GULF OF MEXICO - B-roll of a Coast Guard HC-144 flying over the source of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as nearby oil slicks. Coast Guard aircraft are continuously flying over the Gulf of Mexico to find locations of heavy oil on the ocean surface and communicating the coordinates to vessels in order to skim the oil. Due to a variety of conditions oil can shift from one area to another over night which requires constant overflights by Coast Guard and other federal, state and local...
GULF OF MEXICO – Rear Adm. James Watson, Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Unified Area Command, visits the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress, homeported in Mobile, Ala., June 26, 2010. Watson spoke to the crew of the Cypress, who were the first cutter to begin using the Shipboard Oil-Recovery System (SORS) to skim and collect oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin White. Visit gocoastguard.com
BOSTON - A Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod hoists one of two men rescued from 57-degree water by a 47-foot boat from Coast Guard Station Gloucester about nine miles north of Rockport, Mass., Sat., May 29, 2010. Coast Guard Station Gloucester received a cell phone call at 1:35 p.m., from the men reporting their boat, the 30-foot Happy Days, was taking on water. Coast Guard video. For more content, visit www.gocoastguard.com
FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Summary B-Roll of the equipment being used to collect tar balls along the beaches in Florida. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin White. Visit us at www.gocoastguard.com
VENICE, La. - Oil clean up crews conduct controlled burns off the Louisiana coast, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Henise. Visit www.gocoastguard.com.
GULF OF MEXICO - Reporters tour the Development Driller II platform, as it is drilling one of two relief wells to stop the flow of oil at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill site. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Rives. Visit us at www.gocoastguard.com
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard transports rehabilitated brown pelicans from Louisiana to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service accompanied the birds and released them back into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gina Ruoti. Please visit www.gocoastguard.com
Four reserves speak about their day to day roles with the U.S. Coast Guard. What it entails, why they joined, and what is means to be Born Ready! Check out more clips like this at www.gocoastguard.com.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter conducts a survey flight of the Gulf of Mexico June 21, 2010. Coast Guard aircraft fly several missions a day in support of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen. Visit www.gocoastguard.com
USCG reserve officers speak on their experiences at the academy and why they chose to join the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves. Check out more clips like this at www.gocoastguard.com.