Petty Officer 3rd Class Manda Emery

Chief Petty Officer James M. Clark, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Skipjack, displays his support for Sexual Assault Prevention Response by dressing in his service dress blues uniform, April 3, 2013. More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Vicchiariello, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Houston, escorts a medevac patient into the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, April 25, 2 More

Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur hosted the 3rd Annual Coast Guard Run to Remember event at Tyrell Park in Beaumont, Texas, May 15, 2013. Coast Guard members, family and friends gathered together to pay tribute t More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Holmes, a machinery technician at Coast Guard Station Sabine Pass, secures a P-6 Dewatering Pump, on a 23-foot pleasure craft, June 2, 2013. A good samaritan assisted Station Sabi More

An Air Station Houston aircrew prepared to launch for a medevac of a man 57 miles off the Galveston coast, June 4, 2013. The crewmember of the oil tanker SPT Challenger sustained a broken leg during mooring ope More

Chief Petty Officer Ferro, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog retires, June 10 2013, after nine years of service as an Explosive Detector at Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston. Petty Officer 1 More

Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Charles A. Reynolds is presented a shadowbox during his retirement ceremony Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Coast Guard Station Houston after completing 30 years of service. Reynol More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Galveston transport a medevaced victim to Emergency Medical Services July 6, 2013. Watchstanders from Sector Houston-Galveston launched a Station Galveston boatcrew after r More

The Coast Guard, Port Arthur Fire Department and Jefferson County Sheriff's Department are searching for a 56-year-old man after a collision occurred between the tug and barge Father Seelos and the missing man' More

A crew member from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island releases an endangered turtle into the water Aug. 23, 2013. The release was part of a program run by Sea Turtle Inc., a nonprofit organization that educ More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Vicchiariello, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Houston, is lowered from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter to a 45-foot Response Boat — Medium during a trail line deliv More

Mexican fishing vessels seek safe harbor ahead of Hurricane Ingrid in the Port of Brownsville, Sept. 15, 2013. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection crews escorted 53 Mexican shrimping vessels into the More

Crewmembers from Station Freeport help transfer 12 people to safety Oct. 1, 2013, in Freeport, Texas. The Coast Guard rescued 12 people after the 60-foot sailing vessel they were on began taking on water and la More

An Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter lands on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless Nov. 14, 2013. The Dauntless crew then conducted a hot refuel, a refuel of the helicopter while it More

A helicopter crew from the Australian ship HMAS Success (OR 304) transfer pallets of goods to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) for replenishment at sea during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise More

A People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy) Z-9 Harbin helicopter from the PLA(N) Haikou (DD 171) approaches the flight deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), during a search More

A boarding team from the People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy) ship Yueyang (FF 575) heads toward the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) during a Maritime Interdiction Operations E More

\Crew members from the People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy) ship Haikou (DD 171) participates in a Rescue and Assistance drill aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), as pa More

USS Port Royal (CG 73) prepares to refuel at sea with the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success (OR 304) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, mor More

Capt. John McKinley, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), gives a tour to the People's Republic of China senior leadership, July 1, 2014, during the in-port phase of Rim of The Paci More

A boat crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and an aircrew from the Japanese ship, JS Ise (DDH 182) work together during a Search and Rescue Exercise as part of the Humanitarian Assistance/D More

The People's Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) ship Qiandaohu (AO 886) underway off the coast of Hawaii takes part in a maritime interdiction operations exercise (MIOEX) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exerc More

Capt. Brian Penoyer, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, tours the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Jan. 30, 2014. With the establishment of the new sector building at Ellington Field More

Capt. Brian Penoyer, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston and Capt. Michael Baroody, the deputy sector commander of Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, tour the Lyndon B. Johnson Spa More

British Royal Air Force members Jane McIntosh, 34 and Elizabeth Beauchamp, 27, disembark the motor vessel Hedvig Bulker, Feb. 3, after being rescued while attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the Talisker More

