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Coast Guardsman is grand marshal of Miami Lakes' parade
MIAMI — Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class, Angel L. Vazquez, a machinery technician at Sector Miami, reads a speech he prepared as Grand Marshal for Miami Lakes' 33rd Annual Veterans Day parade,...
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Coast Guard hoists 3 from grounded boat near Halter Point
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued a man and two teenage boys from a grounded 18-foot boat in the vicinity of Halter Point, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a...
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Coast Guard South Dakotan natives engage in Hurricane Sandy community outreach
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew L. Foster and Petty Officer 1st Class Kenny Cook, members of the National Strike Force's Atlantic Strike Team, work together to unload boxes of donated...
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Pollution response continues in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
Petty Officer 2nd Class Heather Clark, of the National Strike Force’s Gulf Strike Team, takes notes while Petty Officer 1st Class Karen Sinkey, of the National Strike Force’s Pacific Strike Team, uses...
View Article2 boaters safe following jetty strike
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — Two boaters are safe Monday morning following an accident during which their 40-foot sailboat struck the jetty at the mouth of the St. John’s River off Atlantic Beach. The men...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard as featured service in New York Veterans Day Parade
PLEASE SELECT IMAGES FOR LINK TO HIGH RESOLUTION DOWNLOAD NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg presents a memorial wreath with a Coast Guard Academy cadet during a Veterans Day Parade...
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PHOTOs: Duluth Coast Guard crewmembers participate in Veterans Day Parade
Members of the Coast Guard from various units in Duluth, Minn., march in formation up Superior Street during the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Duluth, Nov. 11, 2012. Duluth's Veterans Day...
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Media invited to Hurricane Sandy pollution response center, field operations
Derelict vessels present significant environmental hazards after being tossed ashore in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Nov. 3, 2012. The Coast Guard, EPA, NOAA, and the New York and New Jersey...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Alder prepares for ice season by removing aids to...
DULUTH, Minn. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot Seagoing Buoy Tender homeported in Duluth, commenced removing and replacing aids to navigation last week as part of the annual...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard helps America remember ‘service and sacrifice’
NEW YORK - Recruits form Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., take a break from the rigors of training to march in the New York City Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11, 2012. The parade featured...
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Coast Guard responds to aground barge near Norfolk, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is responding Tuesday to a grounded 26-foot tug and 60-foot barge near Ocean View in Norfolk. The Coast Guard was notified at approximately 9 a.m. that the...
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Hurricane Sandy response crews continue to assess impacted areas
Coast Guard members working for the Hurricane Sandy Pollution Response Unified Command monitor contractors passing vacuum hose prior to removing fuel and other pollutants from a grounded sailboat in...
View ArticleCoast Guard locates overdue duck hunter
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard located an overdue duck hunter in the vicinity of Grand Lake, Tuesday. Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard District command center received initial notification from the...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard hosts Veteran's Day event in Port Angeles, Wash.
Members of the Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, Wash., Honor Guard Team present the colors during a Veteran's Day ceremony in the Air Station Hangar, Nov. 11, 2012. This was...
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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Savannah, Brunswick port operations remove hazard potential...
SAVANNAH, Ga. – U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection personnel inspect a shipment of rugs for potential customs violations during the Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation at the port of...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard crew replaces defective fog detector on Point Loma
*To view and download high res photos, click on the images below* A crew from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team San Diego hoist a VM100 Fog Detector up the Point Loma Lighthouse to replace a...
View ArticleCoast Guard saves 5 people, establishes unified command
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued five crewmembers from the tug vessel Polar Wind which ran aground and began taking on water 20 miles east of Cold Bay at 8:58 p.m. Tuesday. A Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Customs & Border Protection nab drug boat
LOS ANGELES – Coast Guard and Customs & Border Protection assets joined forces to track and interdict a small boat carrying approximately 35 large bundles of marijuana with three men onboard just...
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Coast Guard rescues 4 from sailboat 170 miles east of Virginia Beach, Va.
Click on the above screenshot to view and download the high-resolution video. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued four people aboard a sailboat Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 170...
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Photo release: Coast Guard conducts pollution survey of grounded tug, barge
The 78-foot tug Polar Wind and its 250-foot barge sit aground 20 miles east of ColdBay, Alaska, Nov. 14, 2012. The five crew members of the Polar Wind were rescued by Coast Guard helicopter crews and...
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