METAIRIE, La. - Capt. Peter Gautier (back row left) takes part in the presentation of a Blue Star Memorial with other servicemembers, the Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Club and Jefferson Parish Councilwoma More
METAIRIE, La. - Captain Peter Gautier, commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, provides official remarks for the dedication of the Blue Star Memorial Marker, Nov. 10, 2011. The Blue Star Memorial Program b More
Coast Guard crews depart NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to return to New Orleans Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. The crews evacuated to safeguard assets and personnel from the destructive forces of Hurrica More
In this photograph released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Capt. Lincoln D. Stroh (left), shakes hands with Capt. Edwin M. Stanton (right) during a change of command ceremony at the New Orleans Port Authority buildin More
NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard Auxiliary bride Donna K. Nelken signs her marriage certificate while her new husband, former Auxiliary Flotilla Commander Robert M. Baker watches following their wedding ceremony at Co More
NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard Auxiliary Chaplain Cleve Chandler resides over the wedding nuptials for Auxiliarist Robert Michael Baker and Donna Kaye Nelken aboard a response boat at Coast Guard Station New Orleans More
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen (left), commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, speaks during the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Lower Mississippi River Physical Oceanograp More
NEW ORLEANS - U. S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Wayne S. Alleyne stands in front of an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter at U. S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2010. Alleyne is the first enliste More
NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class James Peterson with Sector New Orleans, takes a sample from an oil spill that occured approximately 10 miles southeast of Venice, La., in the Delta National Wi More
VENICE, La. -- Coast Guard petty officers Szymon Dabkowski, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, and Darrell Greep, Coast Guard National Strike Force, discuss logistical concerns associated with the offload of an an More
KENNER, La. - Coast Guard search and rescue specialist Kevin Robb, a search and rescue controller and command duty officer at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center, prepares to answer questions during More
SLIDELL, La. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Hector Concepcion, a pollution investigator assigned to Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, mentors two members of a little league team that he coaches. Concepcion spends nine More
SLIDELL, La. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Hector Concepcion, a pollution investigator assigned to Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, explains the proper way to throw a baseball to a member of a little league team tha More
NEW ORLEANS - Petty Officer 3rd Class Hector Concepcion, a pollution investigator assigned to Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, was recently awarded the Coast Guard Commendation medal for pulling a citizen from a More
NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer H. Vance Caskey relieved Chief Warrant Officer J. Eric Foster in a formal change-of-command ceremony, July 16, 2010. Caskey entered the Coast Guard in March 1991 More
The Amtrak station in Washington, is one of 31 stops that Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Tom Morrison, a gunner's mate assigned to Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, stopped at during his transit to New York, Aug More
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Logan Morrison, left fielder for the Florida Marlins, follows through with a swing during a game against the New York Mets, Aug. 24, 2010. Logan is the son of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer To More
NEW ORLEANS - Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin G. Burt, an operations specialist at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, works as a situational controller in the command center, Oct. 21, 2010. The situational controlle More
NEW ORLEANS - Lt. j.g. Daniel R. Hilburn, assigned to Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, works as an operations controller in the sector command center, Oct. 21, 2010. The operations controller is primarily respon More
NEW ORLEANS - Chief Warrant Officer Douglas Olson, addresses the audience at his retirement ceremony, held at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, Oct. 22, 2010. Olson served for 34 years as an engineman and a machi More
NEW ORLEANS - Lt. Kyle A. Weist, a command duty officer with Coast Guard District Eight command center, paints students' faces during Boo at Behrman, Oct. 28, 2010. Members volunteered to assist students with g More
NEW ORLEANS - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie L. Santellanes, a marine science technician with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, helps students' play games at Martin Berhman Elementary School, Oct. 28, 2010. Member More
NEW ORLEANS - Lt. Cmdr. Eva VanCamp with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans response division, paints students faces during Boo at Behrman, Oct. 28, 2010. Members volunteered to assist students' with games at Marti More
NEW ORLEANS -- Capt. Edwin Stanton, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, and Dillard University President Marvalene Hughes take part in the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement signing ceremo More
RACELAND, La. - Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Lyons, a gunner's mate with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, gives instructions during a riot shotgun course at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Department shooting ran More
RACELAND, La. - Petty Officer 2nd Class David McGrew, a gunner's mate with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, gives firearm instruction prior to shooters handling the weapons, April 28, 2011. Members from Sector N More
RACELAND, La. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Blanchard, a gunner's mate with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, calculates scores from a members practical pistol course at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Departmen More
RACELAND, La. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Lawrence Haik, a gunner's mate with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, gives instruction to Lt. Cmdr. Eva Van Camp, about the practical pistol course at the Lafourche Parish More
New Orleans - Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Burnett, a reservist at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, observers high water conditions along the Mississippi River, May 15, 2011. Every day Sector New Orleans dis More
New Orleans - Lt. j.g. Chrissy Chantarasopak and Petty Officer 1st Class Elnora Lyons work diligently while serving as members of the planning section at the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans Incident Command Post More
NATCHEZ, Miss. - Sector New Orleans crews respond to the historic Mississippi River floods. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.
