Coast Guard Station Scituate
Coast Guard Scituate, Scituate, Mass., closes for the season, Thursday, Sept. 10. 2015. Coast Guard Station Scituate was established in 1936. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by crew of Station Scituate)
Two Coast Guard cutters aid disabled fishing boat southeast of Nantuck...
Coast Guard Cutter crews from the Escanaba and Tybee tow disabled fishing vessel Chazy’s Toy to safety Aug., 23 2015. The fishing vessel lost propulsion 120 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass. (U.S. Coast Guar... More
Maritime Safety and Security Team advances two members at Boston Light
Petty Officer 3rd Class Killian Whitmore, a gunner's mate with Boston's Maritime Safety and Security Team, displays his second class collar devices prior to his advancement. Whitmore was advanced to petty offic... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Killian Whitmore, a gunner's
Petty Officer 3rd Class Killian Whitmore, a gunner's mate with Boston's Maritime Safety and Security Team, displays his 2nd Class collar devices prior to his advancement. Whitmore was advanced to Petty Officer ... More
Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba tows disabled fishing vessel
Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba tows a disabled fishing vessel. The Escanaba is a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Boston. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by crew of Escanaba)
Coast Guard aids fishing vessel 50 miles from Portsmouth, NH
A crew member aboard Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba stands tow watch over the fishing vessel Danny Boy Thursday, Sept. 1, 2015. Escanaba is a medium endurance cutter homeported in Boston.
Adm. Fagan presents Lt. Cmdr. Fasceski with the Coast Guard Commendati...
Lt. Cmdr. Theresa Fasceski was awarded the Coast Guard Commendation Medal by Adm. Linda Fagan, the commander of the 1st Coast Guard District, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel Ruskin, a machinery
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel Ruskin, a machinery technician, performs maintenance on a 29-foot Rescue Boat Small II, Sept. 16, 2015. Ruskin is stationed at Station Boston. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Offi... More
Capt. Claudia Gelzer, Sector Boston commander, talks
Capt. Claudia Gelzer, Sector Boston commander, talks with Station Boston personnel prior to getting underway, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Gelzer commands 1,500 active duty, reserve, civilian, and auxiliary personne... More
Station Chatham officer in charge interview with CBS
Senior Chief Corbin Ross, officer in charge Station Chatham, is interviewed by a CBS news crew, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Ross was interviewed about the upcoming film, "The Finest Hours," which is set at Station... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ian Nelms, a coxswain at Coast
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ian Nelms, a coxswain at Coast Guard Station Burlington, radios the station watchstander during training Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Station Burlington is located on Lake Champlain and co... More
A Coast Guard 25-foot response boat and a Boston Police
A Coast Guard 25-foot response boat and a Boston Police Department boat patrol Boston Harbor Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. The Coast Guard, in partnership with 10 local, state, and federal law enforcement and first r... More
Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell provide
Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell provide a burial at sea for a retired Chief Quartermaster, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The crew of the Campbell was on a patrol of the North Atlantic at the time. (U.S.... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Willow works a buoy
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Willow works a buoy in Boston Harbor, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The Willow is a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Newport, R.I. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Cl... More
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Coast Guard members from Station Boothbay Harbor stand alongside their 47-foot Motor Lifeboat after safely towing a 20-foot commercial fishing vessel to port, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. The vessel needed to be towe... More
A Sig Sauer P229R DAK pistol rests on a table pointed
A Sig Sauer P229R DAK pistol rests on a table pointed downrange towards a standard paper target, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. The P229R DAK pistol was one of three weapons crews fired in order to maintain their prof... More
Coast Guard members from Civil Engineering Unit Providence
Coast Guard members from Civil Engineering Unit Providence and their family members attend a Friends of Flying Santa event at Warwick Lighthouse, Rhode Island, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. Friends of Flying Santa is ... More
U.S. Sen Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Coast Guard First
U.S. Sen Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Coast Guard First District Commander Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, and members of the First Coast Guard District participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at N... More
Coast Guard members and Isaiah Thomas of the Boston
Coast Guard members and Isaiah Thomas of the Boston Celtics wrap holiday gifts for the children of military families at Coast Guard Base Boston, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. The event was a joint effort between Wo... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Ciarametaro pauses for
Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Ciarametaro pauses for a portrait, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at Coast Guard Station Boston’s small boat pier. Ciarametaro was involved in a rescue while off duty during the summer ... More
A Loggerhead Turtle peeks out of his crate after being
A Loggerhead Turtle peeks out of his crate after being loaded onto an Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, in Cape Cod, Mass. Five Loggerhead Turtles were transported fro... More
Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, commander of the First Coast
Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, commander of the First Coast Guard District, joins actor Chris Pine front stage at the Boston premiere of the movie "The Finest Hours," Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. The film chronicles the le... More
Coast Guard Cutter Spencer makes way toward their home
Coast Guard Cutter Spencer makes way toward their home pier in Boston, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Spencer was returning from a 54-day deployment in the North Atlantic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3r... More
Coast Guard Station Burlington, Vermont’s ice rescue
Coast Guard Station Burlington, Vermont’s ice rescue team trains in Burlington Bay Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Ice rescue teams use a number of techniques to assist survivors who have fallen through the ice. (U.S.... More
Coast Guard Station Burlington, Vermont’s ice rescue
Coast Guard Station Burlington, Vermont’s ice rescue team trains in Burlington Bay Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The team consists of four members, all with unique jobs. The team leader determines what technique wil... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Lynch and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Lynch and Petty Officer 3rd Class Britney Cabrales work atop a lighted buoy in Nantucket Sound, Sunday, March 1, 2016. Lynch and Cabrales are members of Aids to Navigation Team Wo... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brett Reel, from the International
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brett Reel, from the International Ice Patrol in New London, Connecticut, is recognized as the First Coast Guard District's Enlisted Person of the Year during a ceremony Friday, March 11... More
Petty Officers Craig Oravitz and Richard Barone patrol
Petty Officers Craig Oravitz and Richard Barone patrol Boston’s waterfront with Rruthie a specially trained Coast Guard K-9, Sunday, April 17, 2016. The team is based out of New York and is in Boston as part of... More
Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston patrols the
Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston patrols the city's waterfront in a 25-foot response boat, Monday, April 18, 2016. The Coast Guard increased its security presence leading up to the Boston Marathon. (U.S... More
Lt. Cmdr. Daniel J. Twomey and Rear Adm. Linda Fagan
Lt. Cmdr. Daniel J. Twomey and Rear Adm. Linda Fagan bow their heads during the change of command ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Willow, Friday, April 22, 2016, in Newport, Rhode Island. The Willow is a 22... More
A pararescueman from the New York Air National Guard
A pararescueman from the New York Air National Guard 103rd Rescue Squadron jumps from the back of a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft, Thursday, May 12, 2016. The training was part of an international an... More
A kindergartener at Garfield Elementary School wears
A kindergartener at Garfield Elementary School wears an immersion suit during a safe boating lesson in Revere, Mass. May 24, 2016. The lesson coincided with National Safe Boating week. (U.S. Coast Guard photo b... More
Vice Adm. William “Dean” Lee, commander of Coast Guard
Vice Adm. William “Dean” Lee, commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, recognizes Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, First Coast Guard District commander, for her service during a change of command ceremony, Thursday, May ... More
A Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Squadron MH-65
A Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Squadron MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and bales of intercepted cocaine are photographed on the deck of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca, Monday, June 6, 2016, in the Pacific Ocean. Th... More
The 2016 George R. Putnam award sits prior to being
The 2016 George R. Putnam award sits prior to being presented to Ken Stuart, a Coast Guard civilian employee, Friday, June 17, 2016, in South Portland Maine. This award is given annually and recognizes a Coast ... More
Rear Adm. Steve Poulin, commander First Coast Guard
Rear Adm. Steve Poulin, commander First Coast Guard District and Rep. Chellie Pingree ride aboard a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat, Friday, June 17, 2016 in South Portland Maine. The visit served to as a means for Ping... More
Ken Stuart, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England's
Ken Stuart, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England's Lead Command Center Controller, plots a position on a chart, Friday, June 17, 2016. Stuart was awarded the 2016 George R. Putnam Inspirational Leadership Aw... More
The 86-foot fishing boat Buzzards Bay is pictured prior
The 86-foot fishing boat Buzzards Bay is pictured prior to being towed by Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 50 miles northeast of Cape Cod. Buzzards Bay became disabled due to a main engi... More
Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, Commander First Coast Guard
Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, Commander First Coast Guard District, poses for a portrait at Station Burlington, Monday, June 27, 2016 in Vermont. Poulin assumed command of the First District in May of 2016. (U.S Coa... More
Pieces of wreckage from a B-17 Flying Fortress sit
Pieces of wreckage from a B-17 Flying Fortress sit next to a memorial honoring 25 service members, Sunday, July 3, 2016, on Mount Tom near Holyoke, Massachusetts. The memorial honors the men who died when the p... More
The Coast Guard Brass Quintet performs the national
The Coast Guard Brass Quintet performs the national anthem, Monday, July 4, 2016, at Fenway Park in Boston. The Coast Guard Brass Quintet, based out the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, travels ... More
Sally Snowman, keeper of Boston Lighthouse, observes
Sally Snowman, keeper of Boston Lighthouse, observes the rotation of lighthouse's 1859 Fresnel lens, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. Boston Light is the last permanently manned ... More
Beams of light radiate across the night sky from Boston
