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Photo Release

Date: November 15, 2011

Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

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***Photos available*** Coast Guard, St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue perform joint training exercise

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Ens. Stephen Hills, a crewmember onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, speaks with various members of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue before commencing a simulated fire drill Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Ensign Stephen Hills, a crewmember onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, speaks with various members of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue before commencing a simulated fire drill Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brad Marowitz, a machinery technician onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, homeported in St. Petersburg, speaks to Lt. Henry Simmons with St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue during a simulated fire drill Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brad Marowitz, a machinery technician onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, homeported in St. Petersburg, speaks to Lt. Henry Simmons with St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue during a simulated fire drill Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brad Marowitz, a machinery technician onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous homeported in St. Petersburg, keeps communication with the quarterdeck during a simulated fire drill Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brad Marowitz, a machinery technician onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous homeported in St. Petersburg, keeps communication with the quarterdeck during a simulated fire drill Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A reflection off of a St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue truck shows the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous moored pierside, Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A reflection off of a St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue truck shows the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous moored pier side, Nov. 15, 2011. Crewmembers from the cutters Venturous and Resolute, along with members from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue held a joint firefighting training exercise to maintain a memorandum of understanding with the county and to maintain firefighting proficiency and familiarity with the cutters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle

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