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Umpqua River Lighthouse SAR equipment

Umpqua River Lighthouse SAR equipment

Coast Guard Station Umpqua River personnel pose for a photo on recently modernized search and rescue equipment near Winchester Bay, Ore., in the 1940s. Until recently, shore patrols were conducted on horseback ... More

Ready for action - U.S. Coast guard photo

Ready for action - U.S. Coast guard photo

SEATTLE - Crewman of U.S. Lifesaving Service Station Umpqua River, Ore., pose for a photo in the station boat house in the 1890s. They are surrounded by lifesaving equipment of the era, and a remnant of the ste... More

Trident Fury exercise, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Trident Fury exercise, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Orcas, a 110-foot vessel home ported in Coos Bay, Ore., participates with members of the U.S., Canadian, French and Australian navies in a maritime conflict scenario during the... More

Trident Fury exercise. Warship photograph collection

Trident Fury exercise. Warship photograph collection

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Orcas, a 110-foot vessel home ported in Coos Bay, Ore., participates with members of the U.S., Canadian, French and Australian navies in a maritime conflict scenario during the... More

Davy Crockett response, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett response, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Ore. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class John Herman (left) and Petty Officer 1st Class Luke Potter, marine science technicians assigned to the Davy Crockett Unified Response in Portland, Ore., main... More

Davy Crockett Response, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett Response, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Ore. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class John Herman (left) and Petty Officer 1st Class Luke Potter, marine science technicians assigned to the Davy Crockett Unified Response in Portland, Ore., main... More

Davy Crockett response, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett response, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Ore. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Luke Potter, a marine science technician assigned to the Davy Crockett Unified Response in Portland, Ore., maintains a safety watch over the 431-foot flat-de... More

Davy Crockett flyover, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Davy Crockett flyover, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Andre Altavilla, an avionics electrical technician, maintains watch on an MH60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Astoria, Ore., on May 31, 2011. Air Station Astor... More

Davy Crockett flyover, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett flyover, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Ore. - The 433-foot flat deck barge Davy Crockett continues disassembly on the Columbia River, Wash., Ore., border on May 20, 2011. Metal is cut away from the floating stern section, transferred to a ... More

Davy Crockett deconstruction, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett deconstruction, Portland, Maine

Petty Officer James Burris, a machinery technician from Coast Guard Gulf Strike Team, stands safety watch over the 433-foot flat deck barge Davy Crockett as disassembly continues on the Columbia River, Wash., ... More

Davy Crockett deconstruction, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett deconstruction, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Ore. - The 433-foot flat deck barge Davy Crockett continues disassembly on the Columbia River, Wash., Ore., border on May 21, 2011. Metal is cut away from the floating stern section, transferred to a ... More

MSU Portland cold water training

MSU Portland cold water training

Coast Guard Auxiliarist Daren Lewis conducts cold water survival training during an open house at Marine Safety Unit Portland on May 21, 2011. Machine parts are placed into an ice water tank while observers are... More

MSU Portland cold water training

MSU Portland cold water training

Coast Guard Auxiliarist Daren Lewis conducts cold water survival training during an open house at Marine Safety Unit Portland on May 21, 2011. Machine parts are placed into an ice water tank while observers are... More

MSU Portland cold water training

MSU Portland cold water training

Coast Guard Auxiliarist Daren Lewis conducts cold water survival training during an open house at Marine Safety Unit Portland on May 21, 2011. Machine parts are placed into an ice water tank while observers are... More

MSU Portland cold water training

MSU Portland cold water training

Coast Guard Auxiliarist Daren Lewis conducts cold water survival training during an open house at Marine Safety Unit Portland on May 21, 2011. Machine parts are placed into an ice water tank while observers are... More

Davy Crockett flyover, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Davy Crockett flyover, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Andre Altavilla, an avionics electrical technician, maintains watch on an MH60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Astoria, Ore., on May 31, 2011. Air Station Astor... More

Petty Officer stands watch over flat deck barge Davy Crockett

Petty Officer stands watch over flat deck barge Davy Crockett

PORTLAND, Ore. - Petty Officer Michael Shannon, a marine science technician from Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, stands safety watch over the 433-foot flat deck barge Davy Crockett as disassembly continues on... More

US COAST GUARD Sikorsky dedication

US COAST GUARD Sikorsky dedication

SEATTLE - Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore, 13th Coast Guard District Commander, speaks during the Coast Guard HH-52 Sikorsky helicopter dedication at the Boeing Museum of Flight on June 18, 2011. The Museum's newest a... More

