Coast Guard Survival Gear. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Cmdr. Brian Glander, executive officer of Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, and Lt. Cmdr. Harper Phillips, operations officer, show pilots from the China Rescue Service Coast Guard surviv... More
US COAST GUARD OUTBOARD MOTOR FLORIDA
Miami (Jan. 26, 2007) -- Chief Petty Officer Ronald L. Gleason, engineering petty officer at Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, performs a routine inspection of one of the outboard motors on the 33-foot Special P... More
United States Coast Guard photo - GALLEY COOKING
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Allen, prepares meat, as the ship's cook, for philly cheesesteaks to serve at lunch for the crew of the Cutter Sitkinak. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
SECURING THE WEAPON - US Coast Guard photo
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Isaacson, Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak's gunner's mate, covers the 50-caliber deck gun after it's periodic maintanence. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
US COAST GUARD WEAPONS INSPECTION
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Isaacson, Cutter Sitkinak's gunner's mate, conducts last-minute checks of the ship's weapon system's prior to getting underway for patrol. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
United States Coast Guard photo - BOARDING LOG
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Isaacson, the gunner's mate onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, fills out the ship's boarding log after conducting numerous boarding's at sea. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
SITKINAK AT ANCHOR - US Coast Guard photo
The 110-foot "Island Class" Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak sits anchored just offshore of South Florida. Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement, and migrant interdiction are just some of the missions the Cutter Sitki... More
SPECIAL OLYMPICS RUN - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Coast Guard members, along with various law enforcement personnel from Miami, run beside the Port of Miami for the Special Olympics L/E Torch Run. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
RUN AT THE AAA - US Coast Guard photo
With the American Airlines Arena in the background, Chief Petty Officer Jaret Mats, a member of TACLET South, runs torward Integrated Support Command Miami with the Special Olympics torch. Coast Guard photo by... More
TORCH RUN WITH HELOS - US Coast Guard photo
Coast Guard, City of Miami Police and other law enforcement agency personnel run for the Special Olympics L/E Torch Run as law enforcement helicopters prepare to pass overhead. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
PASSING THE WATCH - US Coast Guard photo
Capt. Michael Jett passes the fore-and-aft style hat and nautical looking glass to Vice Adm. Robert Papp, the 13th Gold Ancient Mariner, during the change of watch for the Coast Guard Gold Ancient Mariner. Co... More
EXCHANGE OF SALUTES - US Coast Guard photo
Rear Adm. David Kunkel oversees the exchange of salutes between Vice Adm. Robert Papp and Capt. Michael Jett during the Gold Ancient Mariner ceremony which took place at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command M... More
SILVER AND GOLD ANCIENT MARINERS AND ALBATROSSES
Master Chief Petty Officer Amritt Villa, Silver Ancient Mariner, Vice Adm. Robert Papp, Gold Ancient Mariner, Rear Adm. David Kunkel, Gold Ancient Albatross, and Chief Petty Officer Peter MacDougall, Silver Anc... More
NEW GOLD ANCIENT MARINER, US Coast Guard Photo
Senior Chief Petty Officer Brice Martin and Chief Petty Officer Gregory Winans pin the Gold Ancient Mariner epaulets onto Vice Adm. Robert Papp, the 13th Gold Ancient Mariner. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
ANCIENT MARINER PLAQUE, US Coast Guard Photo
Capt. Michael Jett, 12th Gold Ancient Mariner, and Master Chief Petty Officer Amritt Villa, Silver Ancient Mariner, sit on stage during the Coast Guard Gold Ancient Mariner ceremony held at Integrated Support C... More
US COAST GUARD FLARE INSPECTION
MIAMI - Coast Guard Auxiliarist Bruce Falker determines the expiration date on a local mariners flares. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Barry Bena
US COAST GUARD VERIFY ID FLORIDA
