Video by Seaman Aaron Lau | U.S. Navy | 02.16.2021
Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship USS Shamal (PC 13) decommissioning at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. on Feb. 16, 2021. Shamal is one of the three Cyclone-class patrol coastal ships being decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport. (U.S. Navy Video by Seaman Aaron Lau/Released)...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrea Perez | Commander, Submarine Group Nine | 01.15.2021
SILVERDALE, Wash. (Feb. 5, 2021) -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) was decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, after 36 years of service, Feb. 5. Commissioned Nov. 17, 1984, Olympia was the second U.S. Navy vessel to be named for the city of Olympia, Washington....
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 08.20.2020
The Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) is decommissioned during a small ceremony in Seattle, Aug. 20, 2020. The Seattle-based Mellon, a 378-foot high endurance cutter, served the Coast Guard by conducting missions worldwide for 52 years before its decommissioning. U.S. Coast Guard video by Seaman Apprentice Nathan Gonzales....
Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 08.07.2020
Vice Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, reflects on the Coast Guard Cutter John Midgett's (WHEC 726) 48 years of service following its transition into In-Commission Special status March 31, 2020, beginning the cutter's decommissioning process. The cutter is named in honor of Chief Warrant Officer John Allen Midgett, Jr., who served for nearly forty years with the U.S.......
Video by Cpl. Damaris Arias | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 11.26.2019
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 hosted a sundown ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Nov. 26, 2019. The ceremony commemorated the AH-1W Super Cobra’s service while marking its last flight with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Damaris Arias)...
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 03.29.2018
The Coast Guard decommissioned its ninth High Endurance Cutter after nearly 50 years of service as part of recapitalization efforts during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, March 29, 2018. The Coast Guard Cutter Sherman is one of the Coast Guard’s four remaining 378-foot High Endurance Cutters still in operation. (U.S. Coast Guard b-roll video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle/Released)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala | U.S. Coast Guard East | 03.06.2017
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Cushing helped release nine sea turtles off Atlantic Beach, N.C., March 6, 2017. This was the cutter's final mission before being decommissioned after nearly 30 years of service to the Coast Guard. (Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joel Guzman | U.S. Coast Guard PADET San Diego | 03.16.2016
The Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell is decommissioned during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on March 16, 2016. Boutwell spent 47 years in service. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joel Guzman/released)...