Davy Crockett deconstruction, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett deconstruction, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Ore. - The 433-foot flat deck barge Davy Crockett continues disassembly on the Columbia River, Wash., Ore., border on June 30, 2011. Large sections of the double hull are cut and removed from the floa... More

US COAST GUARD HH6017 Ceremony U.S. Coast Guard photograph

US COAST GUARD HH6017 Ceremony U.S. Coast Guard photograph

PORT ANGELES - Coast Guard Seaman Jenny Tait renders a salute during a ceremony at Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., on July 7, 2011. The ceremony was held to honor three crewmembers that died during the crash o... More

HH6017 Jayhawk ceremony U.S. Coast Guard photograph

HH6017 Jayhawk ceremony U.S. Coast Guard photograph

PORT ANGELES - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Novak, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., prepares to drop a wreath from an MH65 Dolphin helicopter offshore fr... More

Ceremony at Air Station Port Angeles

Ceremony at Air Station Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan McKenzie, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., renders a salute during a ceremony at Air Station Port Angeles on July 7,... More

US COAST GUARD HH6017 Ceremony U.S. Coast Guard photograph

US COAST GUARD HH6017 Ceremony U.S. Coast Guard photograph

PORT ANGELES - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Novak, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., prepares to drop a wreath from an MH65 Dolphin helicopter offshore fr... More

Shell Platform Kulluk in Seattle

Shell Platform Kulluk in Seattle

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish, home ported in Port Angeles, Wash., travels to Elliott Bay, Seattle, alongside the Shell Platform Kulluk on July 19, 2011. The floating offshore drilling platform is ... More

US COAST GUARD Seafair 2011, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

US COAST GUARD Seafair 2011, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Celebrity Drew Carey, Grand Marshal of the 2011 Alaska Airlines Seafair Torchlight Parade, greets Rear Adm. Keith A. Taylor, Coast Guard District 13 Commander, on July 30, 2011. The Seattle parade cel... More

US COAST GUARD Seafair 2011, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

US COAST GUARD Seafair 2011, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Coast Guardsmen wave at cheering crowds during the 2011 Alaska Airlines Seafair Torchlight Parade on July 30, 2011. The Seattle parade celebrates true family and community entertainment. U.S. Coast Gu... More

Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, home ported in Everett, Wash., work the deck on a mission to maintain aids to navigation in the Puget Sound area on Aug. 22, 2011. The history of the C... More

Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, home ported in Everett, Wash., work the deck on a mission to maintain aids to navigation in the Puget Sound area on Aug. 22, 2011. The history of the C... More

Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, home ported in Everett, Wash., transits the Puget Sound on a mission to maintain aids to navigation in the area on Aug. 22, 2011. The history of the Co... More

Davy Crockett final removal, Portland, Maine

Davy Crockett final removal, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND - Coast Guard Capt. Daniel LeBlanc, Commander of Marine Safety Unit Portland and Federal On Scene Coordinator of the Davy Crockett Unified Response, and Troy Nylander, Salvage Master for Ballard Diving... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Congressman Tim Bishop, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Coast Guard Capt. Joseph M. Vojvodich, Commander of Sector Long Island Sound, New Haven, Connecticut, conduct damage assessment, aboard a Coast Guard MH60T... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

CAPE COD, Mass. - Coast Guard Lt. Phillip Wade, a pilot at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., co-pilots an HU-25C Falcon aircraft searching for an uncorrelated mayday heard after Hurricane Irene battered the Northeas... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

CAPE COD, Mass. - Coast Guard Lt. Ashley Lovejoy, a pilot at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., pilots an HU-25C Falcon aircraft searching for an uncorrelated mayday heard after Hurricane Irene battered the Northeast... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

CAPE COD, Mass. - Coast Guard 3rd Class Petty Officers Ryan King (right) and Jason Zeddies (left), aviation maintenance technicians at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., search the Atlantic aboard an HU-25C Falcon ai... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Congressman Tim Bishop, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Coast Guard Capt. Joseph M. Vojvodich, Commander of Sector Long Island Sound, New Haven, Connecticut, conduct damage assessment, aboard a Coast Guard MH60T... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

CAPE COD, Mass. - Coast Guard 2nd Class Petty Officer Jason Stanberry, an aviation electrical technician at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., monitors his equipment aboard an HU-25C Falcon aircraft after Hurricane I... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene