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla (May 19, 2007)-- Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Valdes, coxswain and boarding officer at Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale, verifies a boaters identity using his drivers license. (Coast G... More
US COAST GUARD SAFETY BOARDING FLORIDA
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (May 19, 2007)--Seaman Tim Myerson, a boarding team member at Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale, ensures that a boaters fire extinguisher is fully charged and in satisfactory condition. ... More
US COAST GUARD CLEARING WEAPON FLORIDA
MIAMI - Petty Officer 1st Class (BM1) Scott Forbidussi, the training petty officer at Coast Guard Station Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., conducts a last-second check to ensure the weapon is clear. Safety is paramount i... More
US COAST GUARD FLYING ROUNDS FLORIDA
MIAMI - A crewmember from Coast Guard Station Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., fires the M-240B machine gun just offshore of Ft. Lauderdale. Constant training provides crewmembers the proficiency they need with the weapo... More
US COAST GUARD SIGHT VIEW FLORIDA
MIAMI - A crewmember aboard a Coast Guard Station Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement fires rounds into the water as part of the M-240B training exercise. Coast Guard personnel c... More
THINKING ABOUT FIRING FLORIDA
MIAMI - A crewmember at Coast Guard Station Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., mentally prepares himself to shoot the M240B machine gun. Firing the M-240B helps Coast Guard members become more familiar with the weapon and ... More
United States Coast Guard photo - GUNNERS MATE
Petty Officer 3rd Class Tim Perry (GM3), a Coast Guard Sector Miami gunner's mate, reaches for a new barrel for the M-240B machine gun. The barrels of the M-240B's are frequently changed during training to allo... More
Joe Cool Survivors - US Coast Guard photo
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island escort one of two survivors pulled from a liferaft to Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Miami, Sept. 25. Guillermo Zarabozo and Kirby Archer, the only tw... More
US COAST GUARD CLEANING UP FLORIDA
MIAMI - Petty Officer 3rd Class (AET) Darryl Linders from Coast Guard Air Station Miami and Petty Officer 2nd Class (YN) Amberlei Folsom from Coast Guard District Seven pick up trash from Monument Island in Mia... More
KEY BISCAYNE FALCONS - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Three Coast Guard HU-25 Falcons jets from Air Station Miami practice flying in formation above Cape Florida Lighthouse on Key Biscayne, Fla., Dec. 30. The Falcon jet is a medium-range surveillance airc... More
FALCONS OVER MIAMI - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - HU-25 Falcon jets from Coast Guard Air Station Miami fly in formation just in front of Downtown Miami, Dec. 30. The Falcon crews spent the morning practicing for their flyover later that afternoon at t... More
Re-establishment of NNOA in Miami
Lt. Marcus Canady, from Air Station Miami, and Rear Adm. Robert S. Branham, Seventh District commander, display the first Miami chapter National Naval Officer Association T-shirt during a cake-cutting ceremony ... More
COAST GUARD CUTTER BLUEFIN, US Coast Guard Photo
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluefin prepares to transfer personnel to the Cutter Bertholf's small boat offshore of Miami, Thursday, June 19, 2008. The Cutter Bertholf is the most technologically advance... More
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, US Coast Guard Photo
Coast Guard personnel ashore communicate with crewmembers on the National Security Cutter Bertholf during the mooring evolution at the Port of Miami, Thursday, June 19, 2008. The Cutter Bertholf is the lead sh... More
SOMETHING DOESN'T BELONG FLORIDA
MIAMI - The Rio Haina, a 252-foot container vessel, crashed into the breakwall at Miami Beach Marina in Miami Beach, Fla., Sunday, June 22, 2008. No injuries were reported but at least one vessel sustained dama... More
DRIFTING INTO PORT - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - A Coast Guard smallboat crew from Station Miami Beach, Fla., helps vessel traffic navigate around the M/V Rio Haina, Sunday, June 22, 2008. While outbound from Miami, the Rio Haina, a 252-foot Panamania... More
RIO HAINA HITS BREAKWALL FLORIDA
