Photo by Maryann Bader | Coast Guard Art Program | 05.08.2020
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircrew prepares for a training flight at Opalocka Executive Airport in Opa-locka, Fla. The air station operates a fleet of five MH-65D Helicopters and five HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft. US Coast Guard Art Program 2020 Collection, Ob ID# 202003, "By dawn's early light," Dennis Boom, oil, 18 x 24...
Photo by Maryann Bader | Coast Guard Art Program | 05.08.2020
An MH-65C Dolphin Helicopter crew from Air Station Los Angeles conducts a flyover of the Point Vicente Lighthouse. Construction on the 67-foot lighthouse began in 1926. North of Los Angeles Harbor, it is located between Point Conception Lighthouse to the north and Point Loma Lighthouse to the south. US Coast Guard Art Program 2020 Collection, Ob ID# 202004, "Take a right at the light,"......
Photo by Maryann Bader | Coast Guard Art Program | 04.12.2019
A motor lifeboat (MLB) crew from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon, N.C., conducts high speed training. The crew is trained to respond to distress calls and maritime emergencies during storms that create exceedingly high, turbulent seas with surf often over 15 feet in height. Surfmen are among the service’s most proficient small boat operators. US Coast Guard Art Program 2019 Collection, Ob......
Photo by Maryann Bader | Coast Guard Art Program | 04.12.2019
A crewmember from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay studies for advancement aboard one of the station’s three motor lifeboats (MLB). The MLB is docked near Garibaldi, Ore., where the station was moved in the early 1980s. The station is one of 20 surf boat stations in the service and its members are responsible for protecting over 2,000 square miles of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. US Coast......
Courtesy Photo | Coast Guard Art Program | 05.15.2017
Crew aboard a 47-foot motor lifeboat rides the crest of a treacherous wave while on patrol. The crew is trained to respond to distress calls and maritime emergencies during storms that create exceedingly high, turbulent seas with surf often over 15 feet in height. Surfmen are the service’s most proficient small boat operators. US Coast Guard Art Program 2017 Collection, Ob ID# 201705,......
Courtesy Photo | Coast Guard Art Program | 02.09.2015
In this work from the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program 2015 Collection, “Vertical Surface Training,” ID# 201503, a rescue swimmer is being lowered by the flight mechanic of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flying along the Oregon coast. Advanced Helicopter Rescue School instructors train rescue swimmers and aircrews to conduct rescues in the surf off coastal shores, on the high seas of the open......
Courtesy Photo | Coast Guard Art Program | 02.09.2015
In this work from the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program 2015 Collection, “That ‘away,'” ID# 201502, a rescue swimmer signals to the crew of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter the direction in which he wants the aircraft to go. The Coast Guard's Advanced Helicopter Rescue School, in Astoria, Oregon, offers courses in early spring and late fall to take advantage of the heavy seas and inclement weather......
Courtesy Photo | Coast Guard Art Program | 06.13.2014
In this work from the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program 2014 Collection, "'Rollin', Rollin‚Rollin''" ID# 201401, crewmembers and their 47-foot Motor Life Boat roll in the surf during training exercises in waters near the Coast Guard station in Morro Bay, Calif. The station provides services for the Central California coast and port security coverage for a nuclear power plant and Vandenberg Air......
