Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 10.19.2015
A boarding team in a small boat from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, sits off the fishing vessel Bambi while conducting inspections during a patrol off the coasts of Washington and Oregon, Oct. 18, 2015. As of Oct. 15, 2015, vessels boarded at sea that have not received the now mandatory dockside examination receive a warning and are......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 10.18.2015
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, conducts a living marine resources patrol off the coasts of Washington and Oregon, Oct. 18, 2015. The patrol served as part of the Coast Guard’s ongoing LMR mission, in which Coast Guard assets protect and preserve our living marine resource by projecting a U.S. law enforcement presence throughout......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 10.17.2015
A boarding team from Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, inspects the fishing vessel Bambi during a patrol off the coasts of Washington and Oregon, Oct. 18, 2015. The inspection, in which no violations were found, came three days after the Coast Guard’s commercial fishing vessel program began requiring that all commercial fishing vessels that......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 05.24.2014
Coast Guard Seaman Christopher Guillen, a crew member aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, signs a guitar for country music artist Lucas Hoge during an American300 and United Service Organization tour in Kodiak, Alaska, May 24, 2014. Midgett is a multipurpose 378-foot High Endurance cutter homeported in Seattle that conducts Homeland Security, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement and......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 05.24.2014
Country music artist Lucas Hoge sings to crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett during a United Service Organization and American300 tour in Kodiak, Alaska, May 24, 2014. This is the first time the tour has visited Coast Guard units since it was founded. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Honings)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Sherbs | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 05.24.2014
Petty Officer 3rd Class Marc Siler braces himself as Chief Petty Officer Brian Chrest practices roping moves during an American300 and United Service Organization tour aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett in Kodiak, Alaska, May 24, 2014. The crew members were treated to a concert by country music artist Lucas Hoge, signed a flag and guitar, and given roping demonstrations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 03.21.2013
Fireman Stefanie Garrett, a member of the engineering department aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, holds a sign saying yes in response to her boyfriend Chip Switzer's sign asking for her to marry him, as the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett arrives at its home port at Coast Guard Base Seattle, March 21, 2013. Midgett's crew has just returned from a 75-day counter-narcotics patrol. (U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 03.21.2013
Chip Switzer, boyfriend of Fireman Stefanie Garrett, a member of the engineering department aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, holds a sign asking for her to marry him as Midgett's crew arrives at Coast Guard Base Seattle, March 21, 2013. Garrett was unaware that Switzer would propose upon her return home, and answered yes. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener)...