Video by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright | DC National Guard | 10.07.2025
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II, Commanding General (Interim) of the District of Columbia National Guard, visits with Joint Task Force - District of Columbia members located at various posts around the District as the D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission enters its 60th day mark, on Oct. 7, 2025. The D.C. National Guard was activated on Aug. 11, 2025, to provide monument security,......
Video by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright | DC National Guard | 09.27.2025
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II, Commanding General (Interim) of the D.C. National Guard, and members of the D.C. National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion (RRB) join more than 27 federal and local law enforcement agencies for the DMV Law Enforcement Career Fair at MPD Academy, in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2025. The multi-agency recruiting event was hosted by the......
Video by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright | DC National Guard | 09.25.2025
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II, Commanding General (Interim) for the D.C. National Guard, and Chief Pamela A. Smith, Chief of Police for the Metropolitan Police Department, discuss the DMV Law Enforcement Career Fair at MPD Academy, 4665 Blue Plains Drive SW, Washington, DC, 20032. The multi-agency recruiting event on Sept. 27, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. is hosted by the......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 09.02.2025
Law enforcement boat crews from USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905) intercept an overloaded vessel with 191 Haitian aliens approximately 40 miles north of Cap Haitian, Haiti, Aug 29, 2025. All aliens aboard the vessel were repatriated back to Haiti, Sept 2, 2025 following the interdiction. (U.S. Coast Guard video)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Walker | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District | 08.05.2025
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba mooring at Port Everglades, Florida, on August 5, 2025. The seized contraband was the result of three separate interdiction in the eastern Pacific by Coast Guard crews. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Walker)...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christine Bills | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 08.05.2025
A Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) East K-9 unit conducts training August 5-6, 2025, at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and aboard the USCGC Richard Snyder (WPC 1127) in Portsmouth, Virginia. The K-9 unit within MSRT East and West consists of 18 different dogs and handlers across the country who specialize in detecting explosives as......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 08.04.2025
The Coast Guard was created 235 years ago on Aug. 4, 1790, as the Revenue Marine Service, when the first Congress authorized Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to construct ten vessels, known as "revenue cutters," to combat smuggling and enforce tariff laws. In 1915, Congress combined it with the U.S. Life Saving Service and rechristened it as the United States Coast Guard. (U. S.......
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christine Bills | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.18.2025
Coast Guard Station Emerald Isle crews conduct law enforcement patrols June 18, 2025, in various waterways in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. The crew completed several boardings of local mariners’ vessels to ensure that they had all required safety equipment and were properly following all boating regulations. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christine Bills)...
