Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Noel | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 02.22.2024
Kenneth Jones is a man who shows up – for his family, his community, and his country. Jones is a Yeoman, responsible for the management of personnel records, pay and entitlements, promotions, and overall specialization of human resources within the Coast Guard. In his personal life, Jones is equally committed to serving his family, building meaningful connections within his community,......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.15.2022
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Capt. Jennifer Stockwell relieved Capt. Samson Stevens as commander of Coast Guard Sector Virginia during a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Sector Virginia, Wednesday....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 12.01.2017
I was shivering in a marsh one drenched December dusk with only a bruised ego for company. But my pride was giving way to a growing fear about my predicament. The pelting rain and occasional taunt from a duck's beating wings were all I could hear over my chattering teeth. My mind churned with stories of accidents where a hunter didn't make it home. Ones where people read about it in the......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 07.14.2017
A loud pop startled two scuba divers exploring a wreck 50 feet below the ocean's surface eight miles off Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, July 6. Divers Michael Sparks and Samuel Ragsdale heard it, but neither man recognized its significance. It wasn't until later that the friends and fellow Coast Guardsmen realized they were in trouble....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.16.2017
Kicking a plume of dust into the morning air, a Chevy Tahoe veered off Route 17 South, hit a ditch, rolled and ejected its driver. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nancy Wilson witnessed the accident as she was headed north on the same highway June 7. Like most mornings, she was on her way to drop her 20-month old daughter Ayla at daycare, then to her job as a storekeeper at Coast Guard......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 03.18.2017
Perhaps the best kept boat station secret in the Mid-Atlantic region lies nestled within the largest Coast Guard facility in the country, at Base Elizabeth City in Eastern North Carolina....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 12.10.2016
The New Cape Henry Lighthouse in Virginia Beach looks newer thanks to crews hired by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.20.2016
When Petty Officer 1st Class James Prosser and his wife Nicole decided to send their kids to stay with Nicole’s mother in Lumberton, North Carolina, Oct. 6, 2016, the last thing they expected was the town to experience some of the most catastrophic flooding in state history....
