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    Coast Guard members conduct Spilled Oil Recovery System deployment training in Sitka, Alaska [Image 8 of 11]

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    A U.S. Coast Guard member from the National Strike Force Pacific Strike Team is deploying an orange oil containment boom from a vessel into calm blue water. The personnel is wearing standard safety gear including a white hard hat, orange life vest, and work gloves while managing a red guide rope attached to the boom. This appears to be an oil spill response operation or training exercise.

    SITKA, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

    07.31.2019

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    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    A member from the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team gestures over the side of the Coast Guard Cutter Kukui during Spilled Oil Recovery System deployment training while the vessel was moored in Sitka, Alaska, July 31, 2019.

    The Pacific Strike Team is one of three teams that make up the Coast Guard National Strike Force, member of which maintain and rapidly deploy with specialized equipment and incident management skills to any place or hazard.


    U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Long.

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    Date Taken: 07.31.2019
    Date Posted: 09.20.2019 14:37
    Photo ID: 5770078
    VIRIN: 190731-G-G0217-1007
    Resolution: 2016x1512
    Size: 806.56 KB
    Location: SITKA, ALASKA, US
    Web Views: 60
    Downloads: 5

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    A group of workers wearing hard hats and life vests are maneuvering a large heavy metal platform or hatch cover on the deck of a vessel docked at a harbor. The operation appears to involve lowering or positioning the component using a red A-frame crane structure. The scene takes place at a working waterfront with fishing vessels and port infrastructure visible in the background.
    A group of approximately six personnel, appearing to be U.S. Coast Guard members based on visible insignia and red survival suits, are gathered on the deck of a vessel working on a metal-framed equipment unit with hoses and piping. The scene takes place in a harbor with boats, docks, and a small coastal town visible in the background. The personnel are wearing hard hats, orange/red life vests or survival suits, and are actively engaged in what appears to be equipment maintenance or inspection.
    A group of U.S. Coast Guard personnel in red immersion suits and white hard hats are working on deck equipment aboard a vessel in a harbor. They appear to be operating or maintaining a metal skid-mounted pump or oil recovery unit with hoses connected to it. The setting appears to be a small coastal town harbor, likely in Alaska, under overcast and rainy conditions.
    Several workers in safety gear are performing equipment operations on the deck of a large vessel, likely a Coast Guard or government ship, docked near a coastal town with forested hills in the background. The crew members are working with what appears to be a truss or boom structure supported by wooden blocks on the ship's deck. The setting appears to be in Southeast Alaska based on the landscape and architecture visible in the background.
    A group of U.S. Coast Guard personnel are gathered on the deck of a vessel, wearing orange life vests and hard hats of various colors. The scene appears to be a training exercise or operational briefing at a harbor, with mountains and a marina visible in the background. Equipment including hoses, pumps, buoys, and deck machinery is visible throughout the scene.
    U.S. Coast Guard personnel are gathered on a dock or vessel deck near a large crane structure, wearing orange life vests and hard hats. The scene appears to involve maritime operations or equipment inspection, with a portable pump visible in the foreground. The setting appears to be a coastal port with mountains visible in the background.
    A group of U.S. Coast Guard personnel are working together on the deck of a vessel, handling a large cable or hose reel. The crew members are wearing standard safety gear including hard hats in various colors, orange life vests, and work gloves. The scene depicts a coordinated deck operation, likely involving the deployment or retrieval of equipment.
    A U.S. Coast Guard member from the National Strike Force Pacific Strike Team is deploying an orange oil containment boom from a vessel into calm blue water. The personnel is wearing standard safety gear including a white hard hat, orange life vest, and work gloves while managing a red guide rope attached to the boom. This appears to be an oil spill response operation or training exercise.
    The image shows the deck of the USCGC Kukui, a U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender vessel, docked at a pier in what appears to be a Pacific Northwest location based on the forested hills and bridge visible in the background. Multiple crew members wearing hard hats and safety vests are working on the open deck, which contains large cable reels, buoys, and deck equipment. The vessel is moored alongside a dock with additional personnel and equipment visible on the pier.
    Two U.S. Coast Guard personnel from the National Strike Force Pacific Strike Team are working on what appears to be a buoy or marine equipment on a vessel deck. They are wearing full personal protective equipment including hard hats, reflective vests, gloves, and communication headsets. The personnel appear to be conducting maintenance, inspection, or repair operations on a circular hatch or valve assembly.
    A U.S. Coast Guard personnel is viewed from behind, wearing a red high-visibility vest labeled 'U.S. COAST GUARD' and a white JSP hard hat with a mounted camera device. The individual is observing an orange oil containment boom deployed on a body of water, suggesting an environmental response or spill containment operation. The setting appears to be a waterfront or port area with industrial structures visible in the background.

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    VOSS
    vessel of opportunity skimming system
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    National Strike Force
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    PST
    Pacific Strike Team
    DRAT
    District Response Advisory Team
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