A Coast Guard K-9 handler from the Marine Safety and Security Team in Galveston, Texas, and his bomb-sniffing dog are lowered from a MH-65 Dolphin from Air Station Houston to a boat, Feb. 7, 2014. The hoist was More

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Coleman, an operations specialist at Sector Houston-Galveston, helps guide inbound and outbound traffic safely into and out of the Houston Ship Channel, Feb. 10, 2014. The VTS crew More

Army Maj. Gen. Jimmie Jaye Wells, commanding generalof the 75th Training Division (Mission Command), Houston, praises a soon-to-be Coast Guard recruit, March 5, 2014, at a joint service swear-in ceremony at the More

Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, presents a certificate to Petty Officer 3rd Class Mitchell Ulrich, an avionics electrical technician at Air Station Houston, during the 50th a More

Capt. Brian Penoyer, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, and Mark Ruffino, the vice president of Mortenson Constructio More

Responders work together to load hundreds of feet of boom onto vessels at the Texas City Dike, March 23, 2014. More than 35,000 feet of boom has been deployed in response to the oil spill that occurred Saturday More

Coast Guard Air Station Houston crewmembers practice water rescues at San Luis Pass, April 22, 2014, on Galveston Island, where in the summer of 2013, four people drowned. The crews conducted training to enhanc More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Krok, a boatswain's mate aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, holds the jacob's ladder steady while a crew member from the HMCS Calgary climb down to the cutter Waesche's 26-fo More

Lt. j.g. Dustin See, a crewmember aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, speaks to other crewmembers from the bridge of the cutter via phone while underway during a group sail to Hawaii for Rim of The Pacific More

Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, speaks with First Class Cadet Hannah Cronin, Jun. 27, 2014, on the flight deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, while the cutter is More

Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area commander and Rear Adm. Cari B. Thomas, the 14th District commander, tour the cutter Waesche during the in-port phase of Rim of The Pacific, June 27, More

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Andrew Krok, stationed aboard the USCGC Waesche (WMSL 751), participates in a volleyball tournament against Sailors from USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) during the Rim of the Pacific (RI More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Yury Pytskou, a storekeeper aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, charges for a soccer ball during a soccer game against crewmembers from the Mexican ship Centenario de la Revoluci More

Lt. Cmdr. Dorothy Hernaez, the operations officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), speaks with fellow operations officers of the combined task force during a meeting on board the cutter Wa More

Lt. Shuji Uchida, a pilot on board the Japanese Navy ship JS Ise (DDH 182), measures the flight deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), July 3, 2014, during a helicopter cross-deck brief, during More

Crewmembers on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) work together to take down cutter Waesche's full-dress flags, July 4, 2014, while moored in Pearl Harbor for the in-port phase of the Rim of T More

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) is at full dress for Independence Day during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. RIMPAC is the largest multinational maritime exercise in the world and is h More

Capt. John McKinley, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), greets Rear Adm. Giles Couturier, Combined Forces Maritime Component Commander for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise More

Capt. John McKinley, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) greets Capt. Cui Yong Gang, commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army (Navy) Yueyang (FF 575), after completing More

Seaman David Smith, a member of the deck department aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), stands look-out on the bridge wing during a gunnery exercise off the coast of Hawaii as part of Rim of More

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) refuels at sea with the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success (OR 304) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six More

Rear Adm. Cari B. Thomas, the Coast Guard Fourteenth District commander, Capt. John McKinley, the commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crew members aboard the Cutter Waesc More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) boatcrew conducts a personnel transfer with the USS Port Royal (CG 73), July 24, 2014, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, More

Crewmembers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crewmembers aboard the People's Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) ship Yueyang (FF 575) conduct a hand-line transfer exercise, during Rim of the More

Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) conduct a replenishment at sea with the Australian ship HMAS Success (OR 304) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two More

Capt. Samuel Creech, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi salutes Rear Adm. John Korn, the 24th Coast Guard Ancient Albatross in a ceremony retiring the last operational HU-25 Falcon More

