Petty Officer 3rd Class Andre-Filipe Silva, a machinery technician at Station Oregon Inlet, N.C., works to modify a skiff in preparation for Hurricane Joaquin Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, at the station. The skiff w More
Senior Chief Petty Officer Christopher Hinote, officer in charege at Station Oregon Inlet, N.C., congratulates Petty Officer 2nd Class Gage Garrett on Garrett's advancement to second class Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, More
John Miller of Farmville, Va., tries his luck at striped bass fishing, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, in the Lafayette River in Norfolk, Va., under the Hampton Boulevard Bridge. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer More
A 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Oak Island, N.C., transfers Brunswick County EMTs to the tug J.P. McAllister, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew from Station Oak Island h More
U.S. military aircraft are on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, the companion facility to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. A Coast Guard HH-52A Seaguard helico More
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Emerald Isle, N.C., tows a vessel that was taking on water south of Bogue Inlet Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. The crew saved two people from entering the More
Retired Rear Adm. Robert Johanson stands before HH-52A Seaguard helicopter, tail number 1426, at Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Johanson and others worked More
Colors are presented during the opening of a ceremony where HH-52A Seaguard helicopter, tail number 1426 is unveiled at Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Reti More
The newly-restored HH-52A 1426 is unveiled during a ceremony at Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Restored by Vector CSP contractors, active duty, and retired Coast Guard More
Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command Adm. Phil Davidson, left, and Robin Williamson, pin Commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Rear Adm. Rick Williamson during his promotion ceremony to rear admiral upper-hal More
NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 22, 2015) - Ground was broken on board Naval Station Norfolk on the M-area project, Dec. 22, 2015. Commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Rear Adm. Rick Williamson, center-right, and Naval Sta More
A river flows through a gorge in iceland / A man standing on a rock formation with a river in the background / Public domain photo of a park, nature.
Architecture stock photograph: A woman with glasses holding a microphone / A woman in a floral shirt holding a microphone.
Lt. j.g. Michelle Leclerc stands by a C-130 Super Hercules airplane Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina. As a Hercules pilot, she's responsible for flight planning, fuel planni More
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Stephen Metruck, 5th District commander, speaks before a crowd during a ceremony at Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Moments later, Metruck offi More
Coast Guard Fireman Ronald Hodges, Sector North Carolina color guard member, prepares to retire the colors at the close of a ceremony at Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 25, 201 More
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis learns about Coast Guard aviation from inside the cockpit of a C27-J Spartan aircraft at Air Station Elizabeth City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. K More
A view of the New Cape Henry Lighthouse, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, March 21, 2016. A preservation project to improve the lighthouse begain about two months later. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd More
The 52-foot pleasure craft Cheryl Lynn is soft aground in four feet of water, 400 feet outside the navigable channel in North Landing River, N.C., May 8, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo
Coast Guard Station Fort Macon Fireman James D. Sanders, Jr., prepares for a helicopter training excercise off Atlantic Beach, N.C., aboard a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat out of Station Fort Macon, Friday, May 20, 20 More
A Coast Guard color guard marches Monday, May 30, 2016, during the 132nd Portsmouth Memorial Day parade in Portsmouth, Va. Portsmouth has the distinction of hosting the oldest continuous Memorial Day parade in More
Waterway on the Coast of Virginia Federal Navigation Projects and Virginia Inside Passage Discontinued Aids to Navigation (U.S. Coast Guard map)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Lawrence, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., prepares for a flight aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter June 13, 2016. Lawrence is a flight mech More
A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aviator walks beneath a Hercules in a hangar at Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., June 15, 2016. Hurcules aircrews typically consist of two pilots, a flight engineer, navigator, rad More
The USCGC Eagle (WIX 327) arrives in Norfolk, Virginia, July 22, 2016. The Eagle's crew moored the tall ship at Otter Berth at Town Point Park on Waterside Drive. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Cl More
