Capt. Gregory Todd, chaplain of the Coast Guard, delivers a blessing at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to an assembled crowd on Aug. 4, 2014.
Aug. 4, referred to within the service as Coast Guard Day, marks the service’s 224th birthday.
(Note: to ensure operations security, any building security badges or other identification have been digitally manipulated and blurred. As such, this image is identified as a photo illustration.)
(U.S. Coast Guard photo illustration by Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi)