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CG-R Doctrine

Port Security Unit 309 Underway

Leadership

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About

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Sheltra prepares to haul aboard a tow line after receiving a heaving line from a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew in the Port of Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 10, 2018. The Station Valdez crews conducted training that included search patterns and vessel towing.

History

Image of vessel salvage in Puerto Rico.

Resources

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Lindsey Peters conducts duties as a health services technician at the Coast Guard Baltimore Clinic in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 8, 2013.

Reservist Magazine

A 3rd Class Petty Officer, a crewmember of Coast Guard Station Boston, is
underway aboard a 45-foot response boat during a security escort in Boston
Harbor. The station's crew escorted the Norwegian-flagged LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker BW GDF
SUEZ Boston into a terminal in Boston. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty
Officer 2nd Class Cynthia Oldham)

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A Coast Guard boat crew assists Bernard Jones (right) in safely getting to his house Tuesday, September 18, in Pollocksville, North Carolina. Jones and his family left their home before Hurricane Florence flooded the town, leaving many buildings completely submerged.