Beams of light radiate across the night sky from Boston Light, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Boston Harbor. The light, emanating from an 1859 Fresnel lens, can be seen up to 27 miles away on clear night. (U.S. Coas... More
A prototype ice cage, designed to keep ice away from
A prototype ice cage, designed to keep ice away from an oil skimmer as it collects spilled oil from the water’s surface is staged on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 in Newpor... More
Coast Guard, local EMS medevac 2 from boat in Merrimack River
A Newburyport Fire Department truck and ambulance sit parked outside of Coast Guard Station Marrimack River, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The ambulance was used to transport two people ... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer congregates
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer congregates on the bow of the ship prior to getting underway, Friday Dec. 16, 2016, in Boston. The temperature was 8 degrees Fahrenheit at the time. (U.S. Coast Guard ... More
A Coast Guard Station Burlington ice rescue team member
A Coast Guard Station Burlington ice rescue team member calls back to two team members who are tending a line attached to the yellow ice rescue shuttle board, Wednesday, January 11, 2017, in Burlington, Vermont... More
Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, commander, First Coast Guard
Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, commander, First Coast Guard District prepares for an interview about ice safety, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 in Burlington, VT. Poulin spent the morning training with Coast Guard Station Bu... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Richey, a crewmember
Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Richey, a crewmember at Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Harbor, mans an M240B machine gun on the bow of a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat during a security escort into Portsmouth Harbor the... More
An invisible danger: New England waters remain cold into spring
Petty Officer 3rd Class Perry Derrenbacher, a crewmember at Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, pauses for a portrait Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Derrenbacher was one of the crewmembers that resc... More
Coast Guard rescues overdue kayaker stranded on the island of Desecheo...
The crew of a Coast Guard MH-65 rescue helicopter rescued overdue kayaker Josh Kaufman (center) during the morning of March 17, 2017, after being stranded on the uninhabited island of Desecheo, approximately 13... More
Governor Paul R. LePage and Rear Adm. Steve Poulin
Governor Paul R. LePage and Rear Adm. Steve Poulin awarded Specialist Corrie Roberts the Silver Lifesaving Medal and Sergeant Matt Talbot the Certificate of Valor in the Maine State House Tuesday, March 28, 201... More
Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel, a 110-foot patrol boat
Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel, a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, conducts a security patrol of Boston Harbor, Monday, April 17, 2017. Sanibel's patrol was part of increased security d... More
Chief Warrant Officer DeAnna Melleby, Information Systems
Chief Warrant Officer DeAnna Melleby, Information Systems Security Officer for the Coast Guard Command, Control, Communication and Information Technology unit at Coast Guard Base Boston, reviews emails at her w... More
Sgt. 1st Class Chris Richards of the Connecticut National
Sgt. 1st Class Chris Richards of the Connecticut National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin Jewell of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak walk toward a beached buoy, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, near Ch... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Swieciki (top) and Petty
Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Swieciki (top) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Cabral (bottom) remove a light from the top of a buoy, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, aboard Coast Guard Cutter Oak. Coast Guard Cutter... More
The small boat crew of Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-foot
The small boat crew of Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-foot buoy tender, comes along side the fishing vessel Jupiter, Thursday, May 11, 2017, north of Hyannis, Massachusetts. The captain of the Jupiter reported a... More
A Coast Guard World War II beach patrol reenactors
A Coast Guard World War II beach patrol reenactors horse carries a replica rifle attached to its saddle, Monday, June 5, 2017, at Fourth Cliff Recreation Area in Humarock, Massachusetts. Wayne Ormsbee, a Coast ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mario Estevane, a Coast Guard
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mario Estevane, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer stationed at Air Station Cape Cod, is presented the Air Medal for rescuing a 28-year-old man who fell while free climbing in Acadia National ... More
The U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team
The U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team patrols Boston Harbor, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The team deployed from Chesapeake, Virginia, to provide waterside security for the public and tall ships durin... More
A Coast Guard 25-foot rescue boat performs a security
A Coast Guard 25-foot rescue boat performs a security patrol around Coast Guard Cutter Eagle while moored at the Charlestown Navy Yard, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Boston. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle was in Boston ... More
Members of the U.S Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard's
Members of the U.S Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard's silent drill team stand ready prior to performing at a sunset salute program, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston. The team perform... More
Coast Guard Station Boston crew conducts law enforcement boarding in B...
A Coast Guard boarding team from Coast Guard Station Boston conducts a boarding of a recreational boat in Boston Harbor, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The crew checks to make sure the vessel and operator are in com... More
A Coast Guard 29-foot rescue boat crew from Station
A Coast Guard 29-foot rescue boat crew from Station Eastport patrols the northern coast of Maine, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Station Eastport is the Coast Guard's northeastern most search and rescue station in t... More
World War II Marine Corps veteran Leroy Peasley performs
World War II Marine Corps veteran Leroy Peasley performs an original song he wrote about the Maine Lobster Festival to open the the 2017 Maine Sea Goddess Coronation, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Rockland, Maine... More
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, commander, First
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, commander, First Coast Guard District, and civic and festival leaders participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony to open the 70th Maine Lobster Festival, Wednesday, Aug. 2, ... More
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, commander First
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, commander First Coast Guard District, throws out the ceremonial first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in Boston. The Red Sox honored Poulin because he ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Staph, an aviation survival
Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Staph, an aviation survival technician, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Clinton Laramore, an aviation maintenance technician, prepare to medevac a fisherman from the fishing boat Orion ... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Staph, an
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Staph, an aviation survival technician at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, prepares his gear prior to jumping out of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, during a search and re... More
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat from
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat from Aids to Navigation Team Southwest Harbor gets underway to perform maintenance on a buoy, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 near Southwest Harbor, Maine. The ANT South... More
Aviation Maintenance Technician 1st Class Scott Woodill,
Aviation Maintenance Technician 1st Class Scott Woodill, a loadmaster on a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater C-130 aircraft, looks out the window during a cargo flight, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, between Jackson... More
Aircrew members from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
Aircrew members from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater arrive at Air Station New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Irma, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. The Clearwater crews and aircraft will be staged in New Orleans u... More
Aircrew members from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
Aircrew members from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater depart Air Station New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 to assist with Hurricane Irma relief operations. The Clearwater crewmembers and aircraft were stage... More
Florida state troopers help escort a convoy of Coast
Florida state troopers help escort a convoy of Coast Guard communication trucks to Air Station Miami, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Florida state troopers escorted the caravan the entire time it was in Florida to ... More
Members of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Communications
Members of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Communications Support Forces repair a radio tower Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Islamorada, Florida. The crew restored the communication ability of the radio tower that w... More
A Florida state trooper helps escort a convoy of Coast
A Florida state trooper helps escort a convoy of Coast Guard communication trucks to Sector Key West, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, along Route 1 near Marathon, Florida. Florida state troopers escorted the caravan ... More
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s small boat crew patrols
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s small boat crew patrols off of Coast Guard Sector Key West, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Coast Guard Sector Key West was damaged during Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Pet... More
Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans
Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans arrive at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. The team set up tents in an open field on the Coast Guard Base, which they will live in.... More
Fireman Zeon Johnson (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class
Fireman Zeon Johnson (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Zach Little, a marine science technician (right), monitor the recovery of the workboat King Triton, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Boston Harbor. The pair mon... More
A Coast Guard Station Boston law enforcement team provides
A Coast Guard Station Boston law enforcement team provides security for the USS Constitution, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 as it sails in Boston Harbor. The USS Constitution originally launched in 1797 and is the olde... More
Gary Pierce, a Kayaker from Winthrop, Massachusetts,
Gary Pierce, a Kayaker from Winthrop, Massachusetts, pauses for a photo after being interviewed about being rescued by the Coast Guard Wednesday, November 29, 2017, in Winthrop Massachusetts. Pierce was rescued... More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Shackle, a 65-foot Small
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Shackle, a 65-foot Small Harbor Tug, gets underway Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 in Boston Harbor. The crew of the Shackle spent the morning breaking ice near Boston Logan Internationa... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Derek Berkley and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 3rd Class Derek Berkley and Petty Officer 3rd Class Hayden Hunt, Coast Guard Sector Boston Response Petty Officers, evaluate shoreside damage which was caused by a powerful nor'easter over the wee... More
Coast Guardsman teaches environmental stewardship with Sea Partners pr...
Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Schafler, of the First Coast Guard District waterways management division, teaches 4th graders about the importance of protecting our oceans from pollution, Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Elio... More
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft flies over Fort Adams Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Newport, Rhode Island. The Ocean Sentry is designed to serve as an on-scene command platform for sea... More
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter fly over Newport, Rhode Island, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. The aircraft flew over Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as part of t... More
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flies over Newport, Rhode Island, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. The helicopter was part of a fly over for the opening of the Volvo Ocean Race Village. (U.S Co... More
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flies near Newport, Rhode Island, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. The Jayhawk is equipped for search and rescue, law enforcement, and homeland security missions... More
Coast Guard, partner agencies respond after water taxi strikes sailboa...
A Coast Guard Station Boston 45-foot response boat crew stands by at Long Wharf in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 after responding to a collision between a water taxi and sailboat in Boston Harbor. Only one mi... More
The 50-foot sailboat Old School sits in 8-foot seas
The 50-foot sailboat Old School sits in 8-foot seas after a Coast Guard crew rescued two boaters Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, near Boca Grande, Florida. The Coast Guard urges mariners to closely monitor weather re... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jake Haan and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jake Haan and Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Walker, marine science technicians from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, conduct damage assessments, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 near Homosass... More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pendant, a 65-foot Small
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pendant, a 65-foot Small Harbor Tug based out of Boston, makes preparations to get underway to break ice on the Weymouth Fore River, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Of the heating oil use... More
Coastie the safety boat explores the streets Boston
Coastie the safety boat explores the streets Boston and talks about boating safety Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Coastie is an animated robotic cartoon character operated by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary that has ente... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Killian Whitmore, a gunner’s
Petty Officer 2nd Class Killian Whitmore, a gunner’s mate with Boston’s Maritime Safety and Security Team, stands aboard a 25-foot Response Boat Small in Boston Harbor. Whitmore was advanced to 2nd Class Petty ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel Ruskin poses at Coast
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel Ruskin poses at Coast Guard Station Boston, Sept. 16, 2015. Petty officer Ruskin in a machinery technician at the station. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell conducts helicopter operations
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell conducts helicopter operations with an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod, Sept. 18, 2015. The crew of the Campbell was on a patrol of the North Atlantic at the time... More
Capt. Claudia Gelzer, Sector Boston commander, meets
Capt. Claudia Gelzer, Sector Boston commander, meets with members of the press aboard a Coast Guard vessel Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Gelzer oversees all Coast Guard missions from the Massachusetts/New Hampshire s... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Nichole Burgio, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 3rd Class Nichole Burgio, a boatswain's mate at Station Burlington, handles a line at the pier, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Station Burlington provides Lake Champlain with search and rescue, law en... More
A member of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response
A member of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response Team secures the aft deck of a vessel during an exercise in Boston Harbor Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. The exercise focused on enhancing inter-agency capabili... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Willow works a buoy
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Willow works a buoy in Boston Harbor, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The Willow is a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Newport, R.I. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Cl... More