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
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
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
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Mark Paul, crew
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Mark Paul, crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, pull four sets of mooring bridles that are tied together to a hand truck before the bridles are craned a... 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
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
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
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
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 3rd Class Dan Swartwood disconnects a
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood disconnects a hose and secures a fire hydrant after partaking in a fire drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Monday, July 29, 2013. Swartwood, a crew member of the Y... 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
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Mark Paul, crew
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Mark Paul, crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, pull four sets of mooring bridles that are tied together to a hand truck before the bridles are craned a... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, helps guide a rescue basket containing an Academy cadet up to a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the air stati... More
Week in the life 2015 - A woman sitting on a bench under a full moon
Seaman Kristen Reel enjoys some evening air outside Station Cape Charles, Va., Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Crew members like Reel throughout the Coast Guard are always ready to respond to search and rescue calls, d... More
Airman William Carvallo, an international student from
Airman William Carvallo, an international student from the Mexican Navy, swims to victims during training at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., July 31, 2013. The training simulated... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, grabs hold of the back of a cadet's lifejacket, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The crews conducted hoist training wi... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left) and Petty
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood prepare to evacuate Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Dodson during a fire drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore where Dodso... 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 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
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
Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Emley, an aviation survival
Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Emley, an aviation survival technician instructor at Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., pulls an airman onto the hoist platform following a training scenario... More
Seaman Kayce Baker tends the rigging line to keep positive
Seaman Kayce Baker tends the rigging line to keep positive control on mooring bridles being craned from shore at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore to the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, July 30, 2013. The crew... More
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore's prevention team, checks the water intakes to see if there are any obstructions or if the valves don't work during an inspection Aug. 2, 2013. ... 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., lowers Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Elizabeth City, into the... More
Seaman Dani Wilson, a member of Aids to Navigation
Seaman Dani Wilson, a member of Aids to Navigation Team Milford Haven, maintains control of the crane's hook with a tag line aboard a 55-foot Aids to Navigation Boat in Hill's Bay near the station in Hudgins, V... More
Seaman Mark Paul, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard
Seaman Mark Paul, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, pulls a set of mooring bridles to a hand truck before the bridles are craned aboard the Rankin, July 30, 2013. The bridles, which weig... More
Seaman Adam Muniz gives hands signals to the operator
Seaman Adam Muniz gives hands signals to the operator of the crane aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, July 30, 2013. Muniz and other crew members from the Rankin work to bring aboard mooring bridles fr... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Macarthur (left) instructs
Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Macarthur (left) instructs Seaman Mitchell on proper handcuffing and law enforcement techniques during a training at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, July 30, 2013. Macarthur a... More
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore's prevention team, checks the water intakes to see if there are any obstructions or if the valves don't work during an inspection Aug. 2, 2013. ... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - OS school
PETALUMA, Calif. - Seaman Lindsey Green 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 coordinat... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento
SACRAMENTO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason McGrath, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Sacramento, watches as a HC-130 Hercules aircraft operates with one engine secured Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. The 1... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento
SACRAMENTO - Coast Guard crewmembers tow a HC-130 Hercules aircraft out of the hanger at Air Station Sacramento Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. The 186 Coast Guardsmen who serve here carry out search and rescue and mari... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood (left) provides
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood (left) provides Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Dodson oxygen while Auxiliarist Tim Welsh checks Dodson's vital signs during a medical drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimo... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left) and Petty
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood prepare to evacuate Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Dodson during a fire drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore where Dodso... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Susen, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Susen, a maritime enforcement specialist from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) monitors vessel traffic during a security patrol on the East River, Sept. 28, ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left), Seaman
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left), Seaman Andrew Butcher (middle) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood prepare to evacuate Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Dodson during a fire drill at the Coast Gua... More
Airman William Carvallo, an international student from
Airman William Carvallo, an international student from the Mexican Navy, passes a life ring to a victim during training at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., July 31, 2013. The trai... More
Airman William Carvallo, an international student from
Airman William Carvallo, an international student from the Mexican navy, gives a ready for pickup signal during training at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., July 31, 2013. The tra... More
Seaman James Mitchell (right) gives verbal commands
Seaman James Mitchell (right) gives verbal commands to another Coast Guard Police officer stationed at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore during law enforcement training July 30, 2013. The Coast Guard Police is ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner dons his gear
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner dons his gear during a two-minute turnout drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Monday, July 29, 2013. The drill is to make sure that fire department crew members can ... 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
Seaman Dani Wilson, a member of Aids to Navigation
Seaman Dani Wilson, a member of Aids to Navigation Team Milford Haven, disconnects chain from a sinker aboard a 55-foot Aids to Navigation Boat in Hill's Bay near the station in Hudgins, Va., Thursday, Aug. 2, ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood motions as though
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood motions as though overhauling a fire during a drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Monday, July 29, 2013. Swartwood, a crew member of the Yard's fire department, too... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Hector Martinez, a machinery
Petty Officer 2nd Class Hector Martinez, a machinery technician from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) grabs a line from Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) crew member on the East Riv... More
Seaman Kayce Baker tends the rigging line to keep positive
Seaman Kayce Baker tends the rigging line to keep positive control on mooring bridles being craned from shore at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore to the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, July 30, 2013. The crew... More
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore's prevention team, checks the water intakes to see if there are any obstructions or if the valves don't work during an inspection Aug. 2, 2013. ... More
CGC Healy makes port call in Kodiak, Alaska
Petty Officer 3rd Class Boe Siefke and Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Neth work together to haul a line from Coast Guard Cutter Healy during a port call in Kodiak, Alaska, Aug. 30, 2014. Healy, a polar icebreake... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Hector Martinez, a Machinery
Petty Officer 2nd Class Hector Martinez, a Machinery Technician from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) takes the slack out of a line to tie the 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforceme... More
Airman William Carvallo, an international student with
Airman William Carvallo, an international student with the Mexican Navy, inspects a dewatering pump during training at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., July 31, 2013. The training... More
Seaman Jacob Flores, a crew member aboard the Coast
Seaman Jacob Flores, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, pulls a set of mooring bridles to a hand truck before the bridles are craned aboard the Rankin, July 30, 2013. The bridles, which w... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Demucha (left) and Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Reid Roach recover a rescue dummy during a training drill on Lake Tahoe Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. The cre... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Demucha (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Reid Roach recover a life ring that was tossed in the water for a training drill on Lake Tahoe Saturday, Feb. 12, 20... More
Crew members aboard a 55-foot Aids to Navigation Boat
Crew members aboard a 55-foot Aids to Navigation Boat from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Milford Haven in Hudgins, Va., conduct a damage control drill in Hills Bay near the station, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013... 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
Seaman Dani Wilson, a member of Aids to Navigation
Seaman Dani Wilson, a member of Aids to Navigation Team Milford Haven, removes a sling from a sinker aboard a 55-foot Aids to Navigation Boat in Hill's Bay near the station in Hudgins, Va., Thursday, Aug. 2, 20... More
A recruit attempts to complete the Confidence Course
A recruit attempts to complete the Confidence Course at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Aug. 2, 2013. The Confidence Course is aimed at building confidence in recruits during seemingly dangerous sit... More
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 of the Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento
SACRAMENTO - A HC-130 Hercules aircraft sits on the runway at Air Station Sacramento Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. The 186 Coast Guardsmen who serve here carry out search and rescue and maritime law enforcement missio... More
Week in the Life of the Coast - Station Lake Tahoe
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Jack Leth, liaison officer for the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Demucha, a maritime enforcement specialist at Station Lake Tahoe, examine a weather gage Saturday... More
CGC Narwhal crew resets sign
LOS ANGELES - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard cutter Narwhal fix their newly painted sign to the 87-foot Newport Beach, Calif, based cutter, as part of their day work, August 2, 2012.The Narwhal is a multi-missi... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby Thomas, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby Thomas, a boatswain's mate from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) safely maneuvers a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement boat on the East River, du... More
Fireman Michael Gallo, an electrician's mate assigned
Fireman Michael Gallo, an electrician's mate assigned to Coast Guard Base Alameda in Alameda, Calif., operates a scissor lift in the Base Alameda facilities branch workshop, Feb. 27, 2017. The Base Alameda faci... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Emley, an aviation survival
Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Emley, an aviation survival technician instructor at Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., pulls Airman Rob Emley, an aviation survival technician in training, ... More
Machinery technicians assigned to Coast Guard Base
Machinery technicians assigned to Coast Guard Base Alameda, in Alameda, Calif., work together to clean the housing for a hydraulic pump unit on base, Feb. 27, 2017. The machinery technician crew on Base Alameda... More
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Adam Muniz prepare
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Adam Muniz prepare to crane some mooring bridles from shore aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, July 30, 2013. The bridles, which weigh approximately 90 pounds a se... More
Seaman Adam Muniz gives hands signals to the operator
Seaman Adam Muniz gives hands signals to the operator of the crane aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, July 30, 2013. Muniz and other crew members from the Rankin work to bring aboard mooring bridles fr... More
Seaman James Mitchell handcuffs another Coast Guard
Seaman James Mitchell handcuffs another Coast Guard Police officer stationed at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore during law enforcement training, July 30, 2013. The Coast Guard Police is made up of personnel i... 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, dons his swimmer equipment as he prepares to go into the Pasquotank River for training out of an MH-60 Jayh... More
(From left to right) Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby
(From left to right) Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby Thomas, Petty Officer 2nd Class Hector Martinez and Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Susen, from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) monitor v... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Susen, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Susen, a maritime enforcement specialist from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) monitors vessel traffic during a security patrol on the East River, Sept. 28, ... More
Seaman Mark Paul (left) works to untie a couple sets
Seaman Mark Paul (left) works to untie a couple sets of mooring bridles to prepare the bridles for Paul and Seaman Jacob Flores to transfer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, July 30, 2013. The bridles... More
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector
Lt. Brennan Dougherty, a member from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore's prevention team, checks for any "proud" boards while inspecting the Sultana, an approximately 51-foot sailing vessel, Aug. 2, 2013. The Coast ... More
Week in the Life - ANT San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Seaman Kiffen Dehart (left) and Seaman Amber Archer (right), both crewmembers at Aids to Navigation Team San Francisco, prepare their equipment before getting underway to work aids to navigation... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - IT school
PETALUMA, Calif. - Seaman Nathan Ryan learns to become an information system technician at Training Center Petaluma Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Information system technicians are responsible for establishing and m... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento
SACRAMENTO - Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Watson guides a HC-130 Hercules aircraft out of the hanger at Air Station Sacramento Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. The 186 Coast Guardsmen who serve here carry out search an... 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., stabilizes the rescue basket as a cadet prepares to be hoisted from the Pasquotank River near the air sta... More
Airman Zachary Burley, an aviation survival technician
Airman Zachary Burley, an aviation survival technician in training, stabilizes the rescue basket before one of his victims is hoisted from a pool at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left) and Petty
Petty Officer 3rd Class David Bruner (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Swartwood prepare to evacuate Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Dodson during a fire drill at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore where Dodso... More
Airman William Carvallo, an aviation survival technician
Airman William Carvallo, an aviation survival technician in training, conducts a free fall deployment into a pool during training at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., July 31, 2013... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Jennison, an aviation
Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Jennison, an aviation survival technician instructor at Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., simulates a panic victim during Airman William Carvallo's traini... More
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Mark Paul, crew
Seaman Jacob Flores (left) and Seaman Mark Paul, crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, pull four sets of mooring bridles that are tied together to a hand truck before the bridles are craned a... More