Coast Guard boatcrews from Station Galveston and Marine Safety and Security Team Galveston conduct tactical boatcrew training Dec. 12, 2014. The training evolutions were geared toward intercepting any potential More

Chief Bert stands with his handler, Petty Officer 1st Class Chandler Nuttal, Nuttal's family and the commanding officer of MSST Galveston, Lt. Cmdr. Steve Morris, after his retirement ceremony in Galveston, Tex More

Rear Adm. David R. Callahan, the Coast Guard Eighth District commander, holds a promotion ceremony for Coast Guard members at the Battleship Texas Historic Site, June 1, 2015, in Houston.

Rear Adm. David R. Callahan, the Coast Guard Eighth District commander, speaks to the attendees of the Offshore Operators Committee, June 3, 2015, at the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in Houston.

Capt. Brett Miliican gives his final words prior to transferring command of Sector Field Office Galveston to Cmdr. David Melton, June 12, in Galveston, Texas.

Rear Adm. David Callahan gives remarks at the Air Station Houston change of command ceremony, June 19, 2015, at Ellington Field. During the ceremony, Capt. Scott Langum transferred command to Cmdr. Craig Massel More

An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston lands at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston April 25, 2013, with a medevac patient. The Coast Guard responded to reports that a crew member from the More

Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur hosted the 3rd Annual Coast Guard Run to Remember event at Tyrell Park in Beaumont, Texas, May 15, 2013. The event was created to be a fundraiser for the Coast Guard Foundation's More

Chief Petty Officer Ferro, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog retires, June 10 2013, after nine years of service as an Explosive Detector at Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston. Petty Officer 1 More

Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Charles A. Reynolds receives the national ensign at his retirement ceremony Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Coast Guard Station Houston. Reynolds served on nine cutters during his More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Galveston transport a medevaced victim to Emergency Medical Services July 6, 2013. Watchstanders from Sector Houston-Galveston launched a Station Galveston boatcrew after r More

Coast Guard Station South Padre Island crew members returned five endangered sea turtles to the Gulf of Mexico, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The turtles released were all Kemp’s Ridley turtles and ranged in size from More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Vicchiariello, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Houston, is lowered from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter to a 45-foot Response Boat — Medium during a trail line deliv More

Mexican fishing vessels seek safe harbor ahead of Hurricane Ingrid in the Port of Brownsville, Sept. 15, 2013. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection crews escorted 53 Mexican shrimping vessels into the More

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) sails next to the People's Liberation Army (Navy) Qiandaohu (AO 886), July 16, 2014 during a replenishment at sea approach exercise as part of Rim of the Pacific ( More

Ensign Alex Hamel, a landing signals officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), launches a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) SH-60K Seahawk during a Search and Rescue Exercise off th More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) boatcrew conducts a personnel transfer with the USS Port Royal (CG 73), July 24, 2014, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Scales, a machinery technician aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), stands the engineer watch during a fueling at sea evolution with the Royal Australian Navy sh More

Crewmembers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crewmembers aboard the People's Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) ship Yueyang (FF 575) conduct a hand-line transfer exercise, during Rim of the More

Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 Exercise, Combined Task Force 175 (CTF-175) ships steam in formation during a gunnery exercise off the coast of Hawaii as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. More

Coast Guard leaders in the Houston-Galveston area meet with Dr. Ellen Ochoa, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Director, Jan. 30, 2014. The meeting was prompted after the relocation of Coast Guard Sector Houst More

Coast Guard leaders in the Houston-Galveston area tour the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Jan. 30, 2014. Their first stop on the visit was the JSC mission control room. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer More

A Coast Guard K-9 handler from the Marine Safety and Security Team in Galveston, Texas, and his bomb-sniffing dog are lowered from a MH-65 Dolphin from Air Station Houston to a boat, Feb. 7, 2014. The hoist was More

