Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 09.28.2015
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Galan describes being stationed in the diverse area of central California as he poses for a portrait on the Coast Guard Station Monterey Bay’s 47-foot Motor Life Boat Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. “You get to see all kinds of beautiful wildlife here and go out and do what most of us joined to do, which is saving lives,” said Galan. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Flores | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 07.30.2015
Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Aspen and members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conduct hull maintenance on NOAA buoys approximately 30 nautical miles off the coast of Monterey Bay, Calif., between July 27-30. The Coast Guard and NOAA partnership originated in the late 1960s. (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Flores | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 07.30.2015
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration technician performs required maintenance on NOAA Environmental Buoy 46013, approximately 30 nautical miles off the coast of Monterey Bay, Calif., between July 27-30. The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported out of San Francisco, and members of NOAA performed scheduled maintenance and hull relief on buoys that......