Coast Guard Operations During Katrina

Images of Coast Guard personnel conducting operations during Hurricane Katrina, showcasing teamwork and emergency response efforts.

Coast Guard Personnel - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-337-26. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-94. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard on Scene Damages - 26-HK-82-26. CG On Scene Damages--CG personnel near RV-type trailer, 051021. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force participate in a joint training session with Belgian firefighters on the Hungarian JAS 39 Gripen aircraft June 23, 2022 at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium.

ORMAC CITY, Republic of the Philippines (Nov. 16, 2013) Sailors from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) repair a roof during Operation Damayan. Charles Drew is with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, which is supporting the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade in assisting the Philippine government in ongoing relief efforts in response to the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Representatives from all service branches on the Council on Recruit Basic Training (CORBT) tour facilities at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in New Jersey, May 12, 2022.The purpose of CORBT is to address common issues across the joint services in recruit basic military training and technical training with the goal of sharing ideas, lessons learned and procedures to improve entry-level enlisted training programs. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Cape Canaveral Spaceport Mobile Command Center vehicle participates in the aviation safety exercise during Emergency Response Safety Training at the Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 33, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The simulated helicopter mishap exercise was conducted to evaluate emergency response and mishap investigations of aircraft at Kennedy. Participants included Air Rescue Fire Fighters, Flight Operations, Disaster Preparedness, Security, and Safety. NASA mandates simulated aviation safety training take place every two years.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-381-41. Hurricane Katrina

SANTA RITA, Guam (June 13, 2022) Sailors assigned to Navy Munitions Command East Asia Division (NMC EAD), Unit Guam, Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Detachment Guam, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), conduct a safety brief prior to a weapons onload in support of Valiant Shield 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Kennedy Space Center personnel and American Medical Response (AMR) contractor paramedics gather at the Florida spaceports Shuttle Landing Facility on May 17, 2019, for a medical support training course. Signs in the foreground indicate the “dirty side,” where patient off-loading and decontamination would take place, and the “clean side,” used for patient evaluation and medevac. The course was designed to familiarize the AMR paramedics with the centers Triage Forces deployment, which included medical team members, fire/rescue personnel, environmental health specialists and flight operations crew members, as well as a helicopter, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) tactical vehicle, fire pumper truck and triage vehicles. The AMR paramedics will assist the agency in contingency planning for the return of human spaceflight from Kennedy.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-80. Hurricane Katrina

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Principal Federal Official - 26-HK-370-27. File Unit includes photographs of Admrial Allen on CNN and Visits by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton among others. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-232. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Coast Guard members render a salut to the National Flag during a 9/11 observance ceremony on Coast Guard Base Alameda, Calif., Sept. 9, 2022. On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the terror attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Two Coast Guardsmen aboard USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) execute their duties as members of the anchoring detail, Atlantic Ocean, July 11, 2022. The blue helmets donned by both men identify them as qualified crew members for the evolution.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-326. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-435-52. Hurricane Katrina

RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU-2) watch as their Brazilian counterparts get ready for a dive during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 14, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States conducting operations in and off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-67. Hurricane Katrina

Members from the 459th Civil Engineering Flight discuss operations in the Site Command Post during Exercise Prime Beef '82. Subject Operation/Series: PRIME BEEF '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-381-56. Hurricane Katrina

Officers keep up screens up during the recovery of bodies after a traffic accident with three fatalities on the B 39 road, Kirchardt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Secretary Gale Norton, foreground far right, speaking to National Park Service personnel during visit to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-67. Hurricane Katrina

221014-N-IG750-1023 MANILA BAY (Oct. 14, 2022) Rear Adm. Buzz Donnelly, Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, speaks at a press conference on the flight deck of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), as the ship is anchored in Manila Bay, Philippines, Oct. 14. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of CSG 5 provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans aircrew member holds up a torn life jacket from a recent rescue off the coast of Empire, Louisiana, Oct. 9, 2022. One of the boater's life jackets was torn due to a shark attack.