CAPE COD, Mass. - Lt. Adam Burda, a pilot and watch stander at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., monitors weather during the arrival of Hurricane Irene on Aug. 28, 2011. The air station's area of respo... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Preparedness

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Preparedness

CAPE COD, Mass. - Aircraft and crews at Air Station Cape Cod stand prepared to assess vital shipping ports and waterways, as well as potential search and rescue missions, upon the arrival and passing of Hurrica... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Congressman Tim Bishop, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Coast Guard Capt. Joseph M. Vojvodich, Commander of Sector Long Island Sound, New Haven, Connecticut, conduct damage assessment, aboard a Coast Guard MH60T... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene SAR

Congressman Tim Bishop, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Coast Guard Capt. Joseph M. Vojvodich, Commander of Sector Long Island Sound, New Haven, Connecticut, conduct damage assessment, aboard a Coast Guard MH60T... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Preparedness

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Preparedness

CAPE COD, Mass. - Aircraft and crews at Air Station Cape Cod stand prepared to assess vital shipping ports and waterways, as well as potential search and rescue missions, upon the arrival and passing of Hurrica... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane preparedness

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane preparedness

CAPE COD, Mass. - Aircraft and crews at Air Station Cape Cod stand prepared to assess vital shipping ports and waterways, as well as potential search and rescue missions, upon the arrival and passing of Hurrica... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene

CAPE COD, Mass. - Coast Guard 2nd Class Petty Officer Jason Stanberry, an aviation electrical technician at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., monitors his equipment aboard an HU-25C Falcon aircraft after Hurricane I... More

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

BOSTON - A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter being prepared for take-off at 5 a.m. at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., Aug. 29, 2011, the morning following Hurricane Irene. The crew conducted damage assessments... More

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Hurricane Irene

CAPE COD, Mass. - Lt. Cmdr. Curtis Brown, an aircraft commander and pilot at the Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., conducts risk assessment while identifying possible rescue missions during Hurricane Irene on Aug. 2... More

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter is prepared for take-off at 5 a.m. at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., Aug. 29, 2011, the morning following Hurricane Irene. The crew conducted damage assessments of the Sect... More

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

BOSTON - A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter being prepared for take-off at 5 a.m. at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., Aug. 29, 2011, the morning following Hurricane Irene. The crew conducted damage assessments... More

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

BOSTON - A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter being prepared for take-off at 5 a.m. at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., Aug. 29, 2011, the morning following Hurricane Irene. The crew conducted damage assessments... More

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

Air Station Cape Cod Post Hurricane Irene

BOSTON - A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter being prepared for take-off at 5 a.m. at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., Aug. 29, 2011, the morning following Hurricane Irene. The crew conducted damage assessments... More

Chief Ward Halstead (Four)

Chief Ward Halstead (Four)

REEDSPORT, Ore. - Coast Guard Chief Boatswains Mate Ward Halstead says some parting words at his retirement ceremony, held at Station Umpqua River, Ore., Sept. 30, 2011. Halstead served over 30 years in the Coa... More

Station Yaquina Bay - U.S. Coast guard photo

Station Yaquina Bay - U.S. Coast guard photo

NEWPORT, Ore. - Fireman Nathaniel Ryma, a Coast Guardsman at Station Yaquina Bay, Newport, Ore., stands forward lookout on a 47 foot motor lifeboat during a first light sea assessment on Oct. 1, 2011. Coast Gua... More

Vessel Justin Capt. Ferguson, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Vessel Justin Capt. Ferguson, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Capt. Scott J. Ferguson, Commander of Sector Puget Sound and Capt. of the Port of Seattle, conducts media interviews regarding the 73-foot sunken vessel Justin. Justin sank 200-yards off s... More

US COAST GUARD Vessel Justin, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

US COAST GUARD Vessel Justin, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard, Wash. Dept. of Ecology and Seattle Fire Dept. respond to a partially sunk, vessel approximately one mile south of Alki Point, Seattle. The 73-foot vessel Justin had approximately 300 ... More

Auburn's 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade and

Auburn's 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade and

SEATTLE - Members of each of the United States Armed Forces compose this color guard, preparing to march in Auburn's 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade and Observance, Auburn, Wash., on Nov. 5, 2011. The mile-long... More

Auburn's 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade and

Auburn's 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade and

SEATTLE - Members of each of the United States Armed Forces compose this color guard, preparing to march in Auburn's 46th Annual Veterans Day Parade and Observance, Auburn, Wash., on Nov. 5, 2011. The mile-long... More

