Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Thrall, a machinery technician from Coast Guard Station New York, mans the M240Bravo machine gun while enforcing the security zones around the Staten Island Ferry in New York Harbor Sept. 10, 2008.
Station New York is a multi-mission unit, conducting both search and rescue missions as well as providing security along New York waterways.
US Coast Guard Photo by PA3 Barbara L. Patton.