MIAMI - The 252-foot motor vessel, Rio Haina, sits at Miami Beach Marina after alliding with the breakwall, Sunday, June 22, 2008. The Rio Haina crashed through the breakwall damaging at least one other vessel ... More
CREWS RELEASE 103 LOGGERHEAD TURTLES
Seaman Lauren Jaramillo and Fireman Ulises Balmaceda, crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, Fla., pass down loggerhead sea turtles for release into the Atlantic Ocean Monday, June 30, 2008. Station F... More
United States Coast Guard photo - SCURRYING AWAY
Coast Guard Fireman Ulises Balmaceda, a crewmember at Station Fort Pierce, Fla., empties an endangered Loggerhead sea turtle into the water off Fort Pierce Monday, June 30, 2008. The two-year-old Loggerhead se... More
BYE, BYE TURTLE - US Coast Guard photo
Seaman Hernan Ossando, a crewmember at Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, Fla., lowers a loggerhead sea turtle into the Atlantic Ocean Monday, June 30, 2008. The turtle was put into the Gulf Stream 16 miles off... More
Rear Adm. Branham and RB-M acceptance ceremony
Rear Adm. Steve Branham, the Coast Guard Seventh District commander, speaks to guests in front of the new Response Boat-Medium at a ceremony held at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. The... More
US COAST GUARD Tornado Crew FLORIDA
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Tornado enjoy some much needed time off during a port call at Sector St. Petersburg Wednesday, March 5, 2009. Crewmembers aboard the Tornado resc... More
2009 Photo Contest - Second Place, PA Category
MIAMI - A Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team conducts high-speed maneuvers during a security patrol south of the Port of Miami, March 9, 2009. MSST Miami is currently based at the Homestead Air Reser... More
US COAST GUARD JCOC 2009 FLORIDA
MIAMI - Personnel from the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference gather on the bow of the Coast Guard Cutters Diamondback and Gannet while transiting the Port of Miami, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. The purpose of... More
JCOC Admiral Branham - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steve Branham, the Seventh District commander, talks to participants of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at the Integrated Support Command Miami galley about Coast Guard m... More
US COAST GUARD JCOC Smallboat FLORIDA
MIAMI - Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback take personnel from the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference for a ride on the Diamondback's smallboat at the Port of Miami, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009... More
US COAST GUARD JCOC Gannet FLORIDA
MIAMI - Members of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference gather on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Gannet while transiting the Port of Miami, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2007. The JCOC helps acquaint participan... More
US COAST GUARD Beach Cleanup FLORIDA
MIAMI - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel Santoyo, a boatswains mate at Sector Miami, and Keyla Suarez keep track of the amount of trash collected at the International Coastal Cleanup on South Beach, F... More
US COAST GUARD Beach Cleanup FLORIDA
MIAMI - Petty Officer 1st Class Rosalie Workman, a gunners mate assigned to Coast Guard Sector Miami, and her daughter collect trash at the 24th Annual International Coastal Cleanup on South Beach, Fla., Saturd... More
Coast Clean Up - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steve Branham, the Seventh District commander, picks up trash on South Beach, Fla., as part of the International Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. Nearly 300 Coast Guard p... More
Valiant commander welcomed home
MIAMI - Coast Guard Cmdr. Aldante Vinciguerra, commanding officer of the cutter Valiant, is welcomed home by family and friends at Base Support Unit Miami in Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 5, 2009. Valiant crewmember... More
Valiant CO with PA3 - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Coast Guard Cmdr. Aldante Vinciguerra, commanding oficer of the cutter Valiant, conducts an interview at Coast Guard Base Support Unit Miami with Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen, a Coast Guard public... More
Valiant returns home - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - A crewmember assigned to Base Support Unit Miami awaits to handle lines for the cutter Valiant as it pulls into homeport at Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 5, 2009. The crew of the Valiant interdicted more tha... More
