#USCG MSST conducts close quarters cross training with FBI in San Diego. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Allyson E.T. Conroy.

#USCG members in Kodiak celebrate 100 years of naval aviation & 70 years of military service in Kodiak http://goo.gl/h6QmL Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen.

#USCG Cutter Eagle moors in #London during 2011 cadet training #summer cruise celebrating 75th anniversary http://goo.gl/LKAor U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

#USCG cutters Bluebell, Henry Blake and Active & motor lifeboat Triumph participate in Portland, Ore., Rosefest. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn.

#USCG MSST demonstrates search & detain methods to #Malaysian Coast Guardsmen. @USNavy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Clowney.

A #USCG Falcon jet departs #Miami for a final mission. The Falcon is being replaced by the HC-144 Ocean Sentry. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Barry Bena.

#USCG Cutter Forward conducts a 76mm gun shoot during an African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership mission. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Mark Krebs.

#USCG Cutter Tampa makes way through New York Harbor during #FleetWeek 2011s parade of ships. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Seth Johnson.

#USCG members wade back from Natchez Moorings. Crews use sandbags & pumps to keep the water out. Photo by PA2 Patrick Kelley.

#USCG Cutter Rush navigates into #Juneau Harbor as they prepare to moor the ship. #Alaska U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn.

#STS134 launch as seen from #USCG Cutter Shrike. #Endeavor @NASAKennedy

Victor Swinney smiles while sitting in a #USCG MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after being rescued from a capsized boat. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

Cmdr. Spaner holds his daughter after his last flight as commanding officer of #USCG Air Station Traverse City #Michigan. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class April Caverly.

Several #USCG 25-ft & 45-ft response boats from Mayport, #Florida cruise in formation in the St. John's River. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Potter.

Check it out - the #USCGs first fast response cutter, Bernard C. Webber, just got her mast installed. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

#USCG Alaska helicopter crew rescues 2 from plane crash near Cape Suckling http://goo.gl/AXMa9 Photo by PO1 Gordon

Thank-you #military spouses for your important service to our country! Are you a #USCG spouse, use the CG spouse profile icon

A woman hugs a #USCG disaster area response team member after he ferried her father to safety. #flood U.S. Coast Guard photo by Isaac Pacheco.

#USCG Air Stations Atlantic City & Elizabeth City transport a Dolphin #helicopter into a HC-130 Hercules. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.

A #USCG Air Station Kodiak crew hoists an acoustic mooring used for collecting beluga whale data. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Wayne Langley.