Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill/U.S. Coast Guard
Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen E. Lamontagne Jr., executive petty officer of Aids to Navigation Team Baltimore, disassembles the lantern of the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse during routine maintenance. The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, originally built in 1875, is one of only 10 lighthouses named a National Historic Landmark.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Jones/U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class James Clea and Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Jennings monitor the Automatic Identification System at Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center Atlantic in Virginia Beach, Va., May 14.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - From its inception in 1915, one of the primary roles of the Coast Guard has always been protecting the nation.