BM laterals to ME
Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Plunkett of Coast Guard Station Panama City, is in the process of lateralling over to the new Maritime Enforcement Specialist rating from his current Boatswain's Mate rate where h... More
BM laterals to ME
Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Plunkett of Coast Guard Station Panama City, is in the process of lateralling over to the new Maritime Enforcement Specialist rating from his current Boatswain's Mate rate where h... More
Chief Dennis Telfer thanks Petaluma Fire Dep
PETALUMA, Calif. -- Chief Petty Officer Dennis Telfer, stationed at Coast Guard Pacific Area Operations in Alameda, hugs Duncan Smith, a firefighter and emergency medical technician for the Petaluma Fire Depart... More
Chief Dennis Telfer thanks Petaluma Firefighters
PETALUMA, Calif. -- Chief Petty Officer Dennis Telfer (center) stationed at Coast Guard Pacific Area Operations in Alameda, meets with (from left) Dan Farren, Jay Levar and Duncan Smith, Petaluma firefighters, ... More
Chief Dennis Telfer thanks Petaluma Firefighters
PETALUMA, Calif. -- Chief Petty Officer Dennis Telfer, of Coast Guard Pacific Area Operations, presents a military coin to Jay Levar, a paramedic and firefighter for the Petaluma Fire Department, Wednesday, Sep... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., leaves the armory at Station Bellingham before supervising small-arms tra... More
Dominican Republic Coast Guarsdman Cabo Franklin Radhames
Dominican Republic Coast Guarsdman Cabo Franklin Radhames assists the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak as they prepare .50-caliber machine gun rounds for distribution and loading prior to a gunnery exerc... More
A U.S. Coast Guardsman stands on the bow of an approaching
A U.S. Coast Guardsman stands on the bow of an approaching police boat Wednesday as he and crewman from five other partner nations prepare to conduct a drug interdiction simulation aboard Trinidad and Tobago's ... More
A maritime police vessel from Saint Lucia approaches
A maritime police vessel from Saint Lucia approaches a distant watercraft in Saint Lucian waters Wednesday during counter-drug exercises as part of Tradewinds 2013. An aircraft was overhead in an attempt to det... More
First District Reserve Vessel Boarding Security Team
Vessel Boarding Security Team Senior Chief Matthew McClintock supervises Chief Sean Roberts and Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Hendricks as they inspect a recreational boat on Boston Harbor. (USCG photo by PA... More
A Sector Columbia River boarding team member climbs
A Sector Columbia River boarding team member climbs a jacobs ladder to board the motor vessel Hyperion Leader to conduct a security boarding as it entered the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 9, 201... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ben Steverding, a marine enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ben Steverding, a marine enforcement specialist with U.S. Coast Guard Station Seattle, stands watch on a patrol at Lake Washington during Seattle’s 68th annual Seafair celebrations on La... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner guides Feco, a
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner guides Feco, a bomb-detection dog for Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco 91105, as they conduct pier sweeps during San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 5, ... More
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain,
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain, a maritime enforcement specialist aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak, retrieves a belt of ammunition for a Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun prior to a gunne... More
A maritime police vessel belonging to the Royal Saint
A maritime police vessel belonging to the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force poses as a drug-smuggling watercraft in the Caribbean Wednesday beside the GC 109 Orion, a patrol boat from the Dominican Republic partic... More
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Javier Diaz
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Javier Diaz from Pembroke Pines, Fla., poses as a drug smuggler Wednesday during a simulated drug interdiction aboard Trinidad and Tobago's CG14 TTS Chaconia; the culmin... More
A Sector Columbia River boarding team member climbs
A Sector Columbia River boarding team member climbs a jacobs ladder to board the motor vessel Hyperion Leader to conduct a security boarding as it entered the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 9, 201... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner guides Feco, a
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner guides Feco, a bomb-detection dog for Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco 91105, as they conduct pier sweeps during San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 5, ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., stands on the firing range at Custer Sportsmen's Club in Custer, Wash., b... More
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain,
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain, a maritime enforcement specialist aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak, demonstrates the operation of a Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun to eight coast guards... More
Maritime police vessels representing (from left to
Maritime police vessels representing (from left to right) Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines maneuver through Port Castries after participating in counter-drug exer... More
Police Constable George Nerville of the Royal Saint
Police Constable George Nerville of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force conducts a simulated arrest of a U.S. Coast Guardsman who portrayed a drug smuggler Wednesday during a simulated drug interdiction aboard T... More
A Sector Columbia River boarding team stands aboard
