Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger, vice commandant of the Coast Guard, calls junior enlisted Coast Guardsmen to wish them a happy Coast Guard Day from his office at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Aug. 4, 2014, on the service’s 224th birthday.
Neffenger spoke with: Petty Officer 3rd Class Samuel Guess, Coast Guard Cutter Active, home-ported in Port Angeles, Wa.; Petty Officer 2nd Class London Venzon, Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center Detached Duty Oakland, Calif.; and Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Rice, Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay, located in McKinleyville, Calif.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi)