Coast Guard sets up buoys at Eglin

Aids to Navigation Team members from Coast Guard Station Pensacola prepare to post a restricted area buoy March 11 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Coast Guard posted approximately 40 buoys along the base’s coastline from Post’l Point to the Bayview Club. The anchored buoys, spread approximately 700 feet from each other, are a force protection enterprise by the base to identify Eglin waterways. According to the code of federal regulations (CFR 334.700-748), all vessels and other craft are permitted access to the restricted area, but could be subject to identification checks by Air Force patrol boats. During times of high security threats against Eglin or Hurlburt Field, all entry, transit, anchoring or drifting within the restricted areas is prohibited without permission from the respective base commander or authorized representative. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)