Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christine Bills | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 04.09.2025
Petty Officer 3rd Class Madison Brown, a boatswain's mate assigned to Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, smiles after putting tape around the collar of a 45-foot response boat-medium April 9, 2025, at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Brown and several crewmembers with Station Portsmouth painted the collar of the vessel as part of their routine maintenance to ensure the boat remains fully......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christine Bills | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 04.09.2025
Petty Officer 3rd Class Madison Brown, a boatswain's mate assigned to Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, puts tape around the collar of a 45-foot response boat-medium April 9, 2025, at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Brown and several crewmembers with Station Portsmouth painted the collar of the vessel as part of their routine maintenance due to the effects of sea water on the boat. (U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christine Bills | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 04.09.2025
Petty Officer 3rd Class Madison Brown, a boatswain's mate assigned to Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, prepares to tape around the collar of a 45-foot response boat-medium April 9, 2025, at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Brown and several crewmembers with Station Portsmouth completed routine maintenance on the boat to ensure it's fully mission capable and ready to go back in the water.......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 06.29.2023
Coast Guard Commander Erica Elfguinn, Sector Virginia Command Center, smiles while underway in Portsmouth, Virginia, June 29, 2023. Elfguinn got underway with a Station Portsmouth boat crew to help guide a Department of Homeland Security VIP visit. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee.)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 06.29.2023
Coast Guard Commander Erica Elfguinn, Sector Virginia Command Center, smiles while underway in Portsmouth, Virginia, June 29, 2023. Elfguinn got underway with a Station Portsmouth boat crew to help guide a Department of Homeland Security VIP visit. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee.)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Katie Lipe | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 07.03.2021
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Bartlett, a boatswain’s mate for Station Portsmouth, keeps a record of boardings while underway aboard a 45-foot response boat on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth,Virginia, July 3, 2021. The Coast Guard performs standard boarding inspections on boats to make sure they meet up-to-date safety requirements in an effort to help keep boaters safe.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Katie Lipe | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 07.03.2021
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Reynolds, a boatswain’s mate for Station Portsmouth, pilots a 45-foot response boat on the Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, Virginia, July 3, 2021. The Coast Guard regularly patrols local waterways to be ready to respond to search and rescue emergencies and keep boaters safe. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Katie Lipe / Released...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Kearney | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 05.16.2019
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Keith Smith, commander of the 5th District, celebrates National Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day with the mayor of Portsmouth, John Rowe, and a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, May 16, 2019. In cases where the element of life jackets were known, 84.5 percent of drowning victims were not wearing a life jacket. (U.S. Coast Guard photo......
