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FEATURE STORY: Taking charge
Rough weather, fatigue, hunger, long hours; these are all conditions Coast Guard service members know well. It is ultimately the responsibility of one person to train, prepare and lead the crew to be...
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Coast Guard cutter crew conducts successful drug interdictions
Editor's note: for high resolution images, click the thumbnails above. MAYPORT, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, one of the Coast Guard’s newest vessels, is scheduled to arrive at...
View ArticleSector Juneau monitoring vessels for non-compliance with Vessel Response Plan...
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Captain of the Port Southeast Alaska is monitoring ongoing instances where tank vessels and non-tank vessels required to meet Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations Part...
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard holds remembrance ceremonies to honor surfmen...
Click photos to download. Video of the wreath laying ceremony is also available. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard held an at-sea wreath laying ceremony Friday and a service at Atlantic City...
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Multimedia Release: Coast Guard icebreaker returns home following Antarctic...
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a high-endurance icebreaker home-ported in Seattle, sits on the ice in the Ross Sea near Antarctica while underway in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, Jan. 9,...
View ArticleCoast Guard emphasizes importance of San Clemente Island safety zones
The Coast Guard reminds mariners to always navigate carefully around the restricted waters surrounding San Clemente Island. A federally-enforced safety zone surrounding San Clemente Island protects...
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Coast Guard tows disabled vessel near Whittier, Alaska
A Coast Guard Station Valdez 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew provides a tow to the 24-foot Bayliner Herrisea near Whittier, Alaska, March 8, 2015. The rescue boatcrew assisted the three mariners...
View ArticleCoast Guard urges caution on ice as temperatures increase
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — The Coast Guard is urging people to use extreme caution on waterwaysthroughout Lake Superior and northern Lakes Michigan and Huron since warmer temperatures are forecast...
View ArticleIncident Update: Morgan's Point Collision
HOUSTON — Federal, state and local agencies and responders are working to ensure public safety as they respond to a spill at Morgan's Point on the Houston Ship Channel, after a collision between two...
View ArticleCoast Guard Barque Eagle announces training schedule for 2015
NEW LONDON, Conn.--The Coast Guard Barque Eagle will leave Baltimore April 29 bound for New London to commence the 2015 cadet summer training program. Eagle and her crew have been at the Coast Guard...
View ArticleCGA announces Spring 2015 Regimental Review schedule
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets is scheduled to march in five regimental reviews at the Academy during the spring semester. The community is invited to attend all...
View ArticleCoast Guard to honor Dr. Olivia Hooker in historic building renaming ceremony
NEW YORK — Media are invited to attend a Coast Guard ceremony to honor Dr. Olivia Hooker, Thursday, at Coast Guard Sector New York, located on Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, N.Y. 10305. Media wishing...
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Multimedia Release: Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returns home following...
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the nation's only operable heavy icebreaker, returns to their homeport of Seattle from a 101-day Antarctic deployment, March 10, 2015. The crew deployed in...
View ArticleCoast Guard, partner agencies responding to oil spill, sheen in Delaware...
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are responding to an oil spill that happened near Wilmington, Delaware, Monday, and a report of a quarter-mile sheen Tuesday in the Delaware River...
View ArticleCoast Guard interdicted Mexican fishing crew poaching red snapper in U.S. waters
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican fishing crew in the waters off South Texas with approximately 475 pounds of illegally caught red snapper, Sunday afternoon. While on a...
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**PHOTOS AVAILABLE** Two men rescued after their vessel was sinking for...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Please click thumbnails for high resolution. MIAMI — Two men are safe after the Coast Guard rescued them from their partially submerged vessel near Everglades National Park Tuesday...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies searching for downed military aircraft near Santa...
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for a downed military aircraft near Santa Rosa Sound, Florida, Wednesday. Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard District Command Center...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search for Virginia Tech student in the Bahamas
MIAMI – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a cruise ship passenger who reportedly went overboard from a 6th deck balcony early Sunday morning.Cameron Smook, a 21-year-old student at Virginia...
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Interagency interdiction seizes more than half a ton of marijuana (photos...
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection prevented an estimated 1,300 pounds of marijuana from reaching U.S. shores when they thwarted a smuggling attempt southwest...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs injured logger near Ketchikan, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured logger from a logging camp on Cleveland Peninsula near Ketchikan, Alaska, Wednesday. The Jayhawk...
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