The French Red Cross prepares to demonstrate their capabilities during Caraibes 22 in Guadeloupe, France, June 16, 2022. Exercise Caraibes 2022 is a French-led, large scale, joint training exercise in the Caribbean involving naval, air and land assets, from the French, U.S., and regional forces focused on responding to natural disasters.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-432-6. Along I-610. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 18, 2005 -- A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team from Nebraska ready equipment in preparation for continued operations in New Orleans. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

England, Kent, Dover, Border Force officers landing Asylum Seekrs picked up in the English Channel.

ESU St. Louis - Morgan City - 26-HK-376-9. Capt Champagne. Hurricane Katrina

The pilot of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter works with firefighters preparing to load patients onto the helicopter during a medical evacuation exercise, part of PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-412-53. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-159. Hurricane Katrina

New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services personnel send test messages during the communications portion of Exercise Empire Challenge, aq New York Naval Militia and New York Guard on July16, 2022 in Ovid, New York. (NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs photo by 1LT James Chin, New York Guard )

Adm. Steven D. Poulin, U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant, tours the Base Kodiak Child Development Center (CDC) on July 25, 2022. The CDC was originally built in 1986 and was selected as one of the centers that would be replaced as part of the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.

Joint Task Force - 26-HK-161-41. Joint Task Force. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-188. Vice Admiral Vivien Crea. Hurricane Katrina

Recruits that are part of the English Language Training Program (ELTP) attend initial processing classes at Training Center Cape May, Aug. 25, 2022.ELTP is a pilot program designed to assist recruits in meeting the English comprehension standard. Time is spent at both Training Center Cape May and the Defense Language Institute English Language Center located in San Antonio, Texas, at Lackland Air Force Base to complete basic training. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo

The Camp Lejeune Fire and Emergency Services Department, Provost Marshal's Office, and the Beach Detachment (DET) conducted a simulated response training exercise at Onslow Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 19, 2022. Each year the Beach DET conducts a training exercise to familiarize first responders, and other individuals, with the expectations of response in case of an emergency.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-309-187. Vice Admiral Vivien Crea. Hurricane Katrina

060421-N-0455L-005. Base: Portsmouth State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Team Returns - 26-HK-125-11. Hurricane Katrina

Katrina - General - 26-HK-408-79. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-20. Hurricane Katrina

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 20, 2023) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Alexis Keith uses a mechanical advance control (MAC) move on the "red man" assailant after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray during security reaction force basic (SRF-B) training at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. SRF-B is a two-week long, comprehensive course that provides baseline knowledge for Sailors to perform the role of sentry.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-104. Hurricane Katrina

A Solomon Islander police officer from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force bows her head during the anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal at the Guadalcanal American Memorial in the Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 2022. The ceremony commemorated the 80th anniversary of the battle, and served to honor the fallen and strengthen the U.S. relationship with the Solomon Islands and other Pacific allies and partners. The historic battle was codenamed Operation Watchtower and was the first major offensive and decisive victory for the allied forces in the Pacific theater.

050406-N-8629M-158. Base: Nias State: Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN)

STS-86 crew members get a ride in, and learn to operate, an M-113 armored personnel carrier as part of training exercises during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. George Hoggard, in back at left, a training officer with KSC Fire Services, provides this part of the training to Mission Specialists Wendy B. Lawrence, to the right of Hoggard; Vladimir Georgievich Titov of the Russian Space Agency; and Scott E. Parazynski. STS-86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. During the docking, Titov and Parazynski are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk primarily to retrieve four suitcase-sized environmental payloads from the exterior of the Mir docking module. Also during the mission, STS-86 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf will transfer to the orbiting Russian station and become a member of the Mir 24 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut C. Michael Foale, who has been on the Mir since the last docking mission, ST

The Soldiers of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), along with Soldiers from Albania, Armenia and Moldova and Active Duty Soldiers from Hohenfels, Germany, participated in Operation Bronze Shield, which was to simulate a disturbance turned riot, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, in Hohenfels, Germany, on October 17, 2022. The 76th IBCT, Task Force Nighthawk, is preparing for their rotation in Kosovo as part of KFOR 31.

