Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 05.16.2024
The Coast Guard honor guard prepares to perform military honors during the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area change-of-command ceremony, May 16, 2024, in Yorktown, Virginia. The change-of-command ceremony is a military tradition representing a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding or flag officer to another. The passing of colors, standards, or ensigns......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 05.16.2024
The U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown band performs during the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area change-of-command ceremony, May 16, 2024, in Yorktown, Virginia. The change-of-command ceremony is a military tradition representing a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding or flag officer to another. The passing of colors, standards, or ensigns from an......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 05.16.2024
US Coast Guard Vice Adm. Nathan Moore, center, who will assume duties as the new Atlantic Area commander, poses for a photo after being promoted to vice admiral, May 16, 2024, with his wife Susan, father Nathan, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, and Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday in Yorktown, Virginia. The change-of-command ceremony is a military tradition representing a formal transfer of......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 05.16.2024
US Coast Guard Atlantic Area Vice Admirals Nathan Moore and Kevin Lunday salute one another while Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan presides over a change-of-command ceremony, May 16, 2024, in Yorktown, Virginia. The change-of-command ceremony is a military tradition representing a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding or flag officer to another.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 05.16.2024
US Coast Guard Atlantic Area change-of-command attendees socialize following the conclusion of the ceremony, May 16, 2024, in Yorktown, Virginia. The change-of-command ceremony is a military tradition representing a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding or flag officer to another. The passing of colors, standards, or ensigns from an outgoing commander......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.20.2022
The USCGC Escanaba (WMEC 907) moored to the pier during a port-of-call in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Nov. 26, 2022. Escanaba completed a 42-day patrol in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District area of operations to support Operation Vigilant Sentry by conducting at-sea interdictions of unsafe and illegal migrant voyages in the Caribbean Sea, which were bound for the United States. (U.S. Coast Guard......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 11.25.2022
A USCGC Forward (WMEC 911) boarding team comes alongside the cutter after a contraband transfer with the Royal Netherlands Navy vessel HNLMS Holland (P840) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 26, 2022. The Forward was deployed in the Coast Guard Seventh District’s area of operations for counterdrug missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Olivia Anthony)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 11.22.2022
Haitian migrants aboard USCGC Escanaba (WMEC 907) prepare for a morning meal Nov. 22, 2022, while underway. Escanaba completed a 42-day patrol in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District area of operations to support Operation Vigilant Sentry, conducting at-sea interdictions of unsafe and illegal migrant voyages in the Caribbean Sea, which were bound for the United States. (U.S. Coast Guard photo......
