Coast Guard Rescue Operations

Images of Coast Guard personnel performing rescue operations in flooded waters, showcasing teamwork and life-saving efforts during emergency situations.

Coast Guard National Strike Force members scan Pine Island, Florida for people in need on Oct. 1, 2022. The National Strike Force team in Southwest Florida assisted over 50 people in the Fort Myers area.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-72. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-88. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard personnel from the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific Strike teams transfer people from Sanibel Island, Florida to the mainland on Sept. 30, 2022. The strike forces transferred over 30 people to Floridas mainland to seek shelter and resources after Hurricane Ian.

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-134. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

220831-N-UF592-1091 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 31, 2022) Sailors conduct small boat operations aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Aug. 31. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-97. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-39. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard National Strike Force members scan Pine Island, Florida for people in need on Oct. 1, 2022. The National Strike Force team in Southwest Florida assisted over 50 people in the Fort Myers area.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-122. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-19. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-86. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-43. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-105. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-378-52. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel and Civilian Operations - 26-HK-72-37. Coast Guard personnel and other officials underway on two boats, displaced boats on embankment--by Chris Tramp. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-432-55. Launching boats. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-101. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-45. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-110. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-377-9. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel and Civilian Operations - 26-HK-72-45. Coast Guardsman on small boat looking at civilian underway on airboat2. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-103. Hurricane Katrina

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-217. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

Aftermath - Displaced Boats - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-28-56. Coast Guardsmen in TPSB loaded with supplies and one Coastie on the dock. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-47. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Auxiliarist Pete Scamardo, the District Eight Coastal commodore, secures a safety zone for the Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival boat race in Madisonville, Louisiana on Oct. 16, 2022. The Coast Guard Auxiliary is made up of men and women who volunteer to keep the boating public safe.

Tennessee National Guardsman work with members of the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency during a water rescue exercise, August 5, at Old Hickory Lake, during Vigilant Guard 2021, a large-scale inter-agency exercise simulating a dangerous hurricane impacting communities across Tennessee.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, August 31, 2005 -- Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task forces continue to help residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina. These residents were transported to the area from various neighborhoods and need to cross over the tracks to get on a second boat which will bring them to dry land.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-150. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-381-59. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-123. Hurricane Katrina

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-253. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-381-61. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-93. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-89-00423. Base: West Alton State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, August 31, 2005 - FEMA Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) members have a quick operational briefing in their boats during a search of flooded neighborhoods. US&R Teams are in New Orleans looking for survivors and victims of Hurricane Katrina as the city is being evacuated.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-40. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team member Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Kartes assesses a boat damaged in Hurricane Ian for possible environmental pollution threats, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct. 31, 2022. Coast Guard marine environmental response teams are working closely with interagency partners to identify and mitigate environmental hazards after the storm. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 5, 2005 -- A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue worker goes over the plans for a search in an area impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-132-56. Hurricane Katrina

Pfc. Juan Guebara, right, a watercraft engineer assigned to the 7th Sustainment Brigade, tosses a line to two soldiers on the main causeway during a Joint Logistics Over the Shore exercise at Fort Story, Va., Aug. 21. The JLOTS exercises are performed around the world in joint and coalition environments. Operations involve loading and unloading of ships without the benefit of deep draft-capable, fixed port facilities. This exercise involves both U.S. Army and Navy personnel interacting to accomplish the mission.

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Edward Goff, a health services technician with the Pacific Strike Team, views contract operations to remove fuel from a wrecked boat, as part of the Hurricane Ian ESF-10 Unified Command pollution response, Fort Myers, Florida, Nov. 26, 2022. The Coast Guard is monitoring contract operations to ensure worker safety and protection of the environment. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 6, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task forces continue search operations into neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Katrina. US Coast Guard help the operations by providing boats. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Texas Guardsmen and Texas Task Force 1 rescue personnel wade through thigh-deep water to help stranded residents back to rescue vehicles during severe flooding in Wharton, Texas, April 21, 2016. In coordination with Texas Task Force 1 and the City of Wharton emergency services, a detachment from Delta Company of the 536th Brigade Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard deployed several Light Multi-terrain Vehicles to floodwaters rescuing both people and pets.

