Coast Guard to the Rescue

On Saturday, April 28th, prospective Chief Petty Officers of the US Coast Guard Portsmouth CPO Mess gathered at the Flagship Restaurant.  From there, they fanned out through the neighborhood attacking trash and worse from Booker Street, along Chesapeake Avenue, and the Scott's Creek fore-bay at the east end of Shea Terrace Park.

The occasion?  The Great American Cleanup.

0900 Muster at the Flagship

The crew progressed rapidly through Booker and Chesapeake Avenue.  Before long, it was a full-court press on the fore-bay at the end of the park.

A great pile of trash was moved from an isolated place in the park to a pick-up point.

Some of the trash is pulled from the muck and look as if it has been there for years,

Some are illegally cut trees...

But when the going gets tough, the tough get mucky.

And at the end of the project, the Chiefs fed a very hungry garbage truck.

Thank you, Coast Guard!  To the new Chief Petty Officers, the best to you in your careers.  When it came to lending a hand to Shea Terrace, you proved to be Semper Paratis (always ready).