NEW YORK - A Coast Guard Station New York boat crew conducts a safety boarding of two jet skiers in the vicinity of Liberty Island June 21, 2009. Station New York conducts security and safety patrols as part of an on-going mission to educate boaters about the hazards of boating and ensure that mariners carry the proper survival equipment onboard their craft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)
(HONOLULU) -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Lindsey Theobald, a boatswain's mate from Station Honolulu, helps a child out of a 25-foot safe boat, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. The Coast Guard, as well as other military branches on Oahu, participated in "Operation Purple," a summer event for dependents of deployed U.S. service members. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Luke Clayton)
PACIFIC OCEAN – Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Kugelmann, a surface rescue swimmer, is hoisted out of the water after recovering “Oscar” a dummy, used to simulate the weight and size of a person, during a man overboard drill onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf June 15, 2009. Bertholf has a number of options for retrieving a person who falls over the side including heaving lines, a small boat pickup or deployment of the surface rescue swimmer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Anderson)
