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100 years and Ticking
By Coast Guard Auxiliarist member, Trey Clifton They were dubbed the greatest generation, and after spending an hour or so with Linwood Thumm, known more affectionately as "Tick," it's easy to...
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Video Release: Coast Guard Air Station Puget Sound aircrew conducts two...
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles conducted two separate hoists over the course of one day near La Push, Wash., March 25, 2015. The first hoist was of a woman...
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**PHOTO RELEASE** Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired visits...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Click images for high resolution download Petty Officer 1st Class Jessica Pfau, an avionics electrical technician, explains the importance of the MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter to...
View ArticleCoast Guard urges caution, preparedness during change of season
NEW YORK -With Spring officially here and air temperatures rising, the Coast Guard is urging mariners, paddle boarders, and water enthusiasts to use caution when returning to the water.Every year the...
View ArticleCoast Guard to host commercial fishing course (Media invited)
WHAT: Commercial fishing drill conductor course WHEN: March 28 at 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Coast Guard Sector San Diego located at 2710 N. Harbor Dr. SAN DIEGO — The media is invited to a free one-day...
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NJ Resolution Declares Annual Coast Guard Week
TRENTON, N.J. – Members of Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, attended a proclamation reading, Thursday, at the New Jersey State House announcing that the first week of August, each year, will be...
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Multimedia Release: Coast Guardsmen honor fallen shipmate near Vashon Island,...
Boatcrews from Coast Guard Station Seattle, Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101, Coast Guard Cutter Midgett and Safeboat International convene for an at-sea wreath laying ceremony in honor of...
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Multimedia Release: Coast Guard honors WWII veteran on his 100th birthday
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard hosted a celebration to honor a Coast Guard WWII veteran on his 100th birthday Thursday in Portsmouth. Linwood "Tick" Thumm and his family joined with Coast Guard...
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HISTORIC ARCTIC COAST GUARD FORUM GATHERS NATIONS TO PROGRESSIVELY FOSTER...
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft speaks during the Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF), a cooperative initiative between nations with shared maritime interests in the Arctic, at U.S. Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guard responds to sunken vessel near La Push, Wash.
SEATTLE — Personnel from the Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Incident Management department are responding to a report of a sunken vessel and diesel sheen near La Push, Thursday. The local harbormaster...
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Milwaukee Coast Guard unit celebrates Women’s History Month
Capt. Amy Cocanour, commander of Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, addresses the audience at its inaugural Women’s Symposium at the Milwaukee War Memorial, March 26, 2015. The symposium was attended...
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Imagery available: Coast Guard medevacs 44-year-old man from passenger vessel
To view and download video of the medevac, click the image below To view caption information and high resolution photos, click on the images below SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a...
View ArticleCoast Guard cautions beach goers about dangerous rip currents while swimming...
MIAMI — The Coast Guard advises swimmers to exercise extreme caution while at beaches in South Florida due to a number of recent drownings and near-fatalities from dangerous rip currents caused by...
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VIDEO: Coast Guard cutter fleet flushing ice down river systems to prevent...
Editor's Note: Media interested in interviewing Coast Guard members about ice breaking or ice safety should contact Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read at 216-310-2608 to coordinate. Click on the photo...
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Coast Guard hoists patient from container vessel east of Savannah
Editor's note: for high quality video, click the thumbnail above. SAVANNAH, Ga. — A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Savannah medically evacuated a mariner Friday morning 12 miles east...
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VIDEO: Coast Guard cutter fleet flushing ice down river systems to prevent...
Editor's Note: Media interested in interviewing Coast Guard members about ice breaking or ice safety should contact Senior Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf at 630-986-2157 to coordinate. Click on the...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard Base Portsmouth changes command
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard personnel at Base Portsmouth held a change-of-command ceremony Friday in Portsmouth. Capt. Brenda Kerr assumed the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 2 from sinking sailboat
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard saved two people from their sinking sailboat 17 miles offshore, south of Monterey Friday afternoon.At 4:38 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received...
View ArticleCoast Guard regulates navigation in Oregon Inlet to safeguard mariners,...
The Coast Guard established a temporary regulated navigation area Saturday for the navigable waters surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in North Carolina. Vessels with a draft greater than two...
View Article**MEDIA AVAILABILITY** Coast Guard to commission Key West's sixth fast...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending the commissioning ceremony are required to RSVP with Lt. j.g. Peter Bermont at Coast Guard Sector Key West at 516-498-7705. Media must arrive no later...
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