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Good Samaritan, Coast Guard rescue 5 people from 57-foot boat fire 5 miles off Capers Inlet

A good Samaritan and the Coast Guard rescued five people from a life raft after their 57-foot boat caught fire 5 miles offshore Capers Inlet, South Carolina, June 02, 2021. The 57-foot boat had 1,200 gallons of diesel on board. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco conducts cliff rescue training

Petty Officer 2nd Class Noah Colburn, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station San Francisco, directs the aircraft commander during cliff rescue training Pacifica, Calif., March 30, 2021. Cliff rescue training is one of many exercise crews use to stay proficient in all mission capabilities. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor Bacon)

Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home from expeditionary patrol in the Pacific

The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) and the USS Tulsa (LCS 16) conduct a passing exercise in the Pacific, April 3, 2021. The Kimball was underway conducting an expeditionary patrol which covered approximately 20,000 nautical miles. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball)

Coast Guard conducts canine hoist training

Coast Guard canine Feco and his handler Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner, members of Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco, wait for a hoisting line from an Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter during training in San Francisco Bay, April 13, 2021. Hoist training allows the canine and their handler to get comfortable working in and around aircraft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor Bacon)

55-year old Coast Guard Cutter offloads $220 million in illicit drugs in San Diego

Coast Guard Cutter Active crew members and members with the Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team board a suspected drug smuggling vessel in the Easter Pacific Ocean, May 5, 2021. The Active is a 210-foot medium endurance cutter, commissioned in 1966 and homeported in Port Angeles, Washington. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Coast Guard, DoD Partners conduct search and rescue exercise off N.C. coast

A U.S. Marine Corps pilot from the Marine Aircraft Group-14 jumps from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder into the Atlantic, May 18, 2021, near Cape Hatteras, NC. The Marines, along with the Coast Guard, the Navy and the Air Force participated in a joint-service search and rescue operation in order to test communication capabilities in the event of a joint-service response. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Edward Wargo/Released)

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. delivered the keynote address at the Coast Guard Academy during the 140th Commencement Exercises May 19, 2021. The Coast Guard Academy graduated 240 new officers along with seven international students. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

Port Security Unit 308 returns home

Members from Coast Guard Port Security Unit 308 reunite with their family members and loved ones at Stennis International Airport in Kiln, Miss., after a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba May 22, 2021. Port Security Units deploy with the Navy Expeditionary Combat Commands as part of the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force, in support of a geographic combatant command, joint task force commander, or a Coast Guard operational or incident commander. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Galarza)

Coast Guard crews rescue diver in distress off Dutchcap Cay in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Coast Guard Boat Forces Detachment St. Thomas and Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen crews combined efforts to rescue a diver in distress off Dutchcap Cay in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands May 24, 2021. The man, reported to be a U.S. citizen in his 60’s, was approximately four hours in the water before he was rescued over 1.7 nautical miles north from his original position. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Participates in New Jersey Memorial Day Community Events

U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May personnel support the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Memorial Day Flower Boat Launch, May 31, 2021, in Cape May, New Jersey. This Memorial Day, Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, called on all members of the Coast Guard to reflect on the service and sacrifice of all American military personnel who died in the performance of their military duties, and to pay tribute to these heroes and to honor the family members they left behind. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christian Lower)

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