PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, partners rescue boaters from jetty off...
The Coast Guard and partner agencies rescued two boaters Monday from a vessel that ran hard aground on the North Jetty of Indian River Inlet, Delaware. There were two people aboard the boat, one...
View ArticleMULTIMEDIA: Coast Guard honors veterans during Cleveland Veterans Day Parade
Members of the Coast Guard 9th District and other Cleveland based units participate in the 2014 Cleveland Veterans Day Parade. Master Chief Petty Officer Sean Sulski, the command master chief for the...
View ArticleA lost World War II hero is remembered
Story by David M. Santos, Communications Director, U.S. Coast Guard Academy In the pages of Coast Guard history are men and women committed to the achievement of the service’s goals. They exist to...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search for missing CA Air National Guardsman
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing airman with the California Air National Guard reportedly swept into the water by a wave south of Monterey, Tuesday evening. The...
View ArticleUPDATED: PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard searching from Boca Grande to Panama...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard is searching for a 77-year-old man aboard the sailing vessel Mariah between Boca Grande and Panama City, Florida, Tuesday. Missing is Craig Neus from Panama City,...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to report of a missing aircraft near Lake Ponchartrain
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a missing aircraft in Lake Ponchartrain, Wednesday. Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard District received a call from a New Orleans...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 3 adults, 1 child from aground vessel in Intracoastal...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued four people including a 10 year-old-boy who ran aground on their recreational boat just north of the Arroyo Colorado late Tuesday. At...
View ArticleFEATURE STORY: Celebrating veterans: 10th annual Veterans Day breakfast
Story and photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine MieszalaMore than 70 years of military service and five wars were represented by 200 attendees during the annual Veterans Day breakfast hosted by...
View ArticleCoast Guard offloads approximately $5.1 million of cocaine
CLEARWATER, Fla.— Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alligator offloaded approximately $5.1 million, estimated wholesale value, of cocaine Thursday at Sector St. Petersburg, Florida. The...
View ArticleCoast Guard and partner agencies responding to a fuel spill
MIAMI — The Coast Guard and its partners are responding to a fuel spill in North Miami. At approximately noon Thursday, a fuel truck, owned and operated by Fuel Tech Miami, spilled approximately 500...
View ArticlePhoto Release: USCG Recruit Training Board of Advisors Meet in Cape May
CAPE MAY, N.J. — The U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Board of Advisors is holding their semi-annual meeting at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Nov. 13, 2014, to review and validate the vision,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing 77-year-old boater found alive 6 miles southwest of...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— A missing 77-year-old man was found in good health aboard his sailboat, the Mariah, six miles south of Apalachicola, Florida, Thursday. Nues' sailboat battery died and he had no...
View ArticleCoast Guard tows sea plane to port after emergency landing
A sea plane that was forced to land due to engine problems off the coast of Cape Canaveral is towed to safety by a Coast Guard boatcrew, Nov. 13, 2014. The pilot was the only person aboard and...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search of missing aircraft near Lake Pontchartrain
NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard has suspended the search of a reported missing aircraft in Lake Pontchartrain, Thursday. Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard District received a call from a New Orleans...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs woman 112 miles off Galveston
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew medevaced a 34-year-old woman off an offshore supply vessel approximately 112 miles offshore of Galveston today. Watchstanders at Sector...
View ArticleCoast Guard transports orphaned baby sea lion
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard worked with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to transport a baby orphaned Stellar Sea Lion from Seattle to Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, where it will...
View ArticleFeature Story: Coast Guard enforces fishery regulations on Washington's Hood...
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Reich, Petty Officer 1st Class Manuel Bencomo and Petty Officer 2nd Class Leif Anderson, crewmembers assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Wahoo, an 87-foot patrol boat...
View ArticleFeature Story: Keeping mariners safe on the Northwest's high desert
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Childers, Fireman Abby Hamann and Seaman Pierce Overbeeke, crewmembers from Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, Wash., work together to replace a dayboard on an aid to...
View ArticlePHOTO RELEASE: National Security Cutter departs Miami for Charleston homeport
MIAMI – The Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, the first national security cutter for the East Coast, departed Miami Friday on its maiden voyage to its homeport in Charleston. As the Coast Guard’s largest...
View ArticleCoast Guard assists fishing vessel taking on water near Juneau, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa assisted the crew of the 36-foot fishing vessel Pot Luck after their vessel began taking on water near Juneau, Alaska, Friday evening. A...
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