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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Eubanks pulls herself out from the Arctic Ocean during ice rescue training Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018

Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic patrol in support of the Office of Naval Research

ARCTIC OCEAN – U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Eubanks pulls herself out from the Arctic Ocean during ice rescue training Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, about 715 miles north of Barrow, Alaska.

Joint water survival training

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami rescue swimmer jumps out of a MH-65D Dolphin helicopter to assist 514th Air Mobility Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen during water survival training at Naval Air Station Key West's Truman Harbor, Key West, Fla., Nov. 16, 2018.

Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour commissioned in San Pedro, California

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour mans the rail during the cutter’s commissioning ceremony, Nov. 8, 2018, in San Pedro, California. The Forrest Rednour is the 29th Fast Response Cutter to be commissioned by the Coast Guard.

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton counter-drug patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton crewmembers refuel an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Clearwater during a search and rescue case. Crews medically evacuated an injured cargo ship crewmember. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Kiana Kekoa)

USS Green Bay loads USCG boats

TOWNSVILLE, Australia (Nov. 27, 2018) United States Coast Guard boats are loaded onto the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20).

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton counter-drug patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton interdicts a go-fast vessel smuggling contraband bound for the United States while in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton crew conducted a 54-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Kiana Kekoa)

Dr. Olivia Hooker Funeral Service

Rear Adm. Andrew Tiongson, commander First Coast Guard District, passes a folded American flag to a family member during funeral services for Dr. Olivia Hooker in White Plains, New York, Dec. 5, 2018.

Coast Guard inspects largest container ship

Lt. j.g. Ryan Thomas, a marine Inspector at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, walks below the Kaimana Hila, an 850-foot container ship being constructed in Philadelphia Shipyards, Oct. 4, 2018. The Kaimana Hila and the Daniel K. Inouye are the two largest container ship ever built in the United States. During ship construction the Coast Guard works with the ship builder, shipping company and registrar in a unified effort to make the ship as safe as possible for operation. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay passes Statue of Liberty

Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay, a 140-foot domestic icebreaker homeported in Bayonne, New Jersey, transits the upper New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty on the first day ice breaking season Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.

Coast Guard offloads more than 2 tons of cocaine in Saint Thomas.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos (WPC-1118) interdicted more than 2 thousand pounds of contraband approximately 95 nautical miles northeast of Saint Thomas. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Erik Villa Rodriguez.

Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour and Station San Diego patrol off Southern California coast

Fireman Patrick Saragoza ties off a fender aboard a Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot Response Boat-Medium during a joint patrol with the Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour off the coast of Southern California Nov. 27, 2018.

Coast Guard removes Francis Scott Key buoy for winter season

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove the Francis Scott Key buoy from the Patapsco River in Baltimore to prepare for the winter season, Dec. 3, 2018.

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