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U.S. Coast Guard District 5

Portsmouth, VA, US

U.S. Coast Guard District 5

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Current Personnel:

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Cox

Lt. Sonha Gomez

Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Kearney

Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann

Petty Officer 2nd Class Katie Lipe

Lt. Amy Midgett

Chief Petty Officer John D. Miller

Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow

Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Williams

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Unit with the Most Placements for Videos
September 2018

Featured Video

Coast Guard medevacs child from cruise ship over 200 miles offshore

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hoists a 7-year-old girl, a parent and a nurse from the Cruise Ship Celebrity Summit Monday, July 8, 2019, from over 200 miles east of Virginia, medevacing her to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk. The cruise ship contacted the Coast Guard to request assistance with a girl who was experiencing abdominal pain while enroute from New Jersey to Bermuda. U.S. Coast Guard video.

Taken: 07.08.2019 | Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick

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Recent Images

Coast Guard assists 61-year-old man suffering from...

07.17.2019 | Courtesy Photo

Coast Guard service members from Coast Guard Station Milford Haven, Virginia, assist a 61-year-old man who was reportedly suffering from symptoms...

Coast Guard boards fishing vessel

07.14.2019 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann

A Coast Guard member measures a commercial vessel's catch to determine compliance with federal regulation near Oregon Inlet, N.C., July 14, 2019....

Coast Guard responds to boat accident near...

07.15.2019 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann

Members of the Coast Guard and Tow Boat US moor a vessel involved in a collision to a pier near Wildwood, N.J., July 15, 2019. Four of the five...

Coast Guard Salute to America Flyover

07.04.2019 | Courtesy Photo

Three Coast Guard aircraft perform a flyover for the President's Salute to America in Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July, 2019. The flyover...

Coast Guard Cutter Northland engineering leadership

07.11.2019 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Hodges

U.S. Coast Guard CWO April Reid, main propulsion engineer on the Coast Guard Cutter Northland, Ensign Brianna Nelson, student engineer on the...

Coast Guard Cutter Northland engineering leadership

07.11.2019 | Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Hodges

U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Maral Toukhanian, student engineer on the Coast Guard Cutter Northland, CWO April Reid, main propulsion engineer on the...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing man near...

07.10.2019 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann

The Coast Guard suspended its search for a 35-year-old man who reportedly entered the water to assist a 13-year-old child near Little Island State...

Coast Guard cutter tows sailboat to safety

07.08.2019 | Courtesy Photo

The Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal towed the sailboat Rainbow to safety in Virginia, Sunday, July 7, 2019, after the sailboat lost power 50...

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Recent Videos

Coast Guard medevacs child from cruise ship over...

07.08.2019 | Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hoists a 7-year-old girl, a parent and a nurse from the Cruise Ship Celebrity Summit Monday, July 8, 2019,...

Coast Guard, Virginia Marine Resources Commission...

06.29.2019 | Courtesy Video

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, hoists an ailing 44-year-old man from a 45-foot...

Coast Guard medevacs 55-year-old Canadian man from...

06.14.2019 | Courtesy Video

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, medevacs a 55-year-old Canadian man and his wife...

Coast Guard oversees pollution response in Baltimore

06.07.2019 | Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick

Coast Guard pollution responders take oil samples and oversee contractor cleanup in Jones Falls, just before it enters Baltimore Harbor, Friday,...

Coast Guard rescues 2 from capsized sailboat, 65...

05.29.2019 | Courtesy Video

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, supports an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station...

Federal, state, local agencies search for missing...

05.29.2019 | Courtesy Video

Crews across multiple agencies search for a pilot off Cape May Point, New Jersey, where the plane he was in was seen crashing into the ocean...

Surge Staffing for Parental Leave

05.29.2019 | Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick

The Coast Guard has rolled out a Surge Staffing for Parental Leave Pilot Program, that supports service members and their families. Sector...

Be A Responsible Boater

05.23.2019 | Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Kearney

The U.S. Coast Guard encourages boaters to wear properly-fitted, Coast Guard-approved life jackets, and file a float plan before getting underway...

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Recent News Stories

Coast Guard 5th District recognizes enlisted person...

04.12.2019 | Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Williams

FORT MACON, NC Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Montgomery, a boatswain's mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Maple, received the 5th District’s...

Eyes in the sky: one air station’s Herculean...

02.15.2019 | Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki

It was completely dark in the middle of the Caribbean Sea on the evening of October 3, 2018. Dense bands of cloud shrouded the moon, obscuring...

The shipwreck that changed the Coast Guard forever

02.11.2019 | Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki

When the clock tolled 12 a.m. on Feb. 12, 1983, the 605-foot cargo ship Marine Electric trekked northward 30 miles off Virginia's Eastern Shore,...

Behind SAR and SeaWatch - C3CEN.

11.28.2018 | Story by Andrew Winz

When a person thinks of the United States Coast Guard, they imagine rescue swimmers jumping from helicopters to aid a distressed mariner or to...

Coast Guard rescues 4 from demasted, disabled...

11.28.2018 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard crews returned four mariners to shore Wednesday, after their sailboat was demasted in a storm more than 100 miles...

How the Coast Guard supports maritime commerce and...

10.11.2018 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson

The Coast Guard is known for saving lives at sea, but did you know the service plays a huge role in the economy, too? As a regulatory entity,...

Facilities Design and Construction Center welcomes...

08.24.2018 | Story by Andrew Winz

The Facilities Design and Construction Center (FDCC) underwent a change of command ceremony Aug. 24, 2018 in Norfolk, Virginia. Rear Admiral...

Coast Guard rescues 2 survivors clinging to debris...

07.18.2018 | Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Two men were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew Wednesday morning, after their fishing boat capsized Tuesday near Hog Island.

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Recent Audio

Coast Guard seeks public’s help to identify hoax...

06.26.2019 | Courtesy Audio

Audio of transmissions from suspected hoax caller on VHF-FM marine radio channel 16 in the vicinity of Pamlico Sound and Oregon Inlet, North...

Coast Guard seeks public’s help to identify hoax...

03.29.2019 | Courtesy Audio

Audio of transmissions from suspected hoax caller on VHF-FM Radio channel 16 near Ocean City, Maryland, between March and April, 2019. If you...

Sector Maryland-National Capital Region hoax caller...

04.08.2016 | Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala

Hoax call audio from April 2016.

Coast Guard medevacs sailor missing for 66 days

04.02.2015 | Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn

Audio of Frank Jordan thanking the captain of a motor vessel Thursday, April 2, 2015, for spotting and taking aboard his son who had been missing...

Coast Guard medevacs sailor missing for 66 days

04.02.2015 | Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn

Audio from the first contact in 66 days between Frank Jordan and his son, missing sailor Louis Jordan, Thursday, April 2, 2015.

Suspected hoax call made to Coast Guard in NC 090813

09.08.2013 | Courtesy Audio

A suspected hoax distress caller contacts Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 8, 2013. The same caller is suspected to...

Suspected hoax distress call to Coast Guard in NC...

12.12.2012 | Courtesy Audio

A suspected hoax distress caller contacts Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C., Dec. 12, 2012. The same caller is suspected to...

National Safe Boating Week 2014 audio PSA

05.12.2014 | Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen

The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary remind the boating public of important safety practices. Boaters are urged to wear life jackets, use VHF...

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