The U.S. Coast Guard carries out many essential missions at home and abroad. Read on to get a glimpse into the life of a service member in the United States Coast Guard.
1. Hurricane Assistance
(Photo: U.S. Naval Institute)
The US Coast Guard assists in evacuations in the aftermath of hurricanes. In the wake of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the Coast Guard mobilized almost 3,000 personnel to save or assist 11,000 individuals. The Coast Guard logged almost 1,600 hours for their rotary wing aircraft and 1,400 hours for fixed wing aircraft. They also mobilized the inland river tender fleet which operated more than 600 hours above programmed hours.
(Photo: U.S. Coast Guard by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi)
New Orleans, 30 August 2005. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Beaty of Long Island, N.Y., looks for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as he flies in a HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter over New Orleans.
2. Humanitarian Aid
(Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison)
Batumi, Georgia, 27 August 2008. Local Georgians greet Captain John Moore, commodore, Combined Task Force 367, shortly after the arrival of the USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian assistance supplies to be given to the people of Georgia in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia.
(Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Maurice Dayao)
Sattahip, Thailand, 16 June 2008. United States Sailors and Coast Guardsman and Royal Thai Marines deliver supplies to Ban Kao Chan Primary School in Sattahip as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2008. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the United States and Southeast Asian nations designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces.
(U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley)
Souda Bay, Crete, 22 August 2008. Crew members aboard the USCGC Dallas (WHEC 716) cover and secure cargo of supplies before going to sea. The supplies are part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces.
3. Rescue Diving
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sunday Williams)
Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The U.S. Coast Guard demonstrates how they conduct a search and rescue during the 2009 Sea and Sky Spectacular. The Sea and Sky Spectacular is part of the Week of Valor at Jacksonville Beach.
(U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Andrew McKaskle)
Bridgetown Harbor, Barbados, 5 August 2008. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/ Commander, U.S. Fourth Fleet Rear Admiral Joseph D. Kernan, center, and Lieutenant Commander Bobby Greene, second from left, pose for a photo with Barbados coast guard divers during a dive off the coast of Barbados during Navy Diver – Southern Partnership Station (ND-SPS) 2008. SPS’s mission is to maintain strong multilateral partnerships, support the U.S. maritime strategic goals and enhance regional stability and security by promoting multinational working relationships.
4. Training with other Nations
(Photo: U.S. Coast Guard taken by Petty Officer 1st Class Tasha Tully )
Cape Verde, 10 June 2008. Lieutenant Placido Ndong, left, and Lieutenant Pablo Nkisogo, assigned to the Equatorial Guinea Navy, conduct maritime-law enforcement tactics training on the flight deck of the USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716). Ndong and Nkisogo trained alongside members of the Cape Verde Coast Guard, French Navy, U.S. Navy and DallasÕ boarding team members, marking the first multilateral combined law-enforcement operations ever conducted in Africa.
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Lt. Cmdr. James Stockman)
Sengal, 1 September 2010. Coast Guard Ensign Kate Murray, right, demonstrates handcuffing techniques on Senegalese Seaman Jean-Rodrigue Mandy as Senegalese Petty Officer 3rd Class Armstrong Mpamy observes. USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913) is conducting operations in Senegal’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zone in supporting the African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) program. AMLEP enables African partners to build maritime security capacity and improve management of their maritime environment through real-world combined law enforcement operations.
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gregory A. Harden II)
Lumut, Malaysia, 17 June 17 2012. U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, and Royal Malaysian sailors exit the wet trainer simulator after taking a tour of the facility during a damage control simulation exercise. The event was part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2012 Malaysia.
5. Counter Drug Operations
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Cox)
Key West, Florida, 5 January 2007. Chief Fire Controlman Wayne Bishop assigned to the USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) and a Coast Guardsman from Tactical Law Enforcement Team South help unload packages of cocaine seized as part of a multinational and interagency effort to interdict the flow of narcotics into the United States. Bradley was part of a multi-national and interagency effort to interdict the flow of narcotics into the United States.
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Lt. Ed Early)
Caribbean Sea, 4 March 2010. A boarding team of Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS-1) transport bales of cocaine seized from a go-fast small boat in the southern Caribbean Sea. The Freedom seized the vessel, five suspects and 1,506 kilos of cocaine during counter-illicit trafficking operations in the U.S. Fourth Fleet area of responsibility.
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew Bash)
Gulf of Aden, 15 October 2009. Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG-68) and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 dispose of bags of illegal narcotics over the side of a vessel they boarded. During the boarding the team seized and disposed of more than four tons of hashish.
6. International Relationship Building
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Dave Gordon)
Puerto Princesa, Philippines, 2 June 2008. Coast Guardsman Information Technician 2nd Class Michael Popo, left, and Machinery Technician 3rd Class Brian Gogo, assigned to the USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722), distribute soccer balls to children at West Central School. Morgenthau was one of four ships representing the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard during a community relations project at the school.
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelli Roesch)
Puerto Princesa, Philippines, 2 June 2008. Coast Guard Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Dusty Bingham, assigned to the USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722), shares songs with neighborhood children at the Share a Life Center for Special Children during a community relations project in Puerto Princesa as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2008.
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric J. Cutright)
Lumut, Malaysia, 8 June 2010. A Coast Guardsman, assigned to the USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717), plays with a child at a community service project for kids on Lumut Navy Base during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2010.
7. Sailing a tall ship
(Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)
The primary mission of the Eagle is training. Every cadet who attends the Coast Guard Academy will spend a minimum of six weeks on board the Eagle. In addition to learning the nautical traditions of their profession, cadets learn basic seamanship and navigation skills as well as important team-building and leadership skills.
(Photo: U.S. Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown)
Atlantic Ocean, 27 April 2009. Even the Navy recognizes the unique value of the USCGC Eagle. USS Constitution‘s incoming commanding officer, Navy Commander Tim Cooper, climbs the mainmast shrouds aboard USCG Barque Eagle (WIX-327). Cooper is one of five Navy Sailors aboard the three-masted barque on its 18-day 3,149 miles long voyage from New London, Conn., to Rota, Spain. Originally commissioned Horst Wessel by German Navy in 1936, she was recommissioned the USCG Eagle in 1946, and her permanent crew of 55 Coast Guard Sailors are joined by hundreds of cadets and officer candidates for sail training every year.
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