Coast Guard personnel jumping into the water during their in water flares training.
Under the new and old eastern Bay bridge spans.
Coast Guard personnel fires off a flare during practice exercises.
While out on the water, the eastern span of the Bay Bridge comes into view.
Out on SF Bay during training with a local air unit.
Coast Guard personnel fires off a flare during practice exercises.
Coast Guard personnel readies a boat for patrol departure.
Coast Guard personnel during a flares training
Coast Guard personnel recieving a basket from a helicopter.
Coast Guard personnel during a helicopter training
The flare training ends and everyone swims back to the dock
Sector SF is just under the shadow of the Bay Bridge.
Coast Guard personnel watches as the helicopter arrives
Coast Guard personnel watches as the helicopter arrives
A diver is dropped down onto the deck of the Coast Guard boat.
the training swim ends as everyone gets out of the water.
The "prop wash" from the helicopter swirls above the water.
Coast Guard personnel out on patrol.
A Coast Guard helicopter flies past the Bay Bridge
A photograph of Sector SF from the Bay Bridge looking toward SF.
We visited Yerba Buena Island to see what a day in the life of our local San Francsico Coast Guard sector is like. We captured the early morning fog, the mid day flare exercises, and night operations out on the water with a local helicopter unit. At any time, you can find them engaged in all sorts of tasks including search and rescue, homeland security, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection, and boating safety.
Since the early 1900s, the Navy and Coast Guard has been present on Treasure Island and the station now consists of engineering shops, deck shops, administrative offices, and barracks, as well as the waterfront pier area.
This unit's area of responsibility covers San Francisco Bay south to San Jose; from Pier 45 to Alcatraz to Angel Island; and north just past the Richmond Bridge.
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