiliarist Tim Welsh (left) checks Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Dodson's vital signs while Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood assists during a medical drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Monday, Jul... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon O’Brien, a boatswain’s
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon O’Brien, a boatswain’s mate at Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay, scrapes the hull of a 47-foot Motor Life Boat clean of growth during haul-out maintenance in Newport, Ore., Aug. 27,... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Megan Spellman and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 1st Class Megan Spellman and Petty Officer 3rd Class Danielle Stevens, both machinery technicians aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, monitor the icebreaker's engines during watch while underway ... More
Air Station Barbers Point activity
U.S. Coast Guard personnel perform daily maintenance on an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Regular maintenance practices ensure safety during operations f... More
Air Station Barbers Point activity
U.S. Coast Guard personnel perform daily maintenance on an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Regular maintenance practices ensure safety during operations f... More
Week in the Life 2015, Wednesday: Hercules LMR flight over D13
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Morris, an aviation maintenance technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, keeps an eye on equipment in the cockpit of an HC-130 Hercules aircraft during a fisher... More
Air Station Detroit preflight inspection
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Via, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, inspects a rescue helicopter's engine as part of a preflight inspection at the station, Oct. 2, 2015. Part of a... More
Week in the Life Cape Disappointment
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment personnel pull one of their 47-foot Motor Life Boats out of the water at Station Cape Disappointment, Feb. 22, 2017. The Motor Life Boats are pulled from the water for re... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a crewman at Coast
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., prepares to pass a towing line to the other crew while conducting two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot resp... More
Health Services Technician 2nd Class Thomas Nolan,
Health Services Technician 2nd Class Thomas Nolan, an Ocean City, N.J., native, explains the proper way to use the nasal administration of this year's flu virus vaccine to Petty Officer 3rd Class Whitley Steele... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot buoy tender home-ported in Duluth, Minnesota, conduct ice rescue training in the Duluth Harbor, Feb. 3, 2017. Units in the Great Lakes are unique as they need... More
A group of Coast Guardsmen perform plank exercises
A group of Coast Guardsmen perform plank exercises in Downtown Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, July 30, 2013. The Atlantic Area and 5th District Chief's Mess hosts workouts every two weeks in an effort to promote phy... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dean McNash, a marine science
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dean McNash, a marine science technician at the Marine Safety Unit in Portland, Ore., inspects life rafts aboard the chemical tanker Argent Eyebright during a dockside safety inspection ... More
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Sault Ste. Marie,
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Sector Sault Ste. Marie wait for the rest of the boarding team aboard the motor vessel Stewart J. Cort while underway on the St. Marys River, S... More
A bus filled with the Coast Guard's newest recruits
A bus filled with the Coast Guard's newest recruits arrives at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Recruits arrive nearly every Tuesday to begin their eight-week basic training b... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Douglas, a marine science
Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Douglas, a marine science technician, shows his shipmate what to look for during an inspection aboard a bulk carrier vessel at the Port of Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The Coa... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin Lekich and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin Lekich and Petty Officer 2nd Class David Andreoli point simulated weapons at Chief Petty Officer Geoff Gatewood during Anti-Terrorism Force Protection training aboard the Coast Gua... More
Petty Officers 3rd Class Josh Pollock (left), Dan Swartwood
Petty Officers 3rd Class Josh Pollock (left), Dan Swartwood (center) and Seaman Andrew Butcher carefully rack the hoses used during a fire drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore where Dodson is pretending t... More
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques on the Thames River, July 31, 2013, as part of the Swab Summer training curriculum. Swabs spend their first summer at the Academy making the transition from c... More
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques on the Thames River, July 31, 2013, as part of the Swab Summer training curriculum. Swabs spend their first summer at the Academy making the transition from c... More
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques on the Thames River, July 31, 2013, as part of the Swab Summer training curriculum. Swabs spend their first summer at the Academy making the transition from c... More
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques
Swabs from Echo Company practice sailing techniques on the Thames River, July 31, 2013, as part of the Swab Summer training curriculum. Swabs spend their first summer at the Academy making the transition from c... More
Cadets at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn.,
Cadets at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., raise the morning colors and render salutes as Reveille is played through loud speakers in front of Hamilton Hall, Aug. 1, 2013. The group of individuals ... More
Seaman Jordan Tappan works a line Tuesday, July 30,
Seaman Jordan Tappan works a line Tuesday, July 30, 2013, to be used for securing a pelican hook to a rail aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin. Aside from ship maintenance and working aboard the Rankin, ... More
Seaman Smith aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn
Coast Guard Seaman Jacob Smith, a crewman aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, washes dishes after the noon meal on the cutter while moored in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Oct. 2, 2015. Buckthorn is a 100-foot ... More
Week in the Life - ANT San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Seaman Kiffen Dehart (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Rodgers (right), both crewmembers at Aids to Navigation Team San Francisco, get underway to work aids to navigation in the Bay Area, ... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - OS school
PETALUMA, Calif. - Seaman Andrew Calvert learns to speak on a marine radio at the Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma's Operations Specialist "A" School Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Operations Specialists coordina... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Wade Feast, a boatswain's mate at Station Lake Tahoe, operates a 25-foot rapid response boat on the waters of Lake Tahoe Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. The crew conducts s... More
US COAST GUARD TACLET South FLORIDA
A TACLET South Green Team member practices shedding his law enforcement equipment during a simulated failure of his flotation device Aug. 1. Coast Guardsmen attending Water Survival Training have to demonstrate... More
Coast Guard conducts helo hoist training
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Avery, a flight mechanic from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., connects a rescue basket to the hoist cable of the helicopter over the Pasquotank River near the air ... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard 2014
Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore crew members perform maintenance on a buoy on the cutter’s deck while underway in Prince William Sound Aug. 27, 2014. The Sycamore is a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Co... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a coxswain at
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Brown, a coxswain at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., takes a sip from his favorite coffee cup before starting the station's morning meeting, Sept. 28, 2015. Station Harbor... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brad Dowdy, an aviation maintenance
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brad Dowdy, an aviation maintenance technician from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, thoroughly washes parts during hourly inspections and maintenance on one of Air Station Detroit's MH-... More
Serving up the noon meal
Petty Officers 2nd Class Aaron Kortas and Brian Murphy, both food service specialists at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, stand ready to serve the noon meal at the sector, Sept. 30, 2015. Food ser... More
A recruit is given some of his uniform items, Wednesday,
A recruit is given some of his uniform items, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 at the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May's Uniform Distribution Center. Recruits come to the UDC within 24-hours of their arrival in or... More
Fairport crew shoots for qualification at firing range
Members of Coast Guard Station Fairport, Ohio, shoot pistols for qualification on the firing range in Ashtabula, Ohio, Sept. 30, 2015. The Coast Guard's standard issue weapon is the Sig Sauer P229 .40 caliber. ... More
A crewmember from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro
A crewmember from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro carries trash off the ship while moored at the crew's homeport in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2017. The crew participates in 'sweepers' at the end of each wo... More