Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner, a maritime enforcement specialist, and his partner Feco, an explosive detection canine, from Marine Safety and Security Team 91105 in Alameda, California, are hoisted into a HH-60 Pave Hawk at Moffet Air National Guard Base in Mountain View, California, June 15, 2020. The California Air National Guard 129th Rescue Wing hosted joint training with [Read More …]
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) transits across the Pacific Ocean as the sun sets during the cutter’s counterdrug patrol, March 12, 2020. Waesche is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. U.S. Coast Guard photo [Read More …]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon spacecraft launches from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, May 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Coast Guard units and crews supported the launch by enforcing safety and security zones during the rocket’s launch in order to protect members of the public, [Read More …]
Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Preiser (surfman #535) operates a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat in the surf near Brookings, Oregon, Dec. 13, 2019. Surfman is the highest certification Coast Guardsmen can achieve in Coast Guard small-boat operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Preiser)
A low-profile go-fast vessel is shown next to the Coast Guard Cutter James in mid-May, 2020 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America. The James’ crew interdicted 3,100 pounds of cocaine and four suspected smugglers aboard the boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kiska (WPB 1336) patrols off Guam May 9, 2020. The crew concluded a successful 18-day patrol in support of counter-Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing and regional security operations in Northern Marianas and Western Pacific, in mid-May. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCGC Kiska/Released)
Two Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews fly in formation to provide an air salute to healthcare personnel working through the COVID-19 pandemic, Sitka, Alaska, May 15, 2020. As COVID-19 concerns have altered most daily operations, Coast Guard Alaska-based units have adapted and overcome challenges to maintain full mission readiness throughout the last frontier. U.S. Coast Guard [Read More …]
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) conducts helicopter operations with an Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter off Oahu, Hawaii, March 26, 2020. The crew completed their first operation patrol in the Pacific at the end of April. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCGC Midgett/Released)
Coast Guard assets, along with New York Police Department and New York Fire Department assets, provide a security escort for the USNS Comfort arrival into New York Harbor, March 30, 2020. Coast Guard Cutter Shrike, Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, Maritime Safety and Security Team New York, and crews from Coast Guard Station New York and Coast Guard Air Station Cape [Read More …]
MH-65 Dolphin helicopter 6598 at Air Station Savannah, Georgia, was constructed in 1980 and is considered the Coast Guard’s Queen of the Helicopter fleet as designated by the gold tail number. Air Station Savannah’s area of responsibility extends from the norther border of South Carolina to Melbourne, Florida, or approximately 450 miles. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd [Read More …]
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