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Press Release | Oct. 23, 2024

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Fifth Coast Guard District hosts annual Buoy Tender Round-Up in Portsmouth

A pin is heated up prior to a heat and beat event Oct. 23, 2024 during the annual Buoy Tender Round-up held in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Aids to navigation crewmembers participate in the spin and hook event Oct. 23, 2024 during the annual Buoy Tender Round Up held in Portsmouth, Virginia. A pin is heated up prior to a heat and beat Oct. 23, 2024, during the annual Buoy Tender Round-up held in Portsmouth, Virginia. Aids to navigation crewmembers hit a pin during the heat and beat event, Oct. 23, 2024, during the annual Buoy Tender Round-up held in Portsmouth, Virginia.  Aids to navigation crewmembers compete in the chain pull event, Oct. 23, 2024 during the annual Buoy Tender Round-up held in Portsmouth, Virginia. 

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard hosted the annual Fifth Coast Guard District Buoy Tender Round-Up, Wednesday, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Virginia.

The Buoy Tender Round-up (BTR), a week-long event, offers participants an opportunity to receive specialized training, engage in discussions to enhance operations, test their seamanship skills and build camaraderie between crews. The Buoy Tender Olympics is as a friendly competition held between Coast Guard Buoy Tender crews during the BTR, which includes a chain pull, spin and hook, tug-o-war, survival-suit swim, and heat-and-beat.

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