Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class George Blackmon, an electrician’s mate from the Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch, retrieves a pilot’s raft from the ocean as an ocean sunfish swims by, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The crew from the Rollin Fritch participated in a joint-service search and rescue exercise with partners from the Air Force and the Navy. (U.S. Coast Guard......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
A U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist looks up at a Coast Guard MH-60T helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City as it departs the joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The exercise was a joint operation among the Coast Guard, Air Force and Navy to ensure successful coordination in the event of a large-scale......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Elizabeth City, reaches the Coast Guard MH-60T helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City with Air Force 1st Lt. Aaron Johnson, a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, in tow during a joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The exercise was......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter hovers overhead as Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Elizabeth City, retrieves Air Force 1st Lt.s Aaron Johnson and Kyle Zenner, pilots from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, during a joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The exercise was a joint......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch and partners from the Department of Defense look on from the cutter’s small boat as Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Elizabeth City, descends into the water to retrieve two Air Force pilots during a joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach,......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Elizabeth City, prepares to enter the water to retrieve Air Force 1st Lt.s Aaron Johnson and Kyle Zenner, pilots from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, during a joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The exercise was a joint operation among......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City hovers overhead as a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base activates his MK-124 smoke and illumination signal during a joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The exercise was a joint operation among the Coast Guard, Air Force and Navy to ensure successful......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.22.2020
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Kyle Zenner, a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, jumps from the small boat of the Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch as a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City passes overhead during a joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virginia. The exercise was a joint operation among the Coast Guard,......