San Marcos, TX, USA Urban Search and Rescue team, Texas Task Force 2 and members of the Texas State Guard continue to search the banks of the Blanco River to look for missing residents. Extensive flooding impacted the area, resulting in a Presidentially declared disaster. Jocelyn. <p>San Marcos, TX, USA--Urban Search and Rescue team, Texas Task Force 2 and members of the Texas State Guard continue to search the banks of the Blanco River to look for missing residents. Extensive flooding impacted the area, resulting in a Presidentially declared disaster.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Texas Army National Guardsmen work alongside local and state first responders in Brookshire, Texas, April 20, 2016, following severe flooding in southeast Texas. Service members patrolled the flooded areas looking to help Texans in need.

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. Fleet Survey Team (FST) Sailors and a Civilian conducted five hydrographic surveys of confirmed and unconfirmed submerged World War 2 (WWII) era aircrafts off the coast of Pensacola, Florida using a multi-beam echo sounder on behalf of Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC). The Team included LTJG Matthew Dullum (OIC) - VA Beach, VA, Mr. Ryan Harner (GS-9) - Mount Holly, NJ, LTJG Rocky Bowman - Columbus, OH, ENS Mark Viteri - Queens, NY, AG2 Steven Vehorn - Charleston, SC and LCDR Bobby Dixon, CNMOC PAO. FST, comprised of approximately 65 military and civilian members, is a rapid-response team with capabilities to conduct quick-turnaround hydrographic surveys anywhere in the world. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more than 2,500 globally-distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental information to assist Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to make better decisions fas

HONOLULU (July 14, 2022) - A multinational team consisting ofRepublic of Korea Navy, Royal Australian Navy and U.S. Coast Guard use a sonar system to search for objects on the ocean floor. This is part of a Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response (HADR) scenario to safely reopen a port following a typhoon. Unmanned and remotely operated vessels extend the capability of interconnected manned platform sensors to enhance the warfighting capacity of multinational joint task forces. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-22. Hurricane Katrina

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-263. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-378-7. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-8. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005 -- An Urban Search and Rescue Team, Missouri Task Force 1, rescues a New Orleans victim of hurricane Katrina by airboat. New Orleans was evacuated as a result of flooding following the breaks in the levees as a result of hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-132-59. Hurricane Katrina

Rotunda, FL (Sept. 29, 2022) Boat teams one and two of FEMA Virginia Task Force 2 deploy to commence search and rescue on Palm Island. (FEMA Photo by Lameen Witter)

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-25. Hurricane Katrina

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-93. Hurricane Katrina

Trainees take their rubber raft up the Yellow River during the water navigation skill phase of combat control training. Trainees learn to "read the river," looking for strong currents and shallow water that can cause problems. Combat control training is conducted throughout the year by members of the 1723rd Combat Control Squadron. The six-week course teaches the fundamentals of water and land navigation, equipment operation and survival skills. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Team members with a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) investigation team ride a canoe across a river during a joint field activity (JFA) in Savannakhet Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, May 18, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new COVID-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

A day of unique Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue Training was conducted in the waters of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. by the Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team this Saturday, September 10. This rigorous day of training was designed to prepare the Soldiers of Company A to answer the call to ait in domestic operations whenever needed. The event is the companys first large-scale home station training with all Soldiers back together after many deployments and state missions over the past few years. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Released)

Mexico's southern border has recently been plagued by extremely violent crime from Mara Salvatrucha gang members, ffleeing anti-gang crachdowns in El Salvador and Honduras.

Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 1-265th Air Defence Artillary, perform high water search and rescue with members of the Coast Guard and St. Johns Fire Rescue and firstresponders, in Flagler Estates.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Madden assesses a displaced boat for potential pollution threats after Hurricane Ian, in Sanibel Island, Florida, Oct. 27, 2022. The Coast Guard is working closely with federal, state and local partners to mitigate post-hurricane environmental impacts. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)

The naval fire brigade in action (exercise Rescue Drenkeling from the water-caught car) in March 1990.

