Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole Groll

Petty Officer First Class Peter Lewis poses for a photo at Coast Guard Station Point Allerton on Feb. 27, 2015. Now Chief Petty Officer Lewis, he has received the Coast Guard's Forrest E. Rednour Award for Exce More

New York Air National Guard Senior Airmen Mitch Jacobs, 103 Rescue Squadron, is lowered from the Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk onto the 45-foot vessel sent to support Operation Orange Flag from Station Point Judith More

Rear Adm. Steven D. Poulin addresses the the audience at Faneuil Hall after assuming command as the First Coast Guard District Commander, Thursday, May 26, 2016 in Boston. Poulin assumed command from Rear Adm. More

From Left: Capt. Richard J. Schultz, commander of Coast Guard Sector Southeastern, Rear Adm. Steven D. Poulin, commander of Coast Guard First district, and Capt. John T. Kondratowicz, former commander of Coast More

Left: Cmdr. Willie Carmichael shakes hands with Cmdr. Timothy Brown after officially being relieved as commanding officer of the Tahoma on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Carmichael served as commanding officer of the More

The small boat on Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma is lowered over the side of the ship by crane with Petty Officer 2nd Class Ian Nelms at the wheel on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. The OTH is lowered with a coxswain, boat c More

U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma boarding team members, Seaman Combs and Ensign Lassiter, inspect lobsters during a living marine resources boarding of a commercial fishing vessel off the coast of Massachusetts More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Anderson hails the fishing vessel Lisa B from the Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England command center on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. The Lisa B assisted in rescuing three kayake More

The 47-foot boat crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor assists the injured man off their boat to awaiting Emergency Medical Services on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. The man injured his hand on his sailboat at Star I More

The crew from Coast Guard Station Point Judith prepares to conduct tactical training the 29-foot response boat off the coast of Rhode Island on Oct. 7, 2016. While the crew trains regularly, in order to keep up More

Members of the Coast Guard, Connecticut National Guard, SeaWorld, IFAW, and Mystic Aquarium gather for a group photo on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 on the the tarmac of Groton-New London Airport. The manatee was tra More

The Coast Guard air crew from Air Station Cape Cod meets with the SeaWorld staff in Orlando, Florida on Oct. 18, 2016, after the manatee is transported from Orlando International Airport. The air crew followed More

The U.S. Coast Guard air crew from Air Station Cape Cod meets with the SeaWorld animal rescue team crew at Groton-New London airport in Connecticut, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. The manatee was transported to SeaWor More

New England Patriot players, Joe Cordona and Jordan Richards, came out to play flag football during their football season with members of the Coast Guard, Air Force and Army. pose for a group shot with their m More

Pictured is the 23-foot boat Dad Sea Cave that went missing with three men aboard in Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod Tuesday, Nov 8, 2016. Anyone with information about the missing boat or crew is urged to contact Coast More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Bashe explains to Maine Marine Patrol officers what is in a living marine resources boarding kit on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Crews from Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba, Station South More

From left: U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Steven Poulin, General William Graham and Colonel Christopher Barron post for a photograph on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2016. The Coast Guard First District Commander met with More

Two members of IPF Boston conduct maintenance on the 49-foot BUSL in the bay on Thursday, Dec. 8. The Tuttle Award is designed to recognize the hard work and achievement of the crew for ensuring a seamless tran More

Adm. Poulin greets an executive board member of the Hull Lifesaving Museum on Wed., Dec. 21, 2016 at the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, Massachusetts. Adm. Poulin visited the historic lifesaving museum after v More

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Peter Lewis serves a crew member during lunch Wed., Dec. 21, 2016 in the galley at Station Point Allerton. Recently, Chief Lewis and Station Point Allerton won the Coast Guard's More

This is the control panel where the anti-icing systems are activated in the cockpit of the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod in Massachusetts on Jan. 18, 2017. The Jayhawk is the only More

This photo shows the gear Coast Guard aviation survival technicians need to wear when jumping into the winter water while at Air Station Cape Cod in Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 2017. ASTs work out five days a wee More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Mills, an aviation survival technician, stands with his gear in the AST shop on Air Station Cape Cod in Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 2017. The cold weather gear is required for all res More