Soon-to-be Coast Guard recruits, take the oath of enlistment, March 5, 2014, at a joint service swear-in ceremony at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. There were more than 400 men and woman swearing in, fro More

Capt. Brian Penoyer, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, and Mark Ruffino, the vice president of Mortenson Constructio More

Responders work together to load hundreds of feet of boom onto vessels at the Texas City Dike, March 23, 2014. More than 35,000 feet of boom has been deployed in response to the oil spill that occurred Saturday More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Magie, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Houston exits the water after completing rescue hoists, at San Luis Pass, April 22, 2014, on Galveston Island. The hoists wer More

Two U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche crew members prepare to recover the 26-foot Over-The-Horizon boat, Jun. 20, 2014 after conducting a personnel transfer of four crew members from the HMCS Calgary. The transfe More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Benz Seaton, a newly reported boatswains mate on the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche writes down waypoints while underway, Jun. 18, 2014, during a group sail to the Hawaiian Islands for Rim o More

Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, speaks with the crew of cutter Waesche during the in-port phase of Rim of The Pacific, Jun. 27, 2014 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. RIMPAC is the More

Coast Guardsmen stationed aboard the USCGC Waesche (WMSL 751) participate in a volleyball tournament against Sailors from USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twent More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel Espinosa, an electrician's mate aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, executes a penalty kick, during a soccer game against crewmembers from the Mexican ship Centenario de l More

Lt. Cmdr. Dorothy Hernaez, the operations officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), speaks with fellow operations officers of the Combined Task Force during a meeting on board the cutter Wa More

Lt. j.g. Amanda Cousart, the assistant weapons officer and shipboard aviation officer on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) facilitates a helicopter cross-deck brief with aviatiors from the Ja More

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) is at full dress for Independence Day, moored between USS Gary (FFG 51) and USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. RIMPAC i More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Webb, an operations specialist on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) walks on the flight deck of the cutter, July 4, 2014, before the kick-off of the Joint Base Pe More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Casini, an electronic technician on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) gives a tour during open ship day for Rim of the Pacfic (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014 More

Lt. j.g. Dustin See, the gunnery officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), gives a tour of the cutter to Capt. Cui Yong Gang, the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army (Navy) Y More

Two boarding teams from the People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy) ship Yueyang (FF 575) head toward the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) during a Maritime Interdiction Operations More

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Ringpis, a landing signals officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) directs a helicopter from the People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy) More

USS Port Royal (CG 73) prepares to refuel at sea with the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success (OR 304) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, mor More

A boarding team from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) makes an approach to the People's Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) ship Qiandaohu (AO 886) during a Maritime Interdiction Operations Exercise (MI More

Crewmembers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crewmembers aboard the People's Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) ship Yueyang (FF 575) conduct a hand-line transfer exercise, during Rim of the More

Capt. Samuel Creech, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi gives remarks at a ceremony retiring the last operational HU-25 Falcon, Sept. 23, 2014. The ceremony marked the end of the F More

Coast Guard boat crews from Station Galveston and Marine Safety and Security Team Galveston conduct tactical boat crew training Dec. 12, 2014. The training evolutions were geared toward intercepting any potenti More

Chief Bert, a Coast Guard bomb sniffing dog from the Maritime Safety and Security Team Galveston retired May 22, 2015, at a ceremony held at the MSST in Galveston, Texas. Bert retired after six years of service More

Rear Adm. David R. Callahan, the Coast Guard Eighth District commander, poses with newly-promoted Coast Guardsmen and their families during a promotion ceremony held at the Battleship Texas Historic Site, June More

Rear Adm. David R. Callahan, the Coast Guard Eighth District commander, takes questions from attendees, after guest-speaking at the Offshore Operators Committee, June 3, 2015, at the Anadarko Petroleum Corporat More

Cmdr. David Melton relieves Capt. Brett Millican as commanding officer of Sector Field Office Galveston, during a change-of-command ceremony at the SFO in Galveston, Texas.