NATCHEZ, Miss. - Sector New Orleans as crews respond to the historic Mississippi River floods. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.
MYRTLE GROVE - La., Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Lyons, a gunner's mate with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, blows a whistle after time expires after a round of fire, June 15, 2011. Coast Guard members traveled More
NEW ORLEANS -- Members of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans serve as sideboys as Capt. Edwin M. Stanton retired as commander of Sector New Orleans during a change of command ceremony at the National World War II M More
NEW ORLEANS -- Capt. Peter W. Gautier provides remarks after relieving Capt. Edwin M. Stanton as commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans during an official change of command ceremony at the National World W More
NEW ORLEANS -- Members of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans stand at parade rest during an official change of command ceremony for Sector New Orleans at the National World War II Museum in downtown, June 27, 2011. More
NEW ORLEANS -- Capt. John Arenstam (center), deputy commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, describes the sector's area of responsibility for the commandant of the Polish Border Guard, Rear Adm. Piotr Stoc More
NEW ORLEANS -- Rear Adm. Piotr Stocki, commandant of the Marine Regional Unit for the Polish Border Guard, views a presentation on U.S. Coast Guard operations at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, July 21, 2011. S More
NEW ORLEANS -- Rear Adm. Piotr Stocki, commandant of the Marine Regional Unit for the Polish Border Guard, gives a presentation on his service's operations and units at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, July 21, More
NEW ORLEANS - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (left) asks a question of Capt. Peter Gautier (right), commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans during a tour of the New Orleans port, More
NEW ORLEANS - Capt. Peter Gautier (right), commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans answers a question posed by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (left) during a tour of the New Orle More
NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon, an 87-foot Marine Protector-Class patrol boat, provides a security zone during a tour of the New Orleans port held for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet More
NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard Sector New Orleans hosts South African delegates during a three-day visit to New Orleans, Sept. 21, 2011. During the visit, the delegates were given an aerial tour of the Mississippi R More
NEW ORLEANS - Nicholas John Fray, Maritime Security Coordinator for the South African Security Agency, discusses maritime security and safety with members of the Harbor Police Department Port of New Orleans, Se More
NEW ORLEANS - Capt. John Arenstam, deputy commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, provides information on hurricane preparedness during a joint news briefing for NOLA Ready at the Port of New Orleans, Jun More
NEW ORLEANS - Col. Ed Fleming, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, provides information on hurricane preparedness during a joint news briefing for NOLA Ready at the Port of New Orleans, June 1, More
NEW ORLEANS - The NOLA Ready poster stands to the left of the podium following a joint news briefing for hurricane preparedness at the Port of New Orleans, June 1, 2012. The joint briefing featured the Coast Gu More
NEW ORLEANS - Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu announces the start of hurricane season during a joint news briefing for NOLA Ready at the Port of New Orleans, June 1, 2012. The mayor took part with the Coast More
NEW ORLEANS - A group of Senior Executive Service candidates listen to a presentation by Capt. Pete Gautier during a tour of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, June 13, 2012. The SES candidates are engaged in the More
NEW ORLEANS - Capt. Pete Gautier, commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, gives an overview of the sector's units and missions to a group of Senior Executive Service candidates for transition training at t More
NEW ORLEANS - Senior Chief Petty Officer James Wood (right) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Loerwald (left) board a recreational vessel to perform safety checks, June 23, 2012. Coast Guard boatcrews boarded More
NEW ORLEANS - Senior Chief Petty Officer James Wood (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Loerwald (right) perform safety checks on a boater's vessel, June 23, 2012. As part of Operation Dry Water, Coast Gu More
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - Crewmembers of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans finish clearing felled trees with machetes during brush operations for Saxonholm Light 86 along the St. Bernard Levee sys More