A Sector Columbia River boarding team stands aboard the motor vessel Hyperion Leader after conducting a security boarding while it entered the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 9, 2015. Boarding team... More
Bingo, a German shorthair pointer and a member of Coast
Bingo, a German shorthair pointer and a member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco, is shown during pier sweep operations for San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 5, 2017. Bingo and his han... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., delivers a safety brief on the M-16 Rifle to crew members from Station Be... More
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain,
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain, a maritime enforcement specialist aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak, provides guidance on the operation of the Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun to eight co... More
An aircraft from the Regional Security System approaches
An aircraft from the Regional Security System approaches Tapion Rock in Port Castries while a maritime police vessel from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines returns to its berth in Saint Lucia after counter-drug ... More
Police Constable George Nerville of the Royal Saint
Police Constable George Nerville of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force explains the circumstances of detention to a U.S. Coast Guardsman who portrayed a drug smuggler Wednesday during a simulated drug interdict... More
Crews from Maritime Security Response Team West, based
Crews from Maritime Security Response Team West, based out of San Diego, Calif., conduct security patrols in the bay for San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 5, 2017. The Coast Guard has units deployed to San Francis... More
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Vessel Boarding and
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Vessel Boarding and Security Team prepare to conduct a security boarding aboard a cargo vessel anchored in the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon, Sept. 13, 2019. Officers fro... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., demonstrates the misfire procedure for the Coast Guard personal defense w... More
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain (left),
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain (left), a maritime enforcement specialist aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak, supplies feedback to a Dominican Republic coast guardsman during a gunnery exercis... More
Crewmen from six partner nations, including the U.S.
Crewmen from six partner nations, including the U.S. Coast Guard, work together Wednesday to practice a drug interdiction during a simulation aboard Trinidad and Tobago's CG14 TTS Chaconia as the culminating ex... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner and Petty Officer 1st Class Devon Waite guide their bomb-detection dogs for Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco 91105, as they conduct pier sweeps dur... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., demonstrates proper shooting position for the Coast Guard practical pisto... More
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain (left),
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain (left), a maritime enforcement specialist aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak, observes as a Dominican Republic coast guardsman fires at his target during a gunn... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner guides Feco, a
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner guides Feco, a bomb-detection dog for Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco 91105, as they conduct pier sweeps during San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 5, ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., smiles before supervising small-arms training at Custer Sportsmen's Club ... More
Trainees from the Dominican Republic fire rounds from
Trainees from the Dominican Republic fire rounds from a Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun into the waters off Saint Lucia during a gunnery exercise held Saturday aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak as part of ... More
Members of the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Vessel
Members of the Coast Guard Sector Columbia River Vessel Boarding and Security Team climb aboard a ladder to conduct a security boarding on motor vessel Star of Virginia which was anchored in the Columbia River,... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., scores a Coast Guard practical pistol course target at Custer Sportsmen's... More
Rounds and magazines for the M16 rifle sit on a bench
Rounds and magazines for the M16 rifle sit on a bench at the Custer Sportsmen's Club firing range in Custer, Wash., before Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Bellingham, Wash., undergo small-arms training, Fe... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a firearms instructor
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., shows Petty Officer 3rd Class Maggie Spears, a maritime enforcement specialist from Station Bellingham, prope... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., instructs Petty Officer 3rd Class Poul Angstadt and Fireman Steven Martin... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., instructs Fireman Steven Martinez on the proper positioning during the Co... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey (center), a maritime
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey (center), a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., instructs Petty Officer 3rd Class Poul Angstadt (right), and Fir... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement
Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter Dewey, a maritime enforcement specialist and firearms instructor at Coast Guard Station Bellingham, Wash., scores a Coast Guard basic rifle marksmanship course target at Custer Spo... More