Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Akiyama | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 06.27.2019
Coast Guard color guard present the colors during a change of command ceremony where Cmdr. Lushan A. Hannah relieved Cmdr. David J. Reinhard as the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team in Novato, California, June 27, 2019. The change-of-command ceremony is a time-honored tradition conducted before the assembled company of a command to confirm to the men and women of the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Akiyama | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 06.27.2019
Rear Adm. Todd Sokalzuk, deputy commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presents the certificate of retirement to Cmdr. David J. Reinhard, former commanding officer of the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team in Novato, California, during a change of command ceremony, June 27, 2019. Reinhard has retired from the Coast Guard after 20 years of honorable service. U.S. Coast Guard photo....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Akiyama | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 06.27.2019
Rear Adm. Todd Sokalzuk (center), deputy commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presides over Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team change of command ceremony where Cmdr. Lushan A. Hannah (right) relieved Cmdr. David J. Reinhard (left) as the commanding officer, June 27, 2019. The change-of-command ceremony is a time-honored tradition conducted before the assembled company of a command to confirm......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Stanton | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 06.17.2016
NOVATO, Calif.- Cmdr. Keith M. Donohue left, salutes and shakes the hand of Cmdr. David J. Reinhard, new commanding officer of the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, during a change of command ceremony held at the strike team’s Hangar No.2 in Novato. Calif., Friday, June 17, 2016.The salute and shaking of hands finalizes the transfer of command of the Pacific Strike Team. U.S. Coast Guard......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 03.28.2014
“Black liquor” - a waste byproduct created during the pulping process - is transferred from an unstable holding tank and into a tanker truck March 28, 2014, during a long-term joint-agency cleanup of an abandoned pulp mill in Samoa, Calif., by the Coast Guard’s Pacific Strike Team, based in Novato, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The product will be safely transported......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 03.28.2014
Coast Guard Capt. Gregory Stump, (center) commander Coast Guard Sector San Francisco and Captain of The Port of San Francisco, shakes the hand of Congressman Jared Huffman of the 2nd District of California in Samoa, Calif., March 28, 2014. Both Stump and Huffman were present for a media event to announce a joint-agency cleanup of an abandoned pulp mill in Samoa by the Coast Guard’s Pacific......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 03.28.2014
Coast Guard Machinery Technician Petty Officer 1st Class Ian Gable acts as lookout while Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Karen Sinkey, both with the Coast Guard's Pacific Strike Team based in Novato, Calif., operates a 23-foot vessel in the waters near Humboldt Bay March 28, 2014. The vessel was underway with representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency who......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 | 03.28.2014
Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Karen Sinkey with the Coast Guard's Pacific Strike Team based in Novato, Calif., operates a 23-foot vessel in the waters near Humboldt Bay, March 28, 2014. The vessel was underway with representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency who were assessing the condition of an abandoned pulp mill on the shores of the nearby peninsula of......