PUGET SOUND - Seaman/Boatswains Mate Nathan Pickering acts as the safety supervisor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Keith Munoz and Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathaniel Hurtado prepare to practice hoist operations with More
PUGET SOUND - Crewmembers aboard three 25-foot Response Boats from Coast Guard Station Seattle participate in Response Boat Tactics Techniques and Procedures training here, Nov. 4, 2009. Coast Guardsmen perform More
PUGET SOUND - Petty Officer Caroline Dortch and Chief Petty Officer Sampson Toro ready a 25-foot Response Boat at Coast Guard Station Seattle to participate in Response Boat Tactics Techniques and Procedures tr More
PUGET SOUND - Crewmembers aboard a 25-foot Response Boat from Coast Guard Station Seattle return to base after participating in Response Boat Tactics Techniques and Procedures training here, Nov. 10, 2009. Coas More
PUGET SOUND - Crewmembers aboard a 25-foot Response Boatl from Coast Guard Station Seattle return to base after participating in Response Boat Tactics Techniques and Procedures training here, Nov. 10, 2009. Coa More
A crew from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., trailers a 25-foot Response Boat-Small from the water to ensure its safety until the effects of Hurricane Earl are over in the upper Chesapeake Bay, Sept. 2. Pri More
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- A 25-foot Response Boat-Small from Marine Safety Detachment Nashville, is moored to a pier on the Cumberland River near downtown, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Members of Marine Safety Detachment N More
HOUSTON - Chief Petty Officer Forest Brumbaugh, an aviation maintenance technician for Air Station Houston, shows students all of the equipment and gear aboard a helicopter, as part of the Energized for Science More
HOUSTON - Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Sutherland, an aviation survival technician for Air Station Houston, performs multiple hoist drills in front of a crowd of students, as part of the Energized for Science More
HOUSTON - Lt. j.g. Brian Seekatz, a pilot and training officer for Air Station Houston, was one of 10 volunteers to help explain to students how all of the subjects they are learning in school were applicable t More
HOUSTON - Lt. j.g. Brian Seekatz, a pilot and training officer for Air Station Houston, explains to students how all of the subjects they are learning in school were applicable to the Coast Guard and its missio More
HOUSTON - Petty Officer 1st Class Carson Gillum and Christopher Norman,boatswain mates for Station Galveston, explain to students how all of the subjects they are learning in school were applicable to the Coast More
SITKA, Alaska - A Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Sitka 41-foot Utility Boat crew patrols Sitka Sound during the third opener of the 2011 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery ready to respond for a maritime More
SITKA, Alaska - A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 25-foot Response Boat - Small crew patrols the waters in the Sitka Sound during the third opener of the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery to ensure the safety o More
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A diver from the Alameda County Sherriff's Office attaches airbags to a sunken vehicle as a Coast Guard 25-foot response boat crew provides a safety area during a response in the Oakland Estu More
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - Petty Officer 2nd Class Dane Gilli, a boatswain's mate for Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, prepares an M249 squad automatic weapon for a training exercise during a harbor patrol, Aug. 10, 2 More
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Valzania, a boatswain's mate for Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, stands ready on the bow of a 25-foot Response Boat-Small while manning an M249 squad automatic More
NEW ORLEANS - A Coast Guard Station New Orleans 25-foot Response Boat - Small, conducts a close quarter maneuver alongside a Port of South Louisiana boat on Lake Pontchartrain, Aug. 18, 2011. The manuever was More
Elizabeth River, Va. - A Coast Guard boarding team member from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth in Portsmouth, conducts a field sobriety test with an intoxicated role player during a training exercise here, June More
Elizabeth River, Va. - A crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth in Portsmouth, conducts training here, June 21, 2012. The training consisted of boarding an auxiliary ves More
Coast Guard Station Portage boatcrews conduct training exercises aboard their 47-foot Motor Life Boat and 25-foot Response Boat-Small near Dollar Bay, Mich., Aug. 29, 2012. The 47-foot MLB is designed to perfor More
