Radio communications, including taking reports during emergencies, with commercial and recreational boating traffic commuting through the Mississippi River. Fingerprinting for security clearances.Search and RescueQualified as Communications Watch Stander 07/09/2014

Completed three month deployments with missions throughout the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, searching for illegal narcotics being transported to the United States.Plotted positions on paper and electronic charts allowing our ship to intercept boats transporting narcotics.Radio communications with the Coast Guard Helicopter attached to the shipNavigation detail to allow ship in and out of ports; Including navigation through the Panama CanalSearch and rescue for Captain of HMS Bounty Ship outside of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy 2012Provided relief assistance in the northeast after Hurricane SandyDamage control and firefighting certified on ship

Radio communications for search and rescueCompleted search and rescue missions on Coast Guard small boats in the Pacific OceanStood 48hr-72hr duty days, with two to three days off in betweenStood eight hour watches overlooking the ocean for search and rescue missions