Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 09.06.2012
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bradd Beckett instructs break-in crewmembers from the National Motor Lifeboat School and Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Wash., on line-handling techniques Tuesday, August 28, 2012. The Coast Guard conducted a two-week seamanship course for the new crewmembers, Aug. 27-Sept. 5, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Loumania Stewart...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 04.27.2012
ILWACO, Wash. - Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Smasne (left to right), Chief Petty Officer Richard Bartel, now Chief Petty Officer Travis Roloff, Mexican Naval Officers Lt. j.g. Alejandro Hernandez Guapo, Lt. j.g. Daniel Alexandro Soto Aleman, Lt. j.g. Jose Ramos Montiel, Lt. j.g. Arturo Morales Desachy, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Conor Bennett stand before the National Motor Lifeboat......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 03.02.2012
Petty Officer 1st Class Peter Loreaux (left), a student at the Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School (NMLBS) in Ilwaco, is congratulated by Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Widdows, NMLBS coxswain instructor, at the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat Heavy Weather course graduation held at the school March 2, 2012. Loreaux was one of 12 students to successfully complete the course held Feb. 13-March 2......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 03.02.2012
Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Smasne (right), commanding officer at the Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School (NMLBS) in Ilwaco, congratulates Canadian Coast Guardsman Jeff McDonald at the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat Heavy Weather course graduation held at the school March 2, 2012.McDonald was one of two Officers in Charge in the Canadian Coast Guard to successfully complete the course......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 03.02.2012
Petty Officer 1st Class Clifford Hopson (right), an engineering instructor at the Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School (NMLBS) in Ilwaco, congratulates Canadian Coast Guardsman Jeff McDonald at the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat Heavy Weather course graduation held at the school March 2, 2012.McDonald was one of two Officers in Charge in the Canadian Coast Guard to successfully complete the......