Coast Guard Adm. Steve Poulin and Cmdr. Tim Brown, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, speak with Sam Taub, manager of Boston Celtics community engagement, before going onto the basketball court at More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer crew members secure the helicopter to the flight deck of the ship Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. The Spencer returned from a 74-day Eastern Pacific ocean patrol after seizing $92 milli More

The fire department at Air Station Clearwater gives the arriving plane a water salute on Monday, Feb. 27, 2016. Port Security Unit 307 arrived at Air Station Clearwater after a nine-month deployment to Guantana More

Coast Guard Station Castle Hill's boat house in Newport, Rhode Island on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Station Castle Hill is a multi-mission station which conducts Search and Rescue, Ports Waterways and Coastal Secur More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Peter Odonnell looks up after handcuffing and searching his shipmate during Boarding Team Member training on Coast Guard Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Wednesday, March 29, 20 More

This photo features U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class John Spada. Spada was named the 2016 Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year for the First Coast Guard District. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer More

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Michael F. Nasitka addresses the audience during the change of command ceremony Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Portsmouth Naval Station in Kittery, Maine. Nasitka will be the commanding offi More

Seaman Jordan Popovec (Left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Catherine Desmarais (Right) pull down on the emergency stop wire coming through the ceiling of the engine room of Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark in Newpo More

Recently painted aids to navigation buoys lay ready to be deployed as channel markers in the Coast Guard buoy yard, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. Coast Guard Cutt More

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Burgess unscrews the Coast Guard flag from the mast of a 29-foot response boat-small April 14, 2017, at Station Cape Cod Canal in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Prior to c More

The crew from Aids-to-Navigation Team Bristol is underway for buoy maintenance off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. ANT Bristol maintains the waterways from Westerly, Rhode Island More

The crew from Aids-to-Navigation Team Bristol discusses a game plan for buoy maintenance off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. ANT Bristol maintains the waterways from Westerly, Rho More

Petty Officer 3rd Class John Northup takes a background sample in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Since 2016, more than 70 oil sheens were reported in the water between New Bedford and More

Coast Guard Station Chatham's new 24-foot Special Purpose Craft- Shallow Water sits on its trailer in Chatham, Massachusetts after being unloaded from the flatbed it was transported on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Th More

A U.S. Coast Guard 29-foot response boat crew patrols Boston Harbor during the Grand Parade of Sail for Sail Boston 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts, June 17, 2017. The Coast Guard provided the security along with More

U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team prepares to get underway to patrol Boston Harbor for Sail Boston 2017, June 19, 2017, Boston, Massachusetts. The Maritime Security Response Team deployed to Bost More

This 12-foot yellow kayak was found unmanned and adrift off Cape Cod, Massachusetts Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The owner of the kayak was found and transported to the hospital. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

The Coast Guard, Buzzard's Bay Task Force, other local government agencies, and good Samaritans rescued 12 people in Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. A good Samaritan rescued 9 out of th More

A member of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference poses with a Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexander Mutchler wearing law enforcement gear, holding a mounted M240B machine gun onboard a 25-foot resp More

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Mothander from Idustrial Production Facility Boston discusses their maintenance role to the members of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference members at Base Boston, Tuesday, Au More

Coast Guard cutter Oak crew members lower gear into the cargo hold on of the ship Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Newport, Rhode Island. The Oak deployed to assist in restoring waterways in the wake of Hurricane Irm More

Seaman Ryan Wolterbeek paints a hatch on the main deck of Coast Guard cutter Active Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2017. As a member of the deck department, it is Wolterbeek's job to keep the rust away by making sure the More

Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel is in drydock with Goodison Shipyard in Quonset, Rhode Island on Nov. 15, 2017. The Cutter is homeported in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Cla More

Members of Coast Guard Base Boston's C4IT staff gather for a group photo Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Base Boston C4IT supports 82 shore units, 36 cutters, 236 boats, and 70 remote communication sites. (U.S. Coast More

Aerial view of a 45-foot response boat-medium from Coast Guard Station Woods Hole, Massachusetts on March 9, 2018. The boat crew from Station Woods Hole participated in rescue swimmer training with an aircrew f More

Petty Officer 1st Class John Joeckel is announced as the First Coast Guard District's Enlisted Person of the Year in a ceremony at Base Boston, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. He is a marine science technician assig More

Coast Guard Cutter Spencer's boarding team deploys to enforce fisheries regulations off the coast of New England, April 5, 2018. Spencer is homeported in Boston. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

