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    2018 DOD MEDIA AWARD WINNERS


    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Defense Media Merit Awards Navy Marines Coast Guard Army Air Force DoD Media Awards

    Coast Guard Award Categories

    B-roll Video  |  Blog Post  |  Coast Guard Photographer of the Year  |  Coast Guard Videographer of the Year  |  Coast Guard Writer of the Year  |  Communicator of the Year  |  Feature Photo  |  Feature Story  |  Information Story  |  News Photo  |  Photo Series  |  Photojournalism  |  Portrait  |  Video Story

    B-roll Video

    Coast Guard offloads 36,000 lbs of cocaine in San Diego

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Guzman

    U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET San Diego

    Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice supporting Operation Deep Freeze 2018

    2nd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Coast Guard offloads nearly 2 tons of cocaine in St. Petersburg, Florida

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Blog Post

    Out of his native element: El Paso native trades desert sands for Arctic waters

    1st Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

    U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

    Celebrating Military Family Month: It’s an Alaskan and family thing

    Celebrating Military Family Month: It’s an Alaskan and family thing

    2nd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Charly Hengen

    U.S. Coast Guard District 17

    Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: ME1 Jeff Melitski

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Medley

    U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York

    Coast Guard Photographer of the Year

    Coast Guard Photographer of the Year

    Coast Guard conducts oil spill containment boom helicopter deployment training in Juneau, Alaska
    Coast Guard responds to Hurricane Florence in Brunswick County, North Carolina
    Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit crew conducts buoy maintenance in southeast Alaska
    Unrest to refuge – Lt. Marvin Peña
    Country Music Television visits Coast Guard Station Juneau
    First December snow at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios

    U.S. Coast Guard District 17

    Coast Guard Photographer of the Year

    USCGC Bertholf, AIRSTA Barbers Point, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) participate in RIMPAC 2018
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic patrol in support of the Office of Naval Research
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic patrol in support of the Office of Naval Research
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic patrol in support of the Office of Naval Research
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic patrol in support of the Office of Naval Research
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic patrol in support of the Office of Naval Research

    2nd Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

    U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

    Coast Guard Videographer of the Year

    Coast Guard offloads nearly 2 tons of cocaine in St. Petersburg, Florida
    FEATURE VIDEO: Damage Control, Not Damage Repair - Keeping an Aging Cutter Active
    Coast Guard crews conduct post Hurricane Florence operations in Longs, S.C.
    Coast Guard, National Guard Test Flood Response Capabilities in Georgetown, S.C.

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Maui Port Assessment Team
    Cutter Stratton offloads 11 tons of cocaine
    Coast Guard rescues 18
    Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour commissioned in San Pedro, California

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley

    U.S. Coast Guard District 11

    Coast Guard Writer of the Year

    Onto the next challenge


    Confidence course

    An Office in the Clouds

    Hurricane Hunter

    Station Apra Harbor reservists take gold in Micro Games

    1st Place

    Chief Warrant Officer Anastasia Devlin

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Coast Guard cutter retired after nearly 26 years of distinguished service

    Coast Guard cutter retired after nearly 26 years of distinguished service
    Coast Guard rescues 2 mariners, responds to grounded sailing vessel at Molokini Crater

    Coast Guard rescues 2 mariners, responds to grounded sailing vessel at Molokini Crater
    Coast Guard reopens ports to vessel traffic in Honolulu, Maui Counties, continues recovery efforts throughout Pacific

    Coast Guard reopens ports to vessel traffic in Honolulu, Maui Counties, continues recovery efforts throughout Pacific
    Communication and Connectivity following Mangkhut: A Rescue 21 Story

    Communication and Connectivity following Mangkhut: A Rescue 21 Story
    Response to fishing vessel fire in American Samoa continues, investigation underway

    Response to fishing vessel fire in American Samoa continues, investigation underway

    2nd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir

    U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

    Communicator of the Year

    Communicator of the Year

    Feature: USCGC Oliver Berry crew sets new horizons for cutter operations

    Feature: USCGC Oliver Berry crew sets new horizons for cutter operations
    Coast Guard participates in 2018 Molokai Makahiki Games
    USCGC Gerczak (WPC 1126) arrives to new homeport of Honolulu

    1st Place

    Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir

    U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

    Feature Photo

    Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star supports Operation Deep Freeze 2018

    1st Place

    Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Coast Guard conducts surf training near San Francisco

    1st Place

    Seaman Ryan Estrada

    U.S. Coast Guard District 11

    Coast Guard morale in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    USCGC Oliver Berry, USCGC Walnut conduct refueling at sea

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Sydney Niemi

    U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

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

    3rd Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

    U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

    Feature Story

    Hope in the harbor - a kayaker's fight for rescue 

    Hope in the harbor - a kayaker's fight for rescue 

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi

    U.S. Coast Guard District 1

    Hurricane Hunter

    2nd Place

    Chief Warrant Officer Anastasia Devlin

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Unrest to refuge

    Unrest to refuge

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios

    U.S. Coast Guard District 17

    Information Story

    Operation Island Chief: Strengthening Pacific Partnerships

    Operation Island Chief: Strengthening Pacific Partnerships

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Wyrick

    U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

    Station Apra Harbor reservists take gold in Micro Games

    2nd Place

    Chief Warrant Officer Anastasia Devlin

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    News Photo

    Coast Guard Rescues 37 People, 7 Dogs, 4 Cats from Flooding in North Carolina After Hurricane Florence

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Williams

    U.S. Coast Guard District 5

    Coast Guard responds to Hurricane Florence in Brunswick County, North Carolina

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios

    U.S. Coast Guard District 17

    Royal Canadian Navy and U.S. Coast Guard offload 5,100 lbs of cocaine in San Diego

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley

    U.S. Coast Guard District 11

    Photo Series

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

    1st Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds
    Coast Guard Tradewinds

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Luke Clayton

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    Photojournalism

    Operation Island Chief: Strengthening Pacific Partnerships

    Operation Island Chief: Strengthening Pacific Partnerships
    U.S. Coast Guard Sequoia: Operation Island Chief
    U.S. Coast Guard Sequoia: Operation Island Chief
    U.S. Coast Guard Sequoia: Operation Island Chief
    U.S. Coast Guard Sequoia: Operation Island Chief

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Wyrick

    U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

    Coast Guard honors Molokai veteran on Maui for heroic action in 1952

    Coast Guard honors Molokai veteran on Maui for heroic action in 1952
    Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday talks with Mitchell Lani
    Three cheers for Mitchell Lani
    Rep. Tulsi Gabbard presents Mitchell Lani with Congressional citation
    Coast Guard Station Maui stands with Lani
    Lani's family dance hula in his honor

    2nd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir

    U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

    Portrait

    Country Music Television visits Coast Guard Station Juneau

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios

    U.S. Coast Guard District 17

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

    2nd Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

    U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

    Hurricane Florence Heros: Petty Officer 2nd Class David Franklin

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Williams

    U.S. Coast Guard District 5

    Video Story

    Coast Guard Competes in National Culinary Competition

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Magee

    U.S. Coast Guard District 8

    Out at Sea

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally

    U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

    ME2 David Holland – 2017 Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Guzman

    U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET San Diego