Georgia Air National Guard firefighters from the 165th Civil Engineering Squadron conduct a simulated search and rescue mission during a 96-hour contingency training at the 165th Airlift Wing, Sept. 14, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of this training exercise was designed to incorporate agile combat employment capabilities as well as challenge the firefighters to think and respond as a multi-capable Airmen force.

Coast Guard Cutters - Northland (WMEC 904) - 26-HK-76-27. CGC Northland ops --Coast Guardsman on RHI boat-- 051710. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 20th Special Forces Group, Alabama National Guard, conduct a practice swim for helocast training during Northern Strike 22-2 at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 11, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-12. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-435-6. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-432-54. I-610 launch ramp. Hurricane Katrina

051003-G-0000P-001. Base: Sabine State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-73. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Coast Guard members conduct an interview with The Weather Channel in Pine Island, Florida on Oct. 15, 2022. Coast Guard personnel were responding to reports of over 6,000 vessels that may be potential environmental threats in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-400-23. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-400-28. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

GREAT LAKES, Il. (Sep. 8, 2022) Sailors assinged to Naval Station Great Lakes and tenant commands participate in a beach clean up on base. Opened in 1911, NSGL is the Navys largest training installation and the home of the Navys only Boot Camp. Located on over 1600 acres overlooking Lake Michigan, the installation includes 1,153 buildings with 39 on the National Register of Historic Places. NSGL supports over 50 tenant commands and elements as well as over 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and DoD civilians who live and work on the installation.

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-301. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Boston, Massachusetts, for tour of harbor and the historic U.S. Naval vessel, U.S.S. Constitution

Moore, Okla., May 22, 2013 Federal Urban Search and Rescue Team Nebraska Task Force 1 work with local fire fighters in searching a ravine for potential survivors of the recent tornado. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013. Moore, OK, May 22, 2013--Federal Urban Search and Rescue Team Nebraska Task Force 1 work with local fire fighters in searching a ravine for potential survivors of the recent tornado. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-52. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., build a protective barrier over a levee in Bossier City, La., March 10, 2016. Airmen worked in unison with the Army Corps of Engineers and local city employees to transport, unload and place sandbags at the lowest sections of the Red Chute Bayou levee.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-432-53. How deep is it. Hurricane Katrina

Boulder, Colo., Sep. 16, 2013 FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) conduct door to door checks in Left Hand Canyon .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

030902-C-3948H-507. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-85. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005 -- An Urban Search and Rescue Team, Missouri Task Force 1, rescues a New Orleans victim of hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is being evacuated because of flooding following the breaks in the levees as a result of hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Marines assigned to Marine Corps Detachment Fort Leonard Wood, Motor Transport Instruction Company, perform vehicle recovery operations in water Nov. 22 as part of the 33-day Vehicle Recovery Course at Training area 61. In this portion of the VRC, students learn how to find hookup points on disabled tactical wheeled vehicles, attach various rigging gear and remove the vehicles safely and effectively with heavy tactical wreckers.

Miss. Army National Guard soldiers travel through storm surge to assist Hancock County Sheriff Deputies make contact with civilians stranded near the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Aug. 28, in Waveland, Miss.

110429-N-KB563-013ESPIRITU SANTO, Vanuatu (April 29, 2011) Sailors play football during a swim call in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7). Cleveland is in Vanuatu for Pacific Partnership 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that will make port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-108. Hurricane Katrina

Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans discuss the safety on the water for Baltimore Fleet week at the Navy Operational Support Center Baltimore, September 7, 2022. A MSST is a counter-terrorism team of the United States Coast Guard established to protect local maritime assets.

Border Patrol Agent patrol on Safe-Boat in South Texas McAllen, Rio Grande Valley river on September 24, 2013.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Monica Ebert, 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, assists a Kinston resident with calling emergency services after a tree fell down on top of a power line during Hurricane Florence near Kinston, NC, September 14, 2018. North Carolina Air National Guardsmen, first responders, and the NC Emergency Management Services work together to provide shelter, evacuation and rescue missions for community members affected by Hurricane Florence. Hurricane Florence is one of the largest storms to hit the Carolinas in years and has ignited a massive response from emergency services.

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