U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Petty Officer 1st Class Salvador Macias, from the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) in Los Angeles-Long Beach, is the recipient of the DSF Award for Outstanding Mission Support; by the Office of Specialized Capabilities (CG-721) - host of the 2022 DSF Commanding Officer’s Conference April 18-20 in Leesburg, Virginia, 2023.
The conference recognizes one person who provided outstanding mission support through training, management or logistical excellence at any DSF Unit - Macias led more than 100 multi-asset engineering evolutions, executing 4,800 maintenance labor hours that enabled unit assets to complete a record 3,890 underway hours in a single year, while facilitating uninterrupted...
Coast Guard Ensign Cody Brown helps dismantle a mobile communications tower used by Port Security Unit 311 on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 at Base Los Angeles / Long Beach. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.
Boatswain's Mate Third Class Kameron Moon, center, led fellow Coast Guard reservists Boatswain's Mate Third Class Brandon Gibbons, left, Seaman Gerson Ortega, second from right, and Boatswain's Mate Third Class Vincent Suder, right, through seamanship and boat handling training for Port Security Unit 311 in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.