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 are Pett... More
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty load
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty load a .50 caliber machine gun with blank rounds during a practice fire exercise at the Juneau Police Department firing range in Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2017. T... 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 a steering gear inspection aboard a bulk carrier vessel at the Port of Houston,Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Smith, a machinery technician
Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Smith, a machinery technician aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, takes pressure readings from the icebreaker's Number One engine while underway in Alaska, Aug. 25, 2014. Machiner... More
Staff members from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River
Staff members from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River and Marine Safety Unit Portland, on the television monitor, participate in the morning brief at the sector's base in Warrenton, Ore., Feb. 13, 2017. The staf... More
Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station
Fireman Samuel Potter, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Harbor Beach, Mich., holds the tow line while conducting two-boat training aboard a 24-foot and a 25-foot response boat in Lake Huron, Sept. 28, 2015. Sta... More
Members of Recruit Company Sierra 191 stand at attention
Members of Recruit Company Sierra 191 stand at attention during their graduation ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Members of Sierra 191 arrived at the training cente... More
A boatcrew, aboard a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law
A boatcrew, aboard a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, patrols Lake Erie near South Bass Island, July 29, 2013. The SPC-LE has a top speed of over 50 knots... 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 Edgar Douglas, a marine science
Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Douglas, a marine science technician, shows his shipmate what to look for during an engine room emergency escape hatch inspection aboard a bulk carrier vessel at the Port of Housto... 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
Week in the Life - BUI training
VALLEJO, Calif. - Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Jack, a maritime enforcement specialist at Training Team West, uses a breathalyzer on a volunteer as part of boating under the influence training for the boardin... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Station Lake Tahoe
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe is located on the shores of Lake Tahoe and the crew maintains and operates two 25-foot rapid response boats Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. The crew conducts search an... More
Grand Haven navigation drills
Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron F. Winn, a coxswain at Coast Guard Station Grand Haven, Mich., and Seaman Robert A. Schreur, a crewman at the station, conduct navigation drills aboard a 47-foot response boat in L... More
Station Niagara trains with Auxiliary
A crew from Coast Guard Station Niagara, N.Y., aboard a 25-foot response boat, conducts two-boat training with a Coast Guard Auxiliary crew aboard Coast Guard Auxiliary member Mike McGrath's personal boat in th... More
US COAST GUARD Barnacle waits
Barnacle, the Coast Guard Station Milwaukee mascot, waits patiently at the station door for the crew to return from training on Lake Michigan, Sept. 30, 2015. Barnacle is a 2-year-old terrier mixed breed. (U.S.... More
Station Port Huron crew rescues disabled vessel
Members from Station Port Huron, Mich., aboard a 25-foot response boat, tow a disabled vessel out of danger in the middle of the St. Clair River to safety at a local marina, Oct. 2, 2015. The crew aboard the 25... More
A member of the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association
A member of the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association congratulates a recruit from Sierra 191 during a graduation ceremony at the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Members of Sierra ... More
Seaman Hayden Arias removes lead acid batteries from
Seaman Hayden Arias removes lead acid batteries from the Los Angeles Light on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. These lead acid batteries and all pre-exisiting equitment are being removed to update the lighthouse with b... 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 1st Class Jeremy Estes speaks to a mariner
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Estes speaks to a mariner requesting navigation assistance from Vessel Traffic Service Houston-Galveston, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. The Coast Guard provides these services in major ... More
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Wilmette Harbor,
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Wilmette Harbor, in Wilmette, Ill., put on protective gear at the station for weapons of mass destruction training, Sept. 30, 2015. Crew training is an essential part of da... More
The recruit silent drill team performs at the graduation
The recruit silent drill team performs at the graduation ceremony for Recruit Company Sierra 191 at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Oct. 2, 2015. The silent drill team is made up of recruits from va... More
Recruits spray water at a lit LED screen during a
Recruits spray water at a lit LED screen during a firefighting simulation at the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Recruits learn the different jobs associated with hose handli... More
Lt. Ishmu Looney directs a fire team aboard the chemical
Lt. Ishmu Looney directs a fire team aboard the chemical tanker Argent Eyebright during a simulated fire response drill in the port of Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 28, 2014. Fire drills such as this are carried out d... More
Sgt. Steve Dangler, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office,
Sgt. Steve Dangler, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, talks with Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Madjeska, chief Incident Management Division Sector Columbia River, during a joint-agency planning meeting at the Port of Portl... 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Carrington uses a thermal
Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Carrington uses a thermal imager to detect heat sources while Petty Officer 3rd Class Donald Delach mans a fire hose during firefighting training aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy... More
Team members of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland,