Tim House, a soldier in the U.S. Army, holds his daughter Annabelle, as he and his wife Cristy watch a trailored Coast Guard smallboat pass by during the annual Duluth, Minn., Veterans Day Parade in downtown Du More
Crews aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small and a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium responded to a report of two capsized kayaks with people in the water off Kiptopeke State Park in Cape Charles, Va., Thursday, D More
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cantu, of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston, Texas, mans a mounted machine gun on a Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat - Small in front of the Washington Monume More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Phillip Carro, a boatswain's mate from Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City, N.C., prepares the 30-foot sailboat South Bound to be towed by a Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat - Small Satu More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Rossi, a boatswain's mate from Coast Guard Station Ocracoke boards a sailboat taking on water in Pamlico Sound near Ocracoke, N.C., Saturday, June 15, 2013. Once on board Rossi assi More
Petty Officer 1st Class Troy Siver, operations boss at Coast Guard Station Alexandria Bay, N.Y., and the coxswain of a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, makes his way toward the Canadian span of the Thousand Islands More
A crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small from Coast Guard Station Little Creek, Va., rescued two men from the Little Creek Basin after their 16-foot boat capsized, July 25, 2013. The RB-S crew arrived on s More
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Maui tow a 21-foot recreational vessel after it began to take on water approximately two miles north of Kahului, Maui, Nov. 20, 2013. Open lines of communication between mu More
Hampton, Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River's pup, sits ready to don a life jacket aboard the 25-foot Response Boat - Small at the sector in Memphis, March 30, 2014. Hampton, the sector response departm More
Crew members from Coast Guard Maritime Safety Security Team Honolulu demonstrate tactical small boat evolutions in Honolulu Harbor, Oct. 23, 2014. These versatile MSST units can be assigned in support of a wide More
Coast Guard Station Honolulu crewmembers conduct tactical small boat training in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, March 25, 2015. Crewmembers conducted training on two 25-foot Response Boat-Small vessels and a 45-foot Respo More
Members from Maritime Safety and Security Team 91107 prepare the 25-foot Response Boat-Small prior to getting underway for a cruise ship escort in Honolulu Harbor, Oct. 3, 2015. The Coast Guard conducts escorts More
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Honolulu conduct tactical small boat training in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Oct. 21, 2015. Coast Guardsmen conducted training on a 25-foot Response Boat-Small vessel and a 29-foot 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
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Scelson, a crewmember from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., ratchets a strap to secure a 25-foot Response Boat-Small to its trailer in preparation for Hurricane Earl, Sept. More
The 30-foot sailboat South Bound is shown aground on a shoal in the Albemarle Sound approximately 15 miles southeast of Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday, May 4, 2013. A crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Rossi, a boatswain's mate from Coast Guard Station Ocracoke assists in dewatering a sailboat taking on water in Pamlico Sound near Ocracoke, N.C., Saturday, June 15, 2013. The RB-S More
A Coast Guard Station Alexandria Bay, N.Y., boarding team, aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, patrols the St. Lawrence River, July 24, 2013. The Coast Guard conducts safety boardings to ensure boaters are ca More
Petty Officer 1st Class Gregory Purdy, from Coast Guard Station Oswego, N.Y., handles a towline after disconnecting the line from a 25-foot Response Boat-Small during a training exercise with a fellow Station O More
Coast Guard Auxiliarists Steve Swain and Ray Walty, both qualified boat crew members on the 25-foot Response Boat-Small at Coast Guard Station Sackets Harbor, N.Y., and Chief Petty Officer Joshua Martin, the of More
Hampton guards the tool box ensuring equipment is signed out before allowing Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi RIver's Response Department members to use the tools in Memphis, March 30, 2014. Hampton, the r More