PAO Photographs Valiant FLORIDA
MIAMI - Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Moorlag, Seventh Coast Guard District public affairs officer, photographs the crew of the cutter Valiant at Base Support Unit Miami Nov. 5, 2009. The crew of the 210-foot cutter Valia... More
D7 and University of Miami FLORIDA
MIAMI - Coast Guard Capt. Robert Grant, Seventh District governmental affairs officer, and Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, pose for a picture at a Daughters of Foreign Wars memo... More
UM President with D7 - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, and Capt. Robert Grant, Seventh District governmental affairs officer, speak with University of Miami President Donna Shalala and an Army... More
Oasis arrives at South Florida FLORIDA
MIAMI - Large crowds gather along the beach to watch as Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas enters Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., under the escort by Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale boatcrews Nov. ... More
Worlds largest cruise arrives FLORIDA
MIAMI - Coast Guard smallboat crews from Station Fort Lauderdale, Fla., provide escort for the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas' transit in to its homeport of Port Everglades Nov. 13, 2009. Coast Guard boatcre... More
Rear Adm. Branham at Disney Wonder
MIAMI - Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, conducts an interview with personnel from Disney Cruise Line while aboard the Disney Wonder at Port Canaveral, Fla., Nov. 22, 2009. Bran... More
Disney Wonder Crew - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, and Karl L. Holz, president of Disney Cruise Line, stand with crewmembers of the Disney Wonder after Branham presents them with the Coast... More
Rear Adm. Branham Public Service Award
MIAMI - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh District commander, reads the citation for the Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award being presented to the Disney Wonder at Port Canaveral, Fla., Nov... More
Choppin' it up - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Lydia Black, a food service specialist at Base Support Unit Miami, prepares tomatoes for the afternoon meal at the BSU Miami galley Jan. 8, 2010. Food service specia... More
Super Bowl interview - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Deutermann, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter pilot at Air Station Miami, talks to a reporter from the ABC affiliate at Air Station Miami Jan. 27, 2010, about Coast Guard aviation se... More
Rear Adm. Branham Super Bowl FLORIDA
MIAMI - Coast Guard Seventh District Commander Rear Adm. Steve Branham, federal coordinator for Super Bowl XLIV, discusses security measures being implemented for the Super Bowl during a press conference held a... More
Rear Adm. Branham Interview FLORIDA
MIAMI - Super Bowl XLIV Federal Coordinator Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, speaks to a reporter from the local ABC affiliate at Coast Guard Air Station Miami Jan. 27, 2010, in ... More
Sector Commander greets Veterans
MIAMI - Coast Guard Capt. James Fitton, Sector Miami commander, speaks to veterans visiting Base Support Unit Miami March 31, 2010. The visiting veterans were from all branches of the U.S. armed forces and dat... More
Veterans and Diamondback FLORIDA
MIAMI - Lt. j.g. Emily Paxson, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback, speaks to U.S. veterans at Coast Guard Base Support Unit Miami about the 87-foot patrol boat March 31, 2010. For many of... More
HC-144 Ocean Sentry - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Miner Pedersen and Capt. Rick Kennin, both from Air Station Miami, and Capt. Robert Grant, from the Seventh Coast Guard District, pose for a photo in front of an H... More
Representative Challenge Coin - coin, public domain photograph
MIAMI - Coast Guard Capt. Rick Kennin, commanding officer of Air Station Miami, presents a challenge coin to Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen after she spoke to the crew at Air Station Miami April 6, 2010. Ros-Lehtinen... More
Coast Guard Women - U.S. Coast guard photo
MIAMI - Female Coast Guard personnel pose for a photo with Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen at Coast Guard Air Station Miami April 6, 2010. Ros-Lehtinen spoke to the crew about the increasing role of women in the Coa... More