An Eversource Energy contractor checks the nitrogen lines to the freeze pit on Friday, April 20, 2018. The unified command is overseeing freeze pit operations to determine the source of the dielectric fluid lea More

Seaman Josh Olsen assists a North Kingston fire fighter in rescuing the Coast Guard training dummy 'Oscar' from the sea off Point Judith, Rhode Island, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Station Point Judith hosted a bo More

The sun slowly burns off the fog as Coast Guard Cutter Eagle waits at anchor off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Eagle was a part of the opening ceremonies for the Volvo Race and Sail More

Chief Leah Abbot prepares to play the clarinet during the opening ceremony of Race Village in Newport for Sail Newport and the Volvo race Tuesday, May 8, 2018. The Coast Guard Band is located at the Coast Guard More

Coast Guard Vice Admiral Karl Schultz addresses the crowd Friday, May 18, 2018, during the Coast Guard Atlantic Area change of command ceremony at Training Center Yorktown, Virginia. During the ceremony, Schult More

The crew on Coast Guard Cutter Campbell captured this photo of a low profile drug vessel on May 24, 2018 during their deployment to the Eastern Pacific. The crew was responsible for seizing about 13,000 pounds More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Trzaska assists New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Tom Pearce, 103rd Rescue Squadron, onto a 45-foot response boat from a life raft on Thursday, May 12, 2016. The More

Vice Adm. William “Dean” Lee, commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presides over the First Coast Guard District commander's change of command ceremony, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Durin More

Tug Emily Anne rises from the water, wrapped in chains, upside down on Friday, June 10, 2016 from Massachusetts Bay in Boston. The Emily Anne sank with three people onboard outside Boston’s North Channel just a More

Capt. Richard J. Schultz relieves Capt. John T. Kondratowicz of his duty as commander of Coast Guard Sector Southeastern in the change of command ceremony, Friday, June 10, 2016 at Nobska Lighthouse in Woods Ho More

Petty Officer 1st Class Gregory Alexander carries the boarding team's pelican case while the boat captian's dog watches him through the open door on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Alexander is a boarding team member st More

A boarding team from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returns to the ship after an afternoon of fishery inspections off the coast of Massachusetts on July 28, 2016. The small boat is raised and stowed on a platform on More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michelle Crocker fills out paperwork from a recent search and rescue case in Coast Guard Sector Southeastern's command center on Aug. 12, 2016. All paperwork filled out is tracked electr More

Coast Guard Station Point Judith conducts tactical boat training on the 29-foot response boat on Oct. 7, 2016, off the coast of Rhode Island. Station Point Judith has 35 members and operates two 47-foot Motor L More

The HC-144 from Air Station Cape Cod stands by on the tarmac at the Groton-New London Airport in Connecticut on Oct. 18, 2016. The air crew flew the aircraft down from Air Station Cape Cod to transport a rescue More

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jay Law checks the manatees condition in the HC-144 Ocean Sentry cargo area , Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. The air crew from Air Station Cape Cod arrived at Groton-New London More

U.S. Coast Guard Base Cape Cod Commanding Officer Capt. Andrew Clyburn welcomes New England Patriot players, Joe Cardona, Jordan Richards and Eric Rowe to Joint Base Cape Cod on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. Members fr More

Carlos Amaral one of three men aboard the 23-foot boat Dad Sea Cave that went missing in Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod Tuesday, Nov 8, 2016. Anyone with information about the missing boat or crew is urged to contact C More

A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Southwest Harbor meets up with U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba and their small boat in order to commence Operation Blue Claw off the coast of Maine, Thur More

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Steven Poulin and his staff meet with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's commander of the North Atlantic division, General William Graham, and the commander of the New England distr More

Mike Derrico hand presses threads into the screw holes of the metal wheel he is working on in the Industrial Production Facility Boston workshop on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Derrico is part of the staff awarded t More

Coast Guard Lt. Nicholas Peters inspects the rotor head and anti-icing sensor before turning on the engines of the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Air Station Cape Cod in Massachusetts, Jan. 19, 2017. The anti-ice More