Lt. Kris Tsairis, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Seattle, discuss capabilities of the Coast Guard's 25-foot Response Boat-Small with Rep. Suzan DelBene at Coast Guard Station Seattle, May 3, 2013. Th More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Spence, a boatswain's mate from Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City, N.C., manuevers a 25-foot Response Boat - Small alongside the South Bound, a 30-foot aground sailboat, Saturda More
A Coast Guard Station Alexandria Bay, N.Y., boarding team, aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, approaches a pleasure craft, along the St. Lawrence River, to conduct a safety boarding, July 24, 2013. The Coast More
Coast Guard Auxiliarists Steve Swain and Ray Walty, both qualified boat crew members on the 25-foot Response Boat-Small at Coast Guard Station Sackets Harbor, N.Y., discuss their area of responsibility in Lake More
Members of Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River's Response Department pose with Hampton, the sector's mascot, next to the 25-foot Response Boat - Small before getting underway in Memphis, March 30, 2014. More
Crew members aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small from Maritime Safety and Security Team Miami, conduct a security patrol in Tampa Bay, Fla., Aug. 28, 2014. The MSST conducts security patrols in support of the More
Coast Guard Station Honolulu crew members conduct tactical small boat training in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, March 25, 2015. Crew members conducted training on two 25-foot Response Boat-Small vessels and a 45-foot Res More
Crew members aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small from Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City, N.C., assist an aground sailboat in the Albermarle Sound Saturday, May 4, 2013. The Coast Guard crew was able to free More
A Coast Guard Station Alexandria Bay, N.Y., boarding team, aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, conducts a safety boarding on a pleasure craft in front of the Boldt Castle along the St. Lawrence River, July 24 More
Coast Guard Auxiliarists Steve Swain and Ray Walty, both qualified boat crew members on the 25-foot Response Boat-Small at Coast Guard Station Sackets Harbor, N.Y., patrol their area of responsibility in Lake O More
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Honolulu conduct tactical small boat training in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Oct. 21, 2015. Coast Guardsmen conducted training on a 25-foot Response Boat-Small vessel and a 29-foot More
A Coast Guard boat crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, conducts safety patrols during the hydroplane boat races on Lake Washington, Aug. 3, 2018. Multiple crews from units based throughout the Pacific No More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Lucas Dixon, a boarding team member at Coast Guard Station Alexandria Bay, N.Y., aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, inspects a fire extinguisher during a safety boarding of a pleasure More
Coast Guard Auxiliarists Dave Linder and Bob Meddaugh, both qualified boat crew members on the 25-foot Response Boat-Small at Coast Guard Station Sodus Point, N.Y., prepare to connect a towline to a Wayne Count More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Dan Kelley (back), a boarding officer at Coast Guard Station Alexandria Bay, N.Y., and petty officers third class Nicholas Dorfer and Lucas Dixon, boarding team members also from Station More
Coast Guard Auxiliarists Dave Linder and Bob Meddaugh, both qualified boat crew members on the 25-foot Response Boat-Small at Coast Guard Station Sodus Point, N.Y., and Chief Petty Officer Carey Jung, the offic More
A Coast Guard Station Oswego, N.Y., boarding team, aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, heads out on a law enforcement patrol in Lake Ontario, July 25, 2013. The Coast Guard conducts safety boardings to ensure More
A Coast Guard Station Oswego, N.Y., boarding team, aboard a 25-foot Response Boat-Small, conduct a safety boarding on a pleasure craft in the Oswego Harbor, July 25, 2013. The Coast Guard conducts safety boardi More
Coast Guard Auxiliarist Bob Meddaugh, a qualified boat crew member on the 25-foot Response Boat-Small at Coast Guard Station Sodus Point, unclips a hook from a D-ring on a Wayne County, N.Y., Sheriff's boat dur More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class John Cantu, of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston, Texas, mans a mounted machine gun on the bow of a Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat - Small while pa More