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| A U.S. Army National Guard CH-47D helicopter gives the Coast Guard a hoisting hand. |
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| Standing near the buoy, Seaman Kevin Tkoch, District 13 Aids to Navigation Hardware, pops a smoke flare to help the CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew judge wind speed and direction before touching down on the beach in La Push, Washington. Click-N-Go Here to watch the video [3:44, 13.4 Mb] |
| 29 August 2011: 13th Coast Guard District units and a U.S. Army National Guard Chinook helicopter from Joint Base Lewis-McChord work together to remove an 11,800 pound navigation buoy from a beach near the Quillayute River mouth in La Push, Washington, on Monday. The buoy washed ashore on the beach after it broke free from its mooring during a winter storm in 2010. |
| The Coast Guard and the Army Guard teamed up to get the buoy off the beach and out to an awaiting buoy tender from Astoria, Oregon. |
| The helicopter crew from Bravo Company, 214th General Support Aviation Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, worked with the Coast Guard to hoist the buoy into the air and return it to the water near the buoy tender, the Coast Guard Cutter Fir. |
| Custom rigging was developed to meet Army lifting specifications. |
| "It was an extremely well coordinated effort between both parties and the local Quileute Tribal Nation to complete the mission effortlessly," said Doug Cameron, 13th District Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Hardware Manager and shore team leader. |
| The Fir transferred the buoy to the Aids to Navigation Team in Astoria to be refurbished. Click-N-Go Here to watch the video [3:44, 13.4 Mb] |
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| Doug Cameron waits for the CH-47D Chinook helicopter to land on the beach. |
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| Shielding themselves from the wind and noise of the Chinook helicopter, Doug Cameron and a helicopter crewmen finish the rigging of the buoy. |
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