Unified Command established for West Virginia Train Derailment, response...
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. – The Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, CSX, the West Virginia Departments of Environmental Protection and Military Affairs & Public...
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**PHOTOS**Coast Guard assets, tugboat break vessel out of ice near West...
NEW YORK – Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutters Line and Willow worked with a commercial contracted tug to break tug Maryland out of thick ice near West Point, New York, Wednesday. Tugboat...
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Update #2: Coast Guard, Navy continue search for student overboard in Pacific
For a higher resolution of this graphic, click on the thumbnail above. HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Navy are continuing the search for a student reported overboard from a Japanese training vessel...
View ArticleUPDATE: West Virginia Train Derailment response continues
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. – The West Virginia Train Derailment Unified Command continues its recovery, response and clean-up efforts in the vicinity of the incident near Mount Carbon, Thursday. In conjunction...
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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard working to break ice on Delaware River,...
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard is working to break ice Thursday on the Delaware River. The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Capstan and Cleat are working this winter to break ice and maintain...
View ArticleUpdate 2: Residents in Boomer Bottom allowed to return home; evacuation order...
MONTGOMERY, W. Va. — The Unified Command announced Thursday that residents evacuated from Boomer Bottom following the West Virginia Train Derailment near Mount Carbon, are now allowed to return home....
View ArticleUpdate 3: Unified Command Responds to West Virginia Derailment
MONTGOMERY, W.Va.— The response teams worked to get residents back in their homes and made significant operational progress, Thursday. Residents in Boomer Bottom are now allowed to return home. The...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Bear to return to Portsmouth after two month patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return to Portsmouth on Sunday following a two month patrol through the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean. During the patrol...
View ArticleUPDATE 4: RESIDENTS IN ADENA VILLAGE AND MOUNT CARBON ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME
MONTGOMERY, W. Va. —The Unified Command for the West Virginia Train Derailment announced Friday that residents evacuated from Adena Village and Mount Carbon are now allowed to return home, with the...
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PHOTOs: US, Canadian Coast Guards working to free laker near Ashtabula, Ohio
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay breaks ice outside of Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2015. The Bristol Bay has encountered ice 8 to 10 feet in Lake Erie and brash ice, which is the jagged...
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Coast Guard medevacs tanker crewmember off Galveston coast
Coast Guard Air Station Houston hoists a tanker crewmember aboard and transports him to the University of Texas Medical Branch Thursday. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Houston. HOUSTON — A...
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*Update* PHOTOs: US, Canadian Coast Guards working to free laker near...
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon, a 234-foot multi-mission medium icebreaker, breaks ice in Lake Erie en route to a rendezvous with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, Feb. 19, 2015. The...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard medevacs injured crewman off NC
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard medevaced an injured crewman Friday from a motor vessel approximately 170 miles east of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District...
View ArticleUS Coast Guard, Australian leaders sign collaborative agreement
WASHINGTON — Senior leaders from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Australian Federal Police signed a Memorandum of Understanding Friday at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters to highlight common missions,...
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Coast Guard interdicts 1,729 pounds of marijuana, nabs Russian smuggler,...
The Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo and a U.S. Navy vessel seized 1,729 pounds of marijuana, a 40-foot sailing vessel and apprehended a suspected Russian smuggler following an at-sea interdiction Feb....
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Video Release: Coast Guard medevacs ailing motor vessel captain off Virginia...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing captain Friday from a motor vessel approximately 12 miles east of Virginia Beach. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues hang glider near Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. — The Coast Guard assisted with the rescue of an injured hang glider at Waddell Beach approximately 20 miles north of Santa Cruz, Thursday. At approximately 5:20 p.m., Sector...
View ArticleUpdate 5: West Virginia Train Derailment Response
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — This site will no longer be the primary source for updated news releases regarding the West Virginia Train Derailment Response. For future news releases regarding this response...
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FEATURE RELEASE: Enlisting Opportunity
Coast Guard Fireman Shirlanda Charles is a crewmember at Coast Guard Station Atlantic City, New Jersey, who began her military service with an uncommon perspective and a unique kind of patriotism....
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search for missing student off Kauai
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard suspended the search Friday for a student reported overboard from a Japanese training vessel approximately 70 miles southwest of Kauai. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to...
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