The ponies complete the annual swim from Assateague to Chincoteague Island, Virginia, during the 91st Pony Swim on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, July 27, 2016. Crew members from U.S. Coast Guard Station Chincoteagu More
Capt. Patricia J. Hill, Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Commander, expresses her appreciation Aug. 1, 2016, at the New Hanover Historic Courthouse in Wilmington, North Carolina, after the New Hanover County B More
A runner demonstrates his medals after completing both the Coast Guard Cutter 10K and Coast Guard 5K in Portsmouth, Virginia, Aug. 6, 2016. The second annual Road Rage Events Coast Guard racers were awarded fin More
Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, Commander, 5th Coast Guard District, prepares for launch aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Base Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept. 3, 2016, to view various locations within More
Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, Commander, 5th Coast Guard District, views the 5th District area of responsibility in the wake of Tropical Storm Hermine aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, Sept. 3, 2016. The Coast G More
Capt. George G. Bonner, Commander, Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center (left to right), Cmdr. Travis Rasmussen, Waterways Operations Product Line (WOPL) Mangager, and Wayne Danzik, WOPL Deputy Manager, observ More
Petty Officers 2nd Class Justin Gieringer and Darren Harrity, aviation survival technicians at Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, replenish liquid oxygen levels in a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, Feb More
U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Nina Bowen rides aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small in the Pasquotank River out of Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Feb. 14, 2017. Bowen is a boat crew member at the station who More
A student at the Aviation Technical Training Center (ATTC) in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, plunges from an Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter into the Pasquotank River, Feb. 14, 2017. Four a More
Seaman Nina Bowen shows some love to Chief Bert, Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina's mascot, near the boathouse at the station Feb. 17, 2017. Chief Bert is a retired explosive detection dog who worked for More
Chief Petty Officer Eddie Fuchs and Master Chief Petty Officer Justin Reed compete in the 42nd Annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event at Fort Lee, Virginia, March 4, 2017. The Coast Guard's cu More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson gathers on the newly commissioned cutter during a commissioning ceremony held at Training Center Cape May, New Jersey, March 18, 2017. The Lawrence Lawson is the s More
A Coast Guard Cutter Diligence pursuit team works to interdict a "go-fast" boat suspected of illegal drug smuggling. From left to right is Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Pridgen, Petty Officer Third Class Ryan More
Cape Lookout Lighthouse shines from Cape Lookout National Seashore southeast of Harkers Island, North Carolina, May 16, 2017. The recent modernization of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse demonstrates not only a thri More
A recreational fishing boat is aground near Wachapreague, Va., May 25, 2017. A crew from Coast Guard Station Wachapreague rescued four boaters stranded after the grounding. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Wa More
Vice Adm. Karl L. Shultz, Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander, thanks Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for visiting Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Fifth District personnel, Friday, June 9, 20 More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nancy Wilson stands in front of the building where she works at Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina, June 14, 2017. Wilson assisted an injured motorist after she witnessed a More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Sparks (right) and Fireman Samuel Ragsdale, crew members at Station Fort Macon, North Carolina, stand on the deck of a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat at the station July 9, 2 More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bear conducts a hurricane relief supply onload in Port Everglades, Florida, Oct. 4, 2017. The Bear was one of more than 15 U.S. Coast Guard assets sent to assist with delivering s More
The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, in Manteo North Carolina, provides a guiding light into the Manteo Harbor November 11, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Auxiliarist Andrew Winz)
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Wachapreague, Virginia, tows the 42-foot sport fishing vessel Red Baron toward Wachapreague Marina, Nov. 14, 2017. The Coast Guard crew took aboard t More
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, commander, Fifth District, addresses the crew and the crowd during the commissioning ceremony for Cutter Richard Snyder in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, April 20, 2018. More
A U.S. Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew from Station Hobucken launches to assists five duck hunters and a dog, who ran around at Big Porpoise Point in Pamlico County, North Caro More