Representative Speaks to Coast Guard
MIAMI - Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen speaks to the crew at Coast Guard Air Station Miami April 6, 2010. Ros-Lehtinen spoke in regards to the increasing role of women in the Coast Guard and to salute all the women ... More
Admiral Branham at Conference FLORIDA
MIAMI - Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh Coast Guard District commander, talks about illegal Haitian migrantion at the 8th Annual Maritime Homeland Security Summit in Miami April 27, 2010. The event will focus... More
Admiral Discusses Haiti FLORIDA
MIAMI - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steve Branham, Seventh District commander, speaks at the IDGA 8th Annual Maritime Homeland Security Summit in Miami April 27, 2010. Branham discussed some of the missions the Coast... More
US COAST GUARD The Source - ATLANTIC
GULF of MEXICO - Vessels gather around an oil platform adjacent to the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010. Crews have been working to contain the oil spilling into the Gul... More
At the Source - U.S. Coast guard photo
GULF of MEXICO - Vessels sit at the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident May 5, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon was a mobile offshore drilling vessel that exploded April 20, 2010 and sank two days later. U.S. C... More
Booming an Island - U.S. Coast guard photo
GULF of MEXICO - Workers lay down boom around Eades Island, La., May 6, 2010. Booms are being deployed in the event oil from the Deepwater Horizon accident site threaten shore. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty... More
US COAST GUARD Watching Platforms
GULF OF MEXICO - Media aboard the motor vessel Freda McCall grab footage of oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico May 6, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon was a mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in the Gulf of M... More
US COAST GUARD Protecting Shore
GULF of MEXICO - Workers lay down boom to help prevent oil from reaching the islands by South Point, La., May 6, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident site has been leaking since the oil platform explo... More
Lending a Hand, US Coast Guard Photo
VENICE, La. - A shrimp boat captain heads to the Gulf of Mexico after being loaded up with oil-containment boom in Venice May 7, 2010. Countless shrimping boats were on hand to receive the boom and head offshor... More
US COAST GUARD Marking Booms
VENICE, La. - A shoreside worker marks oil containment booms in Venice prior to deployment May 7, 2010. Stopping oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident has been a collective effort between federal, state, and... More
Boom after Boom, US Coast Guard Photo
VENICE, La. - Shoreside personnel load oil-containment boom into a shrimping vessel in Venice May 7, 2010. Numerous shrimping boat crews were on hand for their opportunity to assist with the Deepwater Horizon ... More
Receiving More Booms, US Coast Guard Photo
VENICE, La. - A worker on a shrimping boat receives oil containment booms from shoreside workers in Venice May 7, 2010. Shrimping boat crews load up on booms to carry out to various staging areas offshore of V... More
US COAST GUARD Cast Away
VENICE, La. - A local worker in Venice casts off a line from a shrimping vessel heading offshore to place oil booms in the water May 7, 2010. Oil booms are being placed in various locations around Louisana to ... More
US COAST GUARD Loading Boom
VENICE, La. - Workers in Venice load oil containment boom onto a shrimp boat May 7, 2010. Oil containment booms are being placed to help keep oil from washing ashore in Louisana. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Pet... More
Assess the Beach, US Coast Guard Photo
GRAND ISLE, La. - Mark Kulp, a Shoreside Cleanup Assessment Team leader, looks for oil on a beach in Grand Isle May 8, 2010. SCAT members conducted an inspection of beaches in Grand Isle for signs of oil washi... More
US COAST GUARD Blocking Oil
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - Louisiana National Guard soldiers transfer sand to close an inlet by Elmer's Island May 10, 2010. Inlets off Elmer's Island are being closed in an effort to keep oil from the Deepwater Ho... More
Arranging the Sandbags - A couple of people standing on top of a sandy...