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - Crewmembers of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans lower a line to retrieve equipment for Saxonholm Light 86 along the St. Bernard Levee system on the lower Mississippi Riv More
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremiah Huss, engineering petty officer for Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans, awaits to retrieve equipment atop Saxonholm Light 86 along the St. More
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - Seaman Carly Ouellette (right foreground), a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans, monitors the safety of fellow crewmembers clearing brush surrounding Saxonholm L More
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremiah Huss, engineering petty officer for Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans, performs maintenance on a solar panel for Saxonholm Light 86 along More
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Ostrander, a member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans, secures a U-bolt bracket for a solar panel on Saxonholm Light 86 along the St. More
VENICE, La. - Pictured here is the entrance to Coast Guard Station Venice alerting visitors to the local ordinance that outlaws the feeding of alligators, Aug 8, 2012. Station Venice has an area of responsibili More
VENICE, La. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Crane (right) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Ethan Fryar (left) of Coast Guard Station Venice patrol along Tante Phine Pass off of the Mississippi River in support of p More
VENICE, La. - A Coast Guard Station Venice 25-foot Response Boat-Small and crew patrol near the oil rig West Delta 7 in the Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 8, 2012. Station Venice has approximately 100 petrochemical facil More
GRAND ISLE, La. - Crewmembers of Coast Guard Station Grand Isle locate a life ring used as datum during a man overboard drill aboard a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium on Barataria Pass, Sept. 20, 2012. The stati More
GRAND ISLE, La. - Petty Officer 1st Class Brad Spindel, a crew member of Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, heaves a rescue line to fellow crewmembers aboard a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium during search-and-resc More
GRAND ISLE, La. - Seaman Sarah Hooker, a crewmember of Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, heaves aboard a dewatering pump during search-and-rescue training on Barataria Pass, Sept. 20, 2012. The station conducted More
GRAND ISLE, La. - A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat - Medium and crew return to base after search-and-rescue training on Barataria Pass, Sept. 20, 2012. The station conducted man overboard More
GRAND ISLE, La. - A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat - Medium and crew conduct search-and-rescue training with another RB-M crew on Barataria Pass, Sept. 20, 2012. The station conducted man More
NEW ORLEANS - Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Henderson, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans engineering officer, conducts a step by step checklist on what to do before egressing from the shallow-water egress trainer during the More
NEW YORK - Petty Officer 1st Class Jay Pioch, a boatswain's mate with Coast Guard Station New York, shovels dry wall debris in the basement of a Staten Island house as part of a Coast Guard community outreach t More
NEW ORLEANS - Rear Adm. Roy A. Nash (front row, end left), commander of the 8th Coast Guard District, and Master Chief Petty Officer Eric Engle (front row, end right), command master chief of Coast Guard Secto More
NEW ORLEANS - Rear Adm. Roy A. Nash (right), commander of the 8th Coast Guard District, and Master Chief Petty Officer Eric Engle (left), command master chief of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, salute during t More
NEW ORLEANS - Members of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans stand watch at the maritime security operations center stood up for Super Bowl XLVII at the New Orleans Harbor Police Department, Jan. 28, 2013. The Coast More
Members of the Port of New Orleans Harbor Police Department conduct safety and security patrols with a Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew for Super Bowl XLVII on the lower Mississippi River, Jan. 31, More
Pictured is a passport photo of tanker crewman Ram Mohan Singh, who was reported missing after a crew muster aboard the Rainbow Quest at 8 a.m. at the Southwest Pass Anchorage, Jan. 7, 2014. Singh is a native o More
NEW ORLEANS - Lt. Kelly Haupt looks for some beads to throw to revelers during the King Rex parade during Mardi Gras Day festivities aboard the Coast Guard float in downtown, Feb. 12, 2013. The float is special More
Lt. Kelly Haupt looks for some beads to throw to revelers during the King Rex parade during Mardi Gras Day festivities aboard the Coast Guard float in downtown, Feb. 12, 2013. The float is specially designed to More
Coast Guard Capt. Peter Gautier, commander Sector New Orleans, signs a shared responsibility banner at a hurricane preparedness conference held in New Orleans, May 31, 2013. The press conference highlighted the More
Seaman Christopher Plaza, a member of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans Vessel Boarding Security Team, conducts a sweep of the deck of the 695-foot container ship CMA CGM Auckland in Boothville on the lower Missis More
Seaman Lyndsey Singer fakes out the heaving on board the 45-foot Response Boat - Medium at Coast Guard Station New Orleans, Jan. 10, 2014. Singer completed a checkride aboard the 45-footer for crewmember qualif More
Capt. Philip Schifflin, deputy sector commander at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans signs a partnership banner between agencies which underscores a collective commitment to continuing to work together to achieve More
A cup of coffee grows cold on the bridge of the Coast Guard Cutter Pamlico, while its owner conducts maintenance work on the cutter in New Orleans, June 17, 2014. Coffee is often a drink of choice to give Coast More
Capt. Philip Schifflin relieved Capt. Peter Gautier as commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans in an official change-of-command ceremony at the Port of New Orleans, June 27, 2014. The change-of-command cere More
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi participates in the 13th Annual Arkansas Fire Boat School at DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Ark., June 6, 2016. More than 30 fireboat crews representing 20 different co More
Two vessels from Environmental Safety and Health deploy boom, July 25, 2016, in response to an estimated 4,200-gallon discharge of crude oil near Lake Grande Ecaille. ES&H has been contracted by Hilcorp Energy More
Response crews evaluate affected areas after an approximate 4,200-gallon crude oil discharge near Lake Grande Ecaille, June 26, 2016. The oil reportedly discharged from an abandoned flow line owned by Hilcorp E More
A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 30-year-old-man suffering from signs of decompression sickness from a fishing vessel Friday evening. Jimmy Richard, 60, was aboard the Heavy Metal approximately 30 miles south More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Kampsnider, a marine science technician assigned to Sector New Orleans, center, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Caitlin Barker, a marine science technician assigned to Mar More
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans conduct welfare checks with partner agencies Oct. 13, 2018, in Lynn Haven, Florida. Coast Guard crews and partner agencies from across the U.S. are strategically More
A shallow-water response team from Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River launches a boat to conduct wellness checks in Lynn Haven, Florida, Oct. 13, 2018. Coast Guard crews from across the U.S. are strateg More
The Coast Guard and three good Samaritan vessels assisted in the rescue of 15 people from a lift boat near Grand Isle, Louisiana, November 18, 2018.
A Unified Command consisting of the Coast Guard, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office and Hilcorp Energy continues to respond to a well that discharged a mixture of crude oil, gas, and water near Port Sulph More
Capt. Kristi Luttrell, commander, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, transfers command of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans to Capt. Will Watson, with Rear Adm. John Nadeau, commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, pr More
Personnel at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans conduct a logistics planning meeting ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storms Marco and Laura to the Gulf Coast, at Sector New Orleans, Aug. 23, 2020. Sector New Orlea More
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Tom Morrison, a gunner's mate assigned to Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, rides the Amtrak train from Slidell, La., to New York, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2010. Morrison is taking a 29-hour More
Members of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans conduct a safety zone patrol established for Super Bowl XLVII along the lower Mississippi River, Jan. 31, 2013. The Coast Guard is one of 16 More
Lt. Brooke Grant (right foreground) prepares to throw some beads to revelers during the King Rex parade during Mardi Gras Day festivities aboard the Coast Guard float in downtown, Feb. 12, 2013. The float is sp More
Members of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans show their support wearing the service dress blue uniform in support for sexual assault prevention and response awareness at Sector New Orleans, April 3, 2013. Both off More