Members from the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeasts Contingency Engineering Response Team (CERT) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research Development Center (ERDC) participate in a joint exercise utilizing a multi-rotor Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida. The collaboration took place during the annual Hurricane Exercise (HURREX) and Citadel Gale (CG) that allowed the teams to practice surveying simulated storm damage with the UAS on a few of the installations facilities.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-70. AIRSTA NOLA-- two Coast Guardsmen standing in hangar, one in headset. Hurricane Katrina

Medical and fire-rescue personnel park ambulances and set up a decontamination and triage area for a joint emergency escape and triage simulation held at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 24, 2019. Led by NASA with Boeing and United Launch Alliance, the simulation is one in a series in preparation for upcoming crew flights to the International Space Station as part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, currently in training for the second flight with crew aboard Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, and Eric Boe, along with astronaut candidate Jasmin Moghbeli, served as the flight crew. The astronauts practiced emergency egress from the nearly 200-foot-tall crew access tower at the launch pad. They also rehearsed escape from the launch complex in an armored vehicle, and decontamination and triage at a nearby helipad.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, paramedics and Fire Rescue personnel move a stretcher away from a helicopter after they practiced placing the "volunteer patient" aboard during a training exercise.The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible.

Officer in Charge of Construction Florence, contractor, and sub-controcator personnel inspect areas marked for analysis as part of the final inspection process aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina on March 31, 2023.The parking lot is part of OICC Florences mission to provide engineering, construction, and acquisition services supporting the Marine Corps recovery from the storm and deployment of the Joint Strike Fighter, re-establishing the readiness of expeditionary forces for Marine Corps Installation East and II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Crewmembers participating in the Tug-O-War during the Buoy Tender Olympics at Coast Guard Station Juneau, August 17, 2022.The Buoy Tender Olympics were held in Juneau, Alaska, as a part of the Coast Guard's annual Buoy Tender Round-up.Buoy Tender Round-up is a week-long event that gives participants an opportunity to receive specialized training, provide discussions to enhance operations, and hold a Buoy Tender Roundup Olympics to test their seamanship skills.Crews from Coast Guard Cutters Kukui, Cypress, Fir, Anthony Petit, and Elm participated in multiple events including the chain pull, line toss, boom spot, Tug-O-War, and the heat and beat. -U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lexie Preston

110713-N-OP638-030MAYPORT, Fla. (July 13, 2011) Sailors assigned to the Rooks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137 depart the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) after a six-month deployment. Enterprise stopped briefly to embark almost 1,500 friends and family for a tiger cruise. Enterprise and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are returning to homeport at Naval Station Norfolk after completing a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

NAVAL BASE GUAM (Sept. 12, 2022) - First Responders from Joint Region Marianas (JRM) Emergency Services along with Commander, Joint Region Marianas Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson, and U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) Commanding Officer Capt. Michael Luckett observed the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks during a ceremony at Fire Station 1 onboard NBG, Sept. 12. Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), police officers, Chief Petty Officers (CPO), and CPO Selects from throughout the region participated in the ceremony to pay tribute to the lives of 343 firefighters, 62 law enforcement officers, eight emergency medical technicians, and 2,581 civilians who were lost during the attacks. The ceremony included 10 full blasts from the airhorns symbolizing the signal made to evacuate the World Trade Center, followed by a moment of silence. Firefighters also marked the anniversary with a stair climb at the Charles King Fitness Center. The firefighters assigned 15-

U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel conducts port assessments in Pine Island, Florida on Oct. 15, 2022. Coast Guard personnel were responding to reports of over 6,000 vessels that may be potential environmental threats in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Royal Norwegian Navy Lt. Cmdr. Havard Nilsen receives applause from the crew of USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) during his last quarters prior to departing the unit, Sep. 8, 2022. Nilsen was attached to the Bear for the majority of its North Atlantic patrol to help the crew safely navigate through unfamiliar waters.

Border Patrol Officers watching the Border.

Tourist security officers in front of the Reunification Palace formerly known as the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) crew conduct subject matter exchanges regarding navigation with Samoa Police members in Apia, Samoa, Feb. 8, 2024. These subject matter exchanges bolster our partners capabilities to meet a variety of challenges within the region. Coast Guard photo)

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