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Video Release: Coast Guard rescues stranded hiker near Juneau, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoist a 31-year-old stranded hiker from Thunder Mountain near Juneau, Alaska, May 14, 2015. After notifying 911 by cellphone, the...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Munro holds change of command ceremony in...
Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, Capt. Jeff Thomas and Capt. Samuel R. Jordan salute during the national anthem at the start of Coast Guard Cutter Munro's change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Base...
View ArticleCoast Guard New York kicks off National Safe Boating Week 2015
NEW YORK - The Coast Guard, along with the National Safe Boating Council, is encouraging boaters to take part in National Safe Boating Week, May 16 - 22, 2015. The theme for National Safe Boating Week...
View ArticleUS Coast Guard to release boating safety app
WASHINGTON — 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...
View ArticleCoast Guard scheduled to temporarily discontinue navigation aids at Hatteras...
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard Sector North Carolina is scheduled to temporarily discontinue numerous navigation aids Thursday in the vicinity of Hatteras Inlet due to shoaling.Recent hydrographic...
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*** VIDEO *** Boating Safety: There's an app for that!
BOSTON — The United States Coast Guard has just released its first boating safety mobile phone app as part of the kickoff of National Safe Boating Week 2015, which runs today through through Friday....
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Great Lakes Coast Guard kicks off National Safe Boating Week, stresses...
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Nekoloff, a boatswains mate at Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, shares a story about life jacket safety, May 4, 2015. The Coast Guard is sharing boating safety...
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Great Lakes Coast Guard kicks off National Safe Boating Week, stresses...
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Nekoloff, a boatswains mate at Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, shares a story about life jacket safety, May 4, 2015. The Coast Guard is sharing boating safety...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches off South Jersey for missing boater
PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard is searching off South Jersey for a 75-year-old missing boater Saturday. The man was reportedly fishing approximately 17 miles east of Barnegat Light, New Jersey. The...
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**Photo Release** Coast Guard pays tribute to WWII veterans
Coast Guard 7th District commander, Rear Adm. Scott Buschman, delivers his remarks during a ceremony honoring WWII veterans in Miami, May 16, 2015. The event included a veteran who was the commanding...
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FEATURE STORY: Volunteer for life
Military service is often connected to volunteerism, and the nation’s smallest armed service, the U.S. Coast Guard, relies on an even smaller subset of volunteers known as the Coast Guard Auxiliary....
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UPDATE: Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger
Editor's note: for high resolution photos and video, click the thumbnails above. CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a cruise ship passenger Saturday approximately 45 miles off the...
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla. hosts annual safe...
To view video of CG Application and open house, please click here. St. Petersburg, Fla.— Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg crewmembers hosted an open house for the community, and launched a new Coast...
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UPDATE: Coast Guard helicopter crew medevacs boater
Editor's note: for high resolution video, click the thumbnail above. CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a recreational vessel Saturday approximately 44 miles off the coast of...
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Coast Guard launches official mobile app
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands − The Coast Guard launched its new official boating safety mobile app Saturday on the Apple and Google Play online stores. The Coast Guard Mobile App is free and may...
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Coast Guardsmen holds open house, kick of National Safe Boating Week in Fort...
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. ─ Members from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach held their annual open house for the community, Saturday and Sunday. The open house kicked off National Safe Boating Week and...
View ArticleCoast Guard crew rescues 6 adults, 3 children near Cape Coral Bridge
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Coast Guard crew rescued six adults and three children from a 25-foot recreational boat taking on water in the vicinity of the Cape Coral Bridge, Sunday. A member of Seatow Fort...
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National Safe Boating Week continues, Coast Guard stresses importance of free...
Dr. Joe Sopko, a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, explains what the Coast Guard Auxiliary is and does, May 15, 2015. There are 3,200 auxiliary members serving in the Great Lakes region and they...
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National Safe Boating Week continues, Coast Guard stresses importance of free...
Dr. Joe Sopko, a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, explains what the Coast Guard Auxiliary is and does, May 15, 2015. There are 3,200 auxiliary members serving in the Great Lakes region and they...
View ArticleCoast Guard Sector St. Petersburg experiencing VHF-FM outage, urges mariners...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard is experiencing a Rescue 21 outage due to equipment failure from the Florida Panhandle to Everglades City, Florida, and encourages the boating public to exercise...
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