An aviation survival technician from Air Station Cape Cod swims laps in the pool at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Cape Cod on Jan. 19, 2017. During the winter, ASTs use the indoor pool to train when the oce More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Mills, an aviation survival technician, trains in the swimming pool at Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Cape Cod in Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 2017. This rescue technique is what re More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma stand in two lines and wave to the crowd during the 'Seats for Soldiers' Boston Celtics game at TD Garden in Boston on Jan. 30, 2017. The crew was honored for interdicting More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer crew members pose with the illegal drugs they seized while on patrol Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. The Spencer returned from a 74-day Eastern Pacific ocean patrol after seizing about More

Port Security Unit 307 members line up in formation during a homecoming ceremony after returning home from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 27, 2017. While deployed, PSU 307 members performed dut More

Two seamen throw Oscar, the training mannequin, into the water in Potter's Cove, Rhode Island on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Crews from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill conducted boat training to in order to keep the More

Coast Guard Reserve Port Security Unit 301 boarding team members clear a room during Boarding Team Member training on Coast Guard Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Using blue guns, member More

This photo features U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Solden. Solden was named the 2016 Enlisted Person of the Year for the First Coast Guard District. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd More

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Michael F. Nasitka and Cmdr. Mark A. McDonnell salute each other signaling the change of command for Coast Guard Cutter Campell Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Portsmouth Naval Station in Kit More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Cesar Rivera (left), Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Stebbings (center) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Samarys Salas (right) change the oil on the crane's swing drive motors abo More

The 45-foot response boat medium is ready to go at U.S. Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal, Friday, April 14, 2017, in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The ready-crew has the boat prepared to respond to emergency calls More

Under the marine growth, the crew from Aids-to-Navigation Team Bristol discovered line fouled in the mooring chain of a buoy Wednesday, April 19, 2017, off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. ANT Bristol servic More

Petty Officer 3rd Class John Northup screws on the lid to a sample jar in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Samples from suspected bilges are documents and taken to the Coast Guard Marin More

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jason Hash inspects the new 24-foot Special Purpose Craft- Shallow Water before removing the boat trailer from the flatbed at Station Chatham, Chatham, Massachusetts on Tuesday, More

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary patrolled Boston Harbor during Sail Boston as well as hosted many VIPs during the Grande Parade of Sail on June 17, 2017, in Boston, Massachusetts. Sail Boston 2017 had over 50 ta More

The U.S. Coast Guard Silent Drill Team march in the Crew and Cadet Parade June 19, 2017, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts for Sail Boston 2017. The Coast Guard is working closely under a Unified Command with o More

This is a photo of missing Ted Gulvemond on his 21-foot Donzi in Essex Bay, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 2017. Gulvemond's wife reported him missing to Coast Guard watchstanders after he didn't come home from his usu More

A crew member from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Boston shows a member of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference how to light a blow torch in Boston, Massachusetts, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The JCOC is t More

Memebers of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference gather for a photo on Base Boston in Massachusetts, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The JCOC is meant to educate and inform participants about the strength and readi More

Coast Guard Cutter Oak crews stage sinkers and chain on the buoy deck Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Newport, Rhode Island. The cutter loaded 137,000 lbs of gear to assist in revitalizing waterways in the wake of H More

Coast Guard cutters Active (left) and Alert (right) sail side by side in the Eastern Pacific, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2017. The Active is homeported in Port Angeles, Washington and the Alert in Astoria, Oregon. (U. More

A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel climbs the ladder to check on maintenance work on the deck of the ship at Goodison Shipyard in Quonset, Rhode Island on Nov. 15, 2017. The Cutter is homeported in Wo More

Lt. Edward Costa, field operations officer for Base Boston C4IT department, goes through a server with Samuel Kornreich Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Costa won the 2017 Cmdr. John P. Dailey award for outstanding le More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Reece Williams, an aviation survival technician, gears up in the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter for training in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, March 9, 2018. This is William's first unit out o More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Melitski is announced as the First Coast Guard District's Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year in a ceremony at Base Boston, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. He is a maritime enforcemen More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Hayden Hunt discusses freeze pit operations with an Eversource contractor on Friday, April 20, 2018. The unified command is overseeing freeze pit and dive operations this weekend to try More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Rachel Farrell oversees the navigation training on the Narrangansett Police department marine vessel off the coast of Point Judith Thursday, April 19, 2018. Station Point Judith hosted a More

Ensign Lucy Daghir and Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Shunda observe and discuss the temporary clamp around the pip under the I-93 bypass in Somerville, Monday, May 7, 2018. The damaged electrical pipe relea More