Team members of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland, Ore inspect fiberglass layers in preparation for vacuum infusion of one of the hull structures for a Catamaran Small Passenger Vessel in Portland, Feb. 3... 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
Lt. Antone Alongi conducts a safety check of an HC-130
Lt. Antone Alongi conducts a safety check of an HC-130 Hercules airplane at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in O'ahu, Hawaii, July 31, 2013. Alongi and fellow crew members conducted area familiarizations ... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell undergoes dockside
The Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell undergoes dockside maintenance while in port in Portland, Ore., Aug. 29, 2014. The Bluebell is a 100-foot inland buoy tender used primary to service aids to navigation along 500 ... More
Scott Cobb speaks to local mariners requesting navigational
Scott Cobb 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 United States as a... 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
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
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - IT school
PETALUMA, Calif. - Students learn to become information system technicians at Training Center Petaluma Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Information system technicians are responsible for establishing and maintaining Co... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - HS school
PETALUMA, Calif. - Seaman Heidi Bennett administers an intravenous needle to Seaman Justin Canales while Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Flores oversees the lesson at Health Services Technician "A" School at Tra... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento
SACRAMENTO - Crewmembers from Air Station Sacramento, conduct a preflight inspection on a HC-130 Hercules aircraft Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. The 186 Coast Guardsmen who serve here carry out search and rescue and m... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - Station Lake Tahoe
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Wade Feast, a boatswain's mate at Station Lake Tahoe, throws a heaving line during a training drill Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. The crew conducts search and rescue, law... 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
Coast Guard Day events in Portsmouth, VA
Members of Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, Va., depart High Street Landing in Downtown Portsmouth during Coast Guard Day events, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. Many Coast Guard units came to celebrate the service's 22... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Crocodile, an 87-foot
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Crocodile, an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat home-ported in St. Petersburg, Fla., conducts a patrol in Tampa Bay, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014. The Crocodile conducts security patrols in ... More
Lt. Kate McHenry, Buffalo, N.Y., native and Chief of
Lt. Kate McHenry, Buffalo, N.Y., native and Chief of the Maintenance Branch at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., listens to Sean Boone, a training center construction inspector, as he describes the co... More
Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger 115 miles southwest of San ...
Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Santos (left), flight mechanic, Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Ackerman, rescue swimmer, Lt. Robb Mackenzie, pilot, and Lt. j.g. Marvin Gates, co-pilot, stand together after conductin... More
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Wilmette Harbor,
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Wilmette Harbor, in Wilmette, Ill., practice donning protective gear during weapons of mass destruction training, Sept. 30, 2015. Crew members practice the use of proper pe... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Demasi, a machinery
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Demasi, a machinery technician at Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, services Hunts Mill Point Light 44A while underway in the lower Columbia River, Feb. 7, 2017. The ANT received t... 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
Lt. Antone Alongi and Lt. j.g. Matthew Chase conduct
Lt. Antone Alongi and Lt. j.g. Matthew Chase conduct a pre-flight safety brief with crew members aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in O'ahu, Hawaii, July 31, 2013. This... 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
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 th... 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
A cadet at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn.,
A cadet at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., holds the American flag during morning colors as Reveille is played through loud speakers in front of Hamilton Hall, Aug. 1, 2013. The group of individua... 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 - HS scho
PETALUMA, Calif. - Seaman Jennifer Bull and Seaman Amanda Kitson practice adminstering an intravenous drip on a fake arm as part of a lesson at Health Services Technician "A" school at Training Center Petaluma ... More
Week in the Life of the Coast Guard - VanDell
PETALUMA, Calif. - Petty Officer 1st Class VanDell Dawson stands at the podium from which he teaches petty officer indoctrination at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. The indoctrinat... 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
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, throws a mooring line onto a dock cleat Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. The crew conducts search and rescue, law enfor... More
US COAST GUARD TACLET South FLORIDA
A TACLET South Green Team member performs an elevated water entry while wearing all his law enforcement equipment by stepping off the 10-foot diving board Aug 1. Once in the water, the member has to successfull... More
Coast Guard Day events in Portsmouth, VA
Members of Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, Va., depart High Street Landing in Downtown Portsmouth during Coast Guard Day events, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. Many Coast Guard units came to celebrate the service's 22... More
Coast Guard Day events in Portsmouth, VA
Sam Bertrand, a member of the Coast Guard 1812 Historic Ship's Compan, is shown dressed in a Revenue Cutter Service uniform during Coast Guard Day events in Downtown Portsmouth, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. The memb... More
Coast Guard Sector San Diego medevacs burn victim
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
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