Coast Guard Ensign Megan Jolivette sings the National Anthem during the 5th District's change-of-command ceremony in Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept. 25, 2020. The change of command is a time-honored tradition that More
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo More
An entangled loggerhead sea turtle is recovered by a Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft crew from Station Oregon near the Bonner Bridge, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The crew brought a National Park Service ag More
Rear Adm. Stephen P. Metruck (right), 5th District commander, swears in Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan R. Yoraschek, officer in charge of the new Aids to Navigation Team Oak Island, as a Chief Petty Officer Tues More
The Cape Henry Lighthouse was not only the first federally funded lighthouse, but also the first over-budget federal project, requiring an additional $2,500 in work on the foundation. Just shy of a century afte More
Petty Officer 2nd Class David Ellis, aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., returns from a training flight at the air station Nov. 14, 2014. Ellis is working to become qualified as More
William Boeh, Kym Smith (center) and Traci Whitfield, civilian employees for the Coast Guard 5th District, cook breakfast at Oasis Social Ministry's kitchen in Portsmouth, Va., Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. Coast Guar More
Santa surprises children with presents aboard Coast Guard Cutter Legare, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2014. The kids were aboard the cutter to reunite with Coast Guard family members who had been deployed on a 52-day patr More
Coast Guard civilian employee Teddie Thorogood, chief of resources and planning for the Coast Guard 5th District in Portsmouth, Va., is the recipient of the 2012 Coast Guard Commandant’s Superior Achievement Aw More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., lands at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. The crew medevaced and transported an injured crewman fr More
Capt. Brenda Kerr (left) assumes the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of Base Portsmouth from Capt. Joel Dolbeck (right), under the supervision of Rear Adm. Thomas W. Jones Friday in Portsmouth More
A Coast Guardsman enters the administration building Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Va. The plaque at the building’s entrance is dedicated to Lt. Jack Rittichier, one of More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lands at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., Thursday, April 2, 2015, after medevacing a sailor who had been missing for more than 60 days. Watchstander More
Jimmy Courson works on a model in Courson’s garage in Belhaven, N.C., Friday, April 17, 2015. Courson's rendition of Coast Guard Cutter Northland is behind him. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Clas More
Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, the 25th commandant of the Coast Guard (right) visits with Jimmy Courson, a Coast Guard cutter model builder and enthusiast, moments before a ceremony officially designating Elizabeth City More
Madison mans the helm of Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Norfolk, Va. Madison's parents, Capt. Timothy Schang and Cmdr. Eva Van Camp, both serve in the U.S. Coast Guard in Portsmouth, Va. U. More
Coast Guard Capt. Reed Stephenson conducts a final personnel inspection as commanding officer of Training Center Yorktown, Va., during a change-of-command and retirement ceremony held at the training center, Th More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Thigpen, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Elizabeth City (ASEC), N.C., prepares for a search-and-rescue demonstration Monday, June 29, 2015, near Manteo. Evan was nomi More
Norfolk-based sailor Robert Suhay sails near Beaufort, N.C., in July 2015. Suhay sailed from Morehead City, N.C., to Annapolis, Md., in a 14-foot Laser, setting a world record for long-distance dinghy sailing. More
The ponies make the annual swim from Assateague Island, Va., to Chincoteague Island, Va., during the 90th Pony Swim on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Crew members from U.S. Coast Guard Stat More
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Stephen Metruck, 5th District commander, and Elizabeth Psimas, vice m ayor of the City of Portsmouth, look on as Seaman Damon Jaurez cuts a birthday cake in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Aug. More
The sun sets west of Chincoteague Island, Va., Aug. 5, 2015. The island is home to approximately 350 Coast Guard retirees year round. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn)
North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones (front left) learns from Cmdr. Anthony Jones, executive officer at Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., about Coast Guard aviation missions at the air station, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 20 More
Capt. Karl Leonard (right), commanding officer of Coast Guard Reserve Unit, Joint Staff-South in Suffolk, transfers command to Capt. James “Tory” Cobb (left) and prepares to retire during a change of command an More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., flies in formation above a Marine Corps HH-46E Sea Knight helicopter crew from Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, ne More
Petty Officer 3rd Class William Locke, a boatswain's mate at Station Wachapreague, Va., operates a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, during a check ride near Wachapreague. Passing a check ri More
