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Coast Guard Participates in Mayor's Military Appreciation Day
NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard Capt. Jim Tunstall, chief of staff for the Eighth Coast Guard District, shakes hands with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin during a Mayor's Military Advisory Committee meeting for the Mayor's Military Appreciation Day, here Nov. 19, 2009. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jim Tunstall, chief of staff for the Eighth Coast Guard District, shakes hands with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin during a Mayor's Military Advisory Committee meeting for the Mayor’s Military Appreciation Day, here Nov. 19, 2009. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson.

Coast Guard surveys Tropical Storm Ida
MOBILE, Ala. -- U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Robert Ratajczak, aids to navigation officer for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, surveys aids to navigation along the Intracoastal Waterway at Pensacola Beach, Fla., Nov. 10, 2009, following landfall of Tropical Storm Ida. Following a major storm, all ATON must be surveyed and deemed safe for mariner transits. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue.
MOBILE, Ala. – U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Robert Ratajczak, aids to navigation officer for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, surveys aids to navigation along the Intracoastal Waterway at Pensacola Beach, Fla., Nov. 10, 2009, following landfall of Tropical Storm Ida. Following a major storm, all ATON must be surveyed and deemed safe for mariner transits. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue.