Ormond Beach, Fla. resident paying Coast Guard full restitution
Clearwater, Fla. — An Ormond Beach, Florida, resident is paying the Coast Guard full restitution for the misuse of flares from a February 2014 incident in St. Petersburg, Florida. On Nov. 30, Sean C....
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues two fishermen in distress off the coast of Rio Grande,...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico − A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Borinquen hoisted two fishermen to safety Monday morning from their distressed fishing vessel just off the coast of Rio Grande,...
View ArticleUPDATE: COAST GUARD RECOVERS OVERDUE KAYAKER NEAR BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASH.
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles located and recovered the missing kayaker near Bainbridge Island, Monday. A Coast Guard rescue swimmer...
View ArticleFEATURE STORY: Coast Guard, first in flight by Wright
Coast Guard aviators have patrolled the nation’s skies for nearly 100 years, but it wasn’t the pilots who first helped get the airplane off the ground. On a stretch of empty sand in the Outer Banks of...
View ArticleCoast Guard, partner agencies searching for possible missing paddleboarder
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Coast Guard and partnering agencies are searching for a possible missing 19-year-old male paddleboarder on the southeast side of Sanibel Island, Florida, Monday. At...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Coast Guard provides SAR planning support to Republic of Korea
A Republic of Korea Navy P-3 Orion airplane crew flies over the Republic of Korea vessel Sam-Bong during a search in the Bering Sea near Chukotka, Russia, Dec. 13, 2014. The P-3 and Sam-Bong crews...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends active search for 13-year-old off Big Island
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard continues to provide interagency support to the Hawaii Fire Department but has suspended its active search for a missing 13-year-old boy in the vicinity of Hapuna Beach...
View ArticleCoast Guard to enforce Kailua Bay security zones
Editor's note: For high resolution image, click on the icon above. HONOLULU — Coast Guard law enforcement officers will enforce a temporary security zone in waters off Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. The...
View ArticleCoast Guard recruits 1st in nation to vote for service's top 10 videos of the...
Editor’s Note: Media are invited to attend the Top 10 Video premiere Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Interviews with recruits, staff and the unit’s commanding officer will be available. Members of the media...
View Article**VIDEO RELEASE** Coast Guard rescues man lost for six days
EDITOR'S NOTE: Please click picture for video. MIAMI — A man who was stranded for approximately six days is safe after the Coast Guard rescued him off an island in Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas, Monday night....
View ArticleCoast Guard urges caution during dangerous surf conditions and riptides in...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard advises to exercise caution during the holidays at beaches in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands due to dangerous riptides in the region. Since Friday, the...
View ArticleCoast Guard nabs 2 smugglers, seizes contraband during an at-sea interdiction...
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, Over the Horizon small boat, interdicts a 20-foot drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea Dec. 10, 2014. The interdiction resulted in the seizure of...
View ArticleCOAST GUARD OFFLOADS APPROXIMATELY $44 MILLION OF COCAINE IN ST.PETERSBURG, FLA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive offloaded approximately 1,328 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of nearly $44 million at Coast Guard Sector St....
View ArticleBurlington man promoted to honorary Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer 34 years...
Honorary Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Clemon Terrell and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Steven Cantrell celebrate the former’s promotion during a ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman sentenced to 6 months confinement for sexual assault
ALAMEDA, Calif. – A Coast Guardsman was sentenced to six months confinement for Sexual Assault and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice during a general court-martial aboard Coast...
View ArticleCoast Guard regulates navigation in Oregon Inlet to safeguard mariners,...
The Coast Guard established a temporary regulated navigation area Thursday for the navigable waters surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in North Carolina. The RNA allows the Coast Guard to impose...
View Article*** IMAGERY RELEASE *** COAST GUARD TRANSPORTS 85 ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES TO...
VIDEO LINK HERE CLICK IMAGES FOR HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS NEW YORK - Air Station Cape Cod’s (ASCC) HC-144A Ocean Sentry class aircraft landed smoothly at Otis Air Force Base,...
View ArticleSpouses' Club Prepares Holiday Cheer for Coast Guard Recruits
CAPE MAY, N.J. — Members of the Jersey Cape Military Spouses' Club stuffed 335 stockings, Wednesday, that will be delivered to recruits at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May on Christmas...
View ArticleWSF Puyallup completes annual Coast Guard certificate of inspection
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer. SEATTLE — A Coast Guard marine inspection team from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound in Seattle completed the annual certificate of...
View ArticleCOAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR OVERDUE BOATER TRANSITING FROM ERIE CANAL TO STATEN...
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay and Coast Guard Cutter Wire are searching to locate an overdue boater in the vicinity of Staten Island, N.Y. At approximately 8 A.M. this morning, the Coast...
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