Issue 2 • 2015 � RESERVIST 53
A seal lay on the ice in front of the Coast Guard Cutter
POlar star while the ship is hove-to in the Ross Sea
near Antarctica, Jan. 30, 2015. POlar star's crew is
underway in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015,
part of the U.S. Antarctic program, managed by the
National Science Foundation.
Photo by Petty Offcer 1st Class Carlos Rodriguez
Lt. Shannon Scaff, an instructor
at the Coast Guard Maritime
Law enforcement Academy
in Charleston, S.C., takes a
lap during a long distance
swim he dedicated to a fallen
Coast Guard aircrew, Feb. 27,
2015. Scaff undertook the
challenge of swimming in a
local Charleston pool for 24
hours to bring awareness and
support to the families of fallen
military members.
Photo by
Petty Offcer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann
Seaman Brandon Groshens, of Pendleton, Ore., and crew members of the Coast
Guard Cutter alErt from Astoria, Ore., work to free two Olive Ridley sea turtles
entangled in a bundle of fshing gear off Central America Feb. 10, 2015. The crew
was deployed in support of a counter narcotics mission when they spotted the
turtles, which are considered a threatened species by NOAA Fisheries.
Photo by Petty Offcer 3rd Class Nicole Picklo