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U.S. Coast Guard to release boating safety app
The Coast Guard is scheduled to release its first boating safety app Saturday as the kickoff to this year's National Safe Boating Week. The Boating Safety Mobile app was not designed to replace a...
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard crews host tactical training in St....
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard hosted tactical training for local marine law enforcement agencies at Station St. Petersburg, Thursday. The tactical operator’s course consists of 20 hours of...
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Coast Guard to release boating safety app
Note: Virginia media members interested in interviewing Coast Guard members about the app or National Safe Boating Week are asked to contact (757) 398-6272 or d5de@uscg.mil. The Coast Guard is...
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Coast Guard to release boating safety app
Note: North Carolina media members interested in interviewing Coast Guard members about the app or National Safe Boating Week are asked to contact Coast Guard Lt. Lane Munroe at (252) 732-4327 or...
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1st Coast Guard District: 2014 Recreational Boating Statistics
BOSTON - The 1st Coast Guard District has released its 2014 Recreational Boating Statistics Wednesday, revealing that recreational boating fatalities last year totaled 39.This is the second lowest...
View ArticleCoast Guard kicks off National Safe Boating Week
ALAMEDA, Calif.— National Safe Boating Week kicks off Saturday and runs through May 22. Safe Boating Week aims at improving boater behavior through education, awareness and training to make...
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Media Availability: American, Cuban WWII vets to be honored on Armed Forces Day
Transfer ceremony of U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats to the Cuban Navy, Miami-March,1943. CS-13 (ex-USCG 83338), responsible for the sinking of U-176 EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending...
View ArticleInjuries reported following collision between Coast Guard, recreational boat...
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard helicopter crew transferred two men to Neah Bay after they were injured in an apparent collision between their disabled recreational boat and a responding Coast Guard vessel 30...
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Coast Guard interdicts Mexican lancha off South Texas
South Texas Coast Guard crews interdicted a lancha and its four-man crew 28 miles offshore. U.S. Coast Guard photo. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard seized a Mexican fishing boat with four...
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Coast Guard to offer free vessel safety checks and decals.
In honor of Safe Boating Week, which runs from Saturday to May 23, 2015, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England and local Coast Guard Auxiliary units are providing free boating safety checks...
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Coast Guard Cutter Oak rescues 2 Grenadian men aboard disabled, dismasted...
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak rescued two men May 14, 2015 aboard the disabled, dismasted and adrift sailing vessel Fools Wisdom, approximately 50 nautical miles north of Puerto Rico....
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Wire holds change of command ceremony
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Justin L. Kaczynski relieved Senior Chief Petty Officer Jason L. Cross, the former commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Wire, during a...
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Coast Guard cutter crew from Port Angeles, Wash., participates in Trident...
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer. SEATTLE — U.S. Coast Guard crews are participating in a multinational naval exercise with Royal Canadian navy and U.S. Navy...
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Boating safety in your pocket: Coast Guard launches mobile app
The Coast Guard and Seattle SeaGals introduce the Coast Guard’s first-ever boating safety app, May 13, 2015. The free app will be available on the Apple App Store and Google Play online store and is...
View ArticleCoast Guard kicks off National Safe Boating Week
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary kick off National Safe Boating Week during a free event at Pier 38 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. The marine expo will have boating information,...
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CHICAGO – The U.S. Coast Guard, City officials, and maritime stakeholders kicked off National Safe Boating Week today at Navy Pier to emphasize the importance of boating safety. National Safe...
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Alameda-based National Security Cutter returns from overseas deployment
ALAMEDA, Calif.— The crew of an Alameda-based Coast Guard cutter returned to its homeport Friday after the cutter and its crew seized more than $188 million worth of illegal narcotics during four and...
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Eighth Coast Guard District changes command, Rear Adm. Kevin Cook retires
NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard Rear Adm. Kevin S. Cook transferred command of the 8th Coast Guard District to Rear Adm. David R. Callahan...
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Coast Guard medevacs man off sailboat 120 miles off Corpus Christi, Texas
A Coast Guard aircrew medevacs a 29-year-old man from a sailboat 120 miles off South Texas. U.S. Coast Guard photo. (Click image to view medevac video on DVIDShub.net) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A...
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Coast Guard holds dedication ceremony for new support facility
For higher resolution imagery, click on the thumbnails above. HONOLULU — Representatives from the 14th Coast Guard District, Coast Guard Base Honolulu and Mortenson Federal Contracting Group...
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