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Coast Guard and Navy team stop $15 million cocaine shipment
ARLINGTON, Va. – A San Diego based U. S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment and the USS Carr (FFG-56) interdicted a suspected smuggling vessel, and recovered more than 1,719 pounds of cocaine,...
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Coast Guard investigating possible hoax case (audio available)
Editors Note: For interviews regarding this case, please contact Lt. Bryan Swintek at 774-392-4319 BOSTON — The Coast Guard is investigating a possible hoax mayday call after distress calls were made...
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California-based Coast Guard responders deploy to assist with Hurricane Sandy...
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Coast Guard teams based in San Diego, Alameda, and Novato, Calif. have deployed to the East Coast to assist with Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. As emergency operations shift to...
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Coast Guard establishes command and control post aboard medium endurance...
Editor's note: Click on the photos below to view and download in high resolution. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander, Vice Adm. Robert Parker directed the Coast Guard Cutter...
View ArticleUPDATE 5: Status of NY, NJ ports, waterways
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is working with our port partners to ensure commerce continues to flow into the port. Fuel barge and tug traffic remains open. Other deep-draft vessels are allowed to enter...
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Boston-based Coast Guard cutter assists in post Hurricane Sandy response
NEW YORK—The Coast Guard Cutter Spencer, homeported in Boston, MA, deployed to New York Harbor to assist in the search and rescue response and acted as a communications hub for post Hurricane Sandy...
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Coast Guard damage assessment teams survey Sheepshead Bay, N.Y.
NEW YORK – Damage assessment and recovery teams from the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team surveyed Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., to identify actionable hazardous material releases and debris, and oversee...
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UPDATE: Coast Guard continues to oversee Arthur Kill oil spill cleanup
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is continuing to oversee clean up operations at the Motiva facility in Sewaren, N.J. Product and water is being recovered by vacuum trucks from the secondary containment...
View ArticleUPDATE 6: Ports, waterways of NY, NJ open
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is working with our port partners to ensure commerce continues to flow into the port. The following guidelines and restrictions are in place: The Port of New York and New...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Cutter William Flores commissioned in Tampa, Fla.
TAMPA, Fla. — The Coast Guard Cutter William Flores, the third of a planned 58 Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters, was commissioned at the Port of Tampa, Saturday. The William Flores' location of...
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Despite waterways being open, Coast Guard warns recreational boaters to...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Areas of Long Island, N.Y., is shown during an overflight with Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass, following Hurricane Sandy Oct. 30, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach participates in Surfers...
CRESCENT BEACH PARK, Fla. — Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., volunteered teaching children and teens how to surf during the 2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at...
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Multimedia: Air Station Detroit aircrew assists boaters stuck in mud in Lake...
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Wolner hoists Petty Officer 3rd Class Troy Ramsdell, a rescue swimmer, along with an individual who was rescued from the mud in Lake St. Clair near Mitchell's Bay,...
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Multimedia: Linden, Calif.-native Coast Guardsman conducts first successful...
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Wolner hoists Petty Officer 3rd Class Troy Ramsdell, a Linden, Calif. native and a rescue swimmer, along with an individual who was rescued from the mud in Lake St....
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Photo Release: Coast Guard National Strike Force aids with flooded Battery...
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaclyn Young. A convoy of National Strike Force members from the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Strike Teams arrive at Pier 6 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to...
View ArticleCoast Guard monitors pollution near North Bay Village, Fla.
MIAMI – Approximately 225 gallons of pollution that spilled into the water Sunday morning near North Bay Village, Fla., when a dock reportedly collapsed and severed two fuel lines is being monitored...
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Coast Guard medevacs woman 180 miles off Galveston coast
View and download video of the medevac on the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System. (MOV) HOUSTON — A woman was medevaced by a Coast Guard helicopter crew from a cruise ship, 180 miles of the...
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Coast Guard crew performs Sandy Hook, N.J., waterways law enforcement patrol
NEW YORK – A small-boat crew off Coast Guard Cutter Ridley performed the first patrol in Sandy Hook, N.J., waterways to assess damages and conduct law enforcement, Saturday. While performing the law...
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Coast Guard medevacs ailing cruise ship passenger
Click the photo or follow this link for video of the medevac: https://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1812185 SAN DIEGO – An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically evacuated...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies rescue 7 near Bodega Bay, Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO – Coast Guard and local agencies rescued seven people after their 25-foot pleasure craft overturned in Tomales Bay near Bodega Bay, Calif., Sunday. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s office...
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