WASHINGTON, D.C. Ð Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen displays a page from an original letter by Alexander Hamilton to the commanding officers of the Revenue Cutter Service during a private showing at the National Archives, Wednesday, July 9, 2009. Allen, along with Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vice Adm. Vivien Crea, Rear Adm. William Baumgartner, Rear Adm. J.T. Riker and a small group of Coast Guard Headquarters staff were allowed to view several different logs and documents from various periods of the Coast GuardÕs history. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Kip Wadlow)
WASHINGTON - Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen, Vice Adm. Vivien Crea, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Vice Commandant David Pekoske pose for a group photo following the Vice Commandant Change of Watch Ceremony at Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command, Friday, Aug. 7 2009. Pekoske relieved Crea as Vice Commandant durign the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Kip Wadlow)
WASHINGTON - Coast Guard Vice Adm. Vivien Crea, Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen and Vice Commandant David Pekoske pose for a group photo during the Coast Guard Vice Commandant Change of Watch Ceremony at Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. Crea was relieved as Vice Commandant by Pekoske during the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Kip Wadlow)
WASHINGTON - Coast Guard Vice Adm. Vivien Crea shakes hands with Vice Adm. David Pekoske during the Coast Guard Vice Commandant Change of Watch Ceremony at Telecommunications and Information Systems Command as Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles Bowen and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen look on, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. Pekoske relieved Crea as Coast Guard Vice Commandant during the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Kip Wadlow)
WASHINGTON -- Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen watches as Vice Adm. John Currier and Rear Adm. Clifford Pearson exchange salutes at the Coast Guard Chief of Staff Change of Command ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Bonk)