Stocking Stuffer Event, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Stocking Stuffer Event, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Volunteers stuff stockings during the annual U.S. Coast Guard Family & Friends Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children event. The event provides and delivers handmade holiday stockings filled with new... More

Stocking Stuffer Event, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Stocking Stuffer Event, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Adm. Keith Taylor, District 13 Commander, and Pearl Grantham, volunteer stocking stuffer and event organizer, pause for a photo at the annual U.S. Coast Guard Family & Friends Holiday Stoc... More

Stocking Stuffer Event, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Stocking Stuffer Event, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Volunteers stuff stockings during the annual U.S. Coast Guard Family & Friends Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children event. The event provides and delivers handmade holiday stockings filled with new... More

Tanker vessel Renda hose tests, Alaska

Tanker vessel Renda hose tests, Alaska

Coast Guard safety inspectors and industry counterparts, work with tanker vessel Renda crew members, preparing hoses for pressure tests on Jan. 16, 2012. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy has been esco... More

Tanker vessel Renda fuel transfer offshore

Tanker vessel Renda fuel transfer offshore

Tanker vessel Renda remains offshore as the transfer of 1.3 million gallons of fuel nears completion on Jan. 18, 2012. The Coast Guard Cutter Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for Renda since Jan. 3, 2... More

Healy offshore of Nome, Alaska

Healy offshore of Nome, Alaska

Coast Guard Cutter Healy remains offshore as tanker vessel Renda's transfer of 1.3 million gallons of fuel nears completion on Jan. 18, 2012. Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for Renda since Jan. 3, 2... More

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew lands on a frozen sea ice sheet in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy on Jan. 18, 2012. Coast Guard ice landings are extremely rare, requiring extensive safety tes... More

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew lands on a frozen sea ice sheet on Jan. 18, 2012. Coast Guard ice landings are extremely rare, requiring extensive safety testing of ice prior to execution. U.S. Coas... More

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew lands on a frozen sea ice sheet in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy on Jan. 18, 2012. Coast Guard ice landings are extremely rare, requiring extensive safety tes... More

Tanker vessel Renda fuel transfer

Tanker vessel Renda fuel transfer

Coast Guard Cutter Healy and tanker vessel Renda remain offshore as the offload of 1.3 million gallons of fuel nears completion on Jan. 18, 2012. Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for Renda since Jan. ... More

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew lands on a frozen sea ice sheet in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy on Jan. 18, 2012. Coast Guard ice landings are extremely rare, requiring extensive safety tes... More

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

Sea ice landing - U.S. Coast guard photo

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew lands on a frozen sea ice sheet on Jan. 18, 2012. Coast Guard ice landings are extremely rare, requiring extensive safety testing of ice prior to execution. U.S. Coas... More

Healy offshore of Nome, Alaska

Healy offshore of Nome, Alaska

Coast Guard Cutter Healy remains offshore as tanker vessel Renda's transfer of 1.3 million gallons of fuel nears completion on Jan. 18, 2012. Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for Renda since Jan. 3, 2... More

Tanker vessel Renda hose disconnection

Tanker vessel Renda hose disconnection

Coast Guard safety observers work with federal, state, and local partners, as well as, industry to disconnect fuel hoses from the tanker vessel Renda on Jan. 19, 2012. Approximately 1.3 million gallons of fuel ... More

Tanker vessel Renda hose disconnection

Tanker vessel Renda hose disconnection

Coast Guard safety observers work with federal, state, and local partners, as well as industry, to disconnect fuel hoses from the tanker vessel Renda on Jan. 19, 2012. Approximately 1.3 million gallons of fuel ... More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy, Capt. Havlik with press

Coast Guard Cutter Healy, Capt. Havlik with press

Seattle - Capt. Beverly A. Havlik, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, speaks to members of the press, after she and her crew return home from a more than 250 day deployment on Feb. 5, 2012. Hea... More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy Returns To Seattle

Coast Guard Cutter Healy Returns To Seattle

SEATTLE - Family, friends and shipmates welcome the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy home from a more than 250 day deployment on Feb. 5, 2012. Healy completed its normal science missions in 2011, before con... More

Humpback Whale Training, Aircraft Carrier

Humpback Whale Training, Aircraft Carrier

MAUI - Lt. J.G. Joseph Carrier, a National Oceanic Atmospheric Admistration officer assigned to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, speaks to crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Maui o... More