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard arrange sandbags in an inlet off Elmer's Island May 10, 2010. Troops with the Louisiana National Guard have been activated in response to the De... More
Splash goes the Sand, US Coast Guard Photo
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - Sandbags dropped from a Louisiana Army National Guard helicopter splash into the water off Elmer's Island May 10, 2010. Sandbags are being used to close waterways preventing oil from the ... More
US COAST GUARD Sidelined Boom
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - As oil-containment boom lies on the beach, soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard close off an inlet by Elmer's Island May 10, 2010. Inlets in the Elmer's Island vicinity are being cl... More
General speaks to Troops
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - Brig. Gen. Owen Monconduit, commander of the 225th Engineer Brigade, speaks to a soldier conducting operations on Elmer's Island May 10, 2010. Troops from the 225th Engineer Brigade are c... More
Protecting the Water, US Coast Guard Photo
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard attempt to block oil from the Gulf of Mexico from reaching inland waters by closing the waterway May 10, 2010. Soldiers will be working nonstop ... More
Dropping the Load, US Coast Guard Photo
ELMER'S ISLAND, La. - An aircrew with the Louisiana Army National Guard drops sandbags May 10, 2010 in an attempt to close an inlet by Elmer's Island from oil. Army National Guard troops are working to protect... More
Prepare to Depart, US Coast Guard Photo
VENICE, La. - Two Louisiana Army National Guard helicopters, one with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal aboard, prepare to depart Venice May 12, 2010. Jindal addressed the media at Cypress Cove Marina regarding the ... More
Governor and Media, US Coast Guard Photo
VENICE, La. - Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, speaks at a press conference held at the Cypress Cove Marina in Venice May 12, 2010. Jindal spoke and took questions from the media regarding the Deepwater Hor... More
US COAST GUARD Damaged Boom
VENICE, La. - Damaged boom sits at the Venice staging area May 13, 2010. Boom being used for the Deepwater Horizon incident becomes damaged by strong winds, rough seas, or a combination of both. U.S. Coast Gu... More
US COAST GUARD Addressing Fisherman
BELLE CHASE, La. - Coast Guard Capt. Ed Stanton, incident commander for the Houma incident command post, speaks to fishermen at a townhall meeting held at the Belle Chase Auditorium May 17, 2010. Stanton spoke ... More
DHS and DOI Aboard - U.S. Coast guard photo
GULF OF MEXICO - Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes and Deprtment of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute arrive on the Transocean Discovery Driller III in the Gulf of Mexic... More
Development Driller II - ATLANTIC
GULF OF MEXICO - Transocean's Development Driller II continues to dig a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico May 20, 2010. The Development Driller II and Development Driller III were brought into the area to dril... More
US COAST GUARD Discoverer Enterprise
GULF OF MEXICO - Gas from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned in the Gulf of Mexico by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise May 20, 2010. Gas and oil from the wellhead are brought to the surface via a tube ... More
US COAST GUARD BOP Technology - ATLANTIC
GULF OF MEXICO - Richard Robson, offshore installation manager for the Transocean Development Driller III, explains the controls for the blow-out preventer to Jane Holl Lute, deputy secretary Department of Home... More
Oil in the Bags, US Coast Guard Photo
GRAND ISLE, La. - Workers toss sand covered with oil into trash bags at Grand Isle May 21, 2010. Crews have been working nonstop in an effort to keep oil from from the Deepwater Horizon incident from reaching ... More
Covered in Oil, US Coast Guard Photo
GRAND ISLE, La. - A piece of organic debris sits covered in oil after being washed ashore in Grand Isle May 21, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident threatens to damage Louisiana's economy and environ... More
US COAST GUARD Shoveling Oil
GRAND ISLE, La. - A worker on Grand Isle collects oil that has washed ashore May 21, 2010. Crews have been working to clean shorelines impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Pe... More
Early Start Oil Cleaning
GRAND ISLE, La. - Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) workers contracted by BP clean up oil on the beach in Grand Isle, La. May 21, 2010. Hundreds of HSE contract workers are cleaning up oil from the Deepwate... More