Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Dickinson | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Jacksonville | 07.18.2025
The crew of Coast Guard Sector Charleston conducts a change of command ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, July 18, 2025. Rear Adm. Adam A. Chamie, commander of the Coast Guard Southeast District, presided over the ceremony in which Capt. Francis J. DelRosso transferred command of Coast Guard Sector Charleston to Capt. Shawn A. Lansing. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Jacksonville | 03.15.2025
A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah helicopter crew hoists a 65-year-old man after his vessel became grounded near St. Helena Sound, South Carolina, March 15, 2025. The helicopter crew safely hoisted the man and transferred him to Beaufort County Rescue at Beaufort Executive Airport. (U.S. Coast Guard video, courtesy Air Station Savannah)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 01.23.2014
A humble yet decorated Vietnam War hero and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island veteran died Jan. 17, 2014, at his home in Beaufort, S.C., just down the road from the base where he spent much of his career training future Marines. Medal of Honor recipient John James McGinty III, 73, retired as a captain in 1976 and stayed in the local area. He was born Jan. 21, 1940, in Boston, and......