Humpback Whale Training U.S. Coast Guard photograph

Humpback Whale Training U.S. Coast Guard photograph

MAUI - Edward Lyman, large whale response coordinator for NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, speaks to crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Maui on the importance of humpback whale ... More

Coast Guard Surman, Petty Officer Aaron Harris

Coast Guard Surman, Petty Officer Aaron Harris

SEATTLE - Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Harris, a boatswains mate at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Wash., conducts a bar assessment on Apr. 7, 2012. A river bar is assessed by a qualified coxswain perio... More

Coast Guard 44363 Station Quillayute Memorial

Coast Guard 44363 Station Quillayute Memorial

SEATTLE - A monument of the crew of the 44 foot motor lifeboat 44363 stands outside of Station Quillayute River, Wash., on Apr. 7, 2012. The statue reminds us of three crewmembers that lost their lives crossing... More

Coast Guard Boarding, Warm Welcome

Coast Guard Boarding, Warm Welcome

SEATTLE - Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Harris, a boatswains mate at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Wash., makes a new friend during the boarding of a small recreational vessel on Apr. 7, 2012. Boarding ... More

Beach patrol during World War II

Beach patrol during World War II

A U.S. Coast Guardsman carries a radio on beach patrol during World War II. During the 1st and 2nd World War, personnel at life saving stations were tasked with patrolling these shores in search of foreign thre... More

Umpqua River Lighthouse, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Umpqua River Lighthouse, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

The Umpqua River Lighthouse guards the Winchester Bay, Ore., coast on May 14, 2012. On this day the maintenance of the light was passed to Douglas County. U.S. Coast Guard high dynamic range photo illustration ... More

Monk Seal Transport - U.S. Coast guard photo

Monk Seal Transport - U.S. Coast guard photo

HONOLULU - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Veterinarian Michelle Barbieri travels from the Big Island to Oahu aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point with ... More

Monk Seal Transport - U.S. Coast guard photo

Monk Seal Transport - U.S. Coast guard photo

HONOLULU - Coast Guard crews, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration transport a Hawaiian monk seal from the Big Island to Oahu for urgent medical care, Feb. 1, 2013. The Hawaiian monk... More

Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis Returns From Final Patr

Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis Returns From Final Patr

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis returns to Honolulu from their final patrol aboard the 40 year old vessel on Sept. 15, 2012. The hard work of the many crews of Jarvis has kept the vessel in service si... More

Lt. Lauren Dufrene - US Coast Guard photo

Lt. Lauren Dufrene - US Coast Guard photo

Lt. Lauren Dufrene represents members of the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, during a ceremony honoring the cutter's 40-years of service on Oct. 2, 2012. On Aug. 4, 1972, the Jarvis became the first Coas... More

Jarvis Ceremony Salute, US Coast Guard Photo

Jarvis Ceremony Salute, US Coast Guard Photo

Vice Adm. Paul F. Zucunft, Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, (left) is saluted by Capt. Richard L. Mourey, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis, during a ceremony honoring the cutter's 40-year... More

Japan Tsunami Debris, US Coast Guard Photo

Japan Tsunami Debris, US Coast Guard Photo

Joshua Marvit, State of Hawaii Dept. of Health, tests a 16-foot skiff for radiation after the vessel was salvaged by the crew of the F/V Zephyr approximately 800 miles north of Honolulu, Oct. 5, 2012. The skiff... More

Japan Tsunami Debris, US Coast Guard Photo

Japan Tsunami Debris, US Coast Guard Photo

Joshua Marvit, State of Hawaii Dept. of Health, tests a 16-foot skiff for radiation after the vessel was salvaged by the crew of the F/V Zephyr approximately 800 miles north of Honolulu, Oct. 5, 2012. The skiff... More

Japan Tsunami Debris, US Coast Guard Photo

Japan Tsunami Debris, US Coast Guard Photo

Joshua Marvit, State of Hawaii Dept. of Health, tests a 16-foot skiff for radiation after the vessel was salvaged by the crew of the F/V Zephyr approximately 800 miles north of Honolulu, Oct. 5, 2012. The skiff... More

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 1, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 1, HONOLULU, HAWAII

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk... More

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 2, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 2, HONOLULU, HAWAII

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk... More

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 3, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 3, HONOLULU, HAWAII

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk... More

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 4, HONOLULU, HAWAII

Coast Guard Station Honolulu 4, HONOLULU, HAWAII

HONOLULU - Coast Guard coxswains conduct intensive heavy weather training offshore of Diamond Head, Oahu. Personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique sk... More