Retired Rear Adm. Robert Johanson discusses Project Phoenix in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Johanson and others worked for a decade to ensure a Coast Guard helicopter will go on permanent display at More
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crewman from Station Emerald Isle, N.C., monitors the dewatering of a vessel that was taking on water south of Bogue Inlet Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. The Coast Guard sav More
Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command Adm. Phil Davidson, left, swears in Commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Rear Adm. Rick Williamson during his promotion ceremony to rear admiral upper-half. (U.S. Navy Ph More
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Stephen Metruck, 5th District commander and Robin Comer, Carteret County, N.C., commissioner, cut a cake after a ceremony at Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, N.C., Thursday, Fe More
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (left) tours Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City alongside Rear Adm. Stephen Metruck, 5th District commander, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)
Coast Guard Station Fort Macon Fireman James D. Sanders, Jr., returns from a training excerise aboard a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat near Station Fort Macon, Friday, May 20, 2016. Sanders witnessed a pier collapse in More
Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, Coast Guard 5th District Commander and Grand Marshal of the 132nd Portsmouth Memorial Day parade in Portsmouth, Va., makes her entrance in downtown Portsmouth. Portsmouth has the dist More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter undergoes routine maintenance in a hangar at Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., June 14, 2016. Since 1995 the air station has averaged more than 360 search and rescue missi More
Saltwater Cowboys work to stay hydrated ashore while U.S. Coast Guard Station Chincoteague crew members aboard a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft do the same during 91st Annual Pony Swim between Assateague and Chi More
Capt. Patricia J. Hill, Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Commander, shakes hands with New Hanover County Commisioner Rob Zapple, Aug. 1, 2016, at the New Hanover Historic Courthouse in Wilmington, North Caroli More
Coast Guard Cutter 10K and Coast Guard 5K finishers Irene Cartagena (left to right), Victor Whitehead and Amanda Lapietra show off their medals in Portsmouth, Virginia, Aug. 6, 2016. The second annual Road Rage More
A flooded road on North Carolina's Outer Banks Sept. 4, 2016, caused by Tropical Storm Hermine September 2-3 as seen from a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules Aircraft out of Air Station Elizabeth City. The Coast Guard More
Cmdr. Travis Rasmussen (right), Waterways Operations Product Line (WOPL) Manager in Portsmouth Virginia, speaks during a ceremony at Base Portsmouth, Sept. 7, 2016. The ceremony officially established the WOPL More
Coast Guardsmen compete in a morale basketball game at Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Feb. 9, 2017. The red team, made up of crew members from Station Elizabeth City, took on the white team, made up of MH More
Crews with International Chimney Corporation work to preserve the New Cape Henry Lighthouse in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Nov. 16, 2016. The U.S. Coast Guard hired contractors to begin work in May of 2016. (U.S. More
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia, tows the 46-foot sailboat Heaven into Norfolk, March 2, 2017. The four people aboard the sailboat called fo More
Senior Chief Petty Officer James Swenson (left back to front) Master Chief Petty Officer Justin Reed, Petty Officer 2nd Class Ben Stockman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Kellie Lundy, Petty Officer 1st Class Judah Cl More
Lynda Lawson Karr, sponsor for Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson, delivers a speech during a commissioning ceremony held for the cutter at Training Center Cape May, New Jersey, March 18, 2017. She is the great More
A Coast Guard Cutter Diligence pursuit team interdicts a "go-fast" boat suspected of smuggling illegal drugs. From left to right in the in the "go-fast" is Lt. j.g. Edward Hobaica, and Petty Officer 2nd Class J More
A view near the base of Cape Lookout Lighthouse on Cape Lookout National Seashore southeast of Harkers Island, North Carolina, May 16, 2017. The recent modernization of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse demonstrates More
A Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water crew from Station Wachapreague brings four stranded boaters back to shore after their boat ran aground near Wachapreague, May 25, 2017. The recreational More
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly visits Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Fifth District personnel in the Portsmouth Federal Building in Portsmouth, Virginia, Friday, June 9, 2017. During his vi More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nancy Wilson stands where she assisted a man ejected from his vehicle in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, June 7, 2017. Wilson crossed a waist-deep drainage ditch and climbed through cat More