COAST GUARD PROVIDES SAFETY TIPS TO PADDLESPORT ENTHUSIASTS
NEW HAVEN, CT – The Coast Guard is reminding paddlesport enthusiasts to take precautions to ensure safe trips and increase survivability on the water. Paddlesports consisting of row boats, canoes,...
View ArticleCoast Guard permanently relieves officer in charge of Coast Guard Cutter Moray
BOSTON – The Coast Guard on Friday permanently relieved Senior Chief Petty Officer Christopher Bouchard as the officer in charge of the Coast Guard Cutter Moray, homeported in Jonesport, Maine.Rear...
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Coast Guard advises mariners to transit with extreme caution around Merrimack...
The Merrimack River North Jetty in Salisbury, Mass., and the South Jetty in Newburyport, Mass. are undergoing scheduled maintenance and repair through April 2016. For the safety of construction...
View ArticleCoast Guard, good Samaritans rescue boaters in Alaska
The Coast Guard and good Samaritans teamed up for several rescues throughout Alaska Friday through Monday.Local mariners came to the aid of a vessel in Pigot Bay near Whittier Friday and two vessels...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local agencies rescue injured windsurfer near Foster City
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard and local agencies rescued an injured windsurfer in distress near Foster City Tuesday evening. At 5:09 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received notification from...
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PHOTOS: Coast Guard holds change of command ceremony for commander of Great...
Click the images above to view and download the high-resolution versions. CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard held a change-of-command ceremony for its 9th District, which spans the five Great Lakes, the St....
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Coast Guard interdicts and seizes lancha after 30 mile chase
A Mexican lancha sits trailered at Coast Guard Station South Padre Island, Monday, after South Texas Coast Guard crew interdicted the lancha, 30 miles offshore. U.S. Coast Guard photo. CORPUS...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Healy holds change-of-command ceremony in...
Capt. Jason Hamilton (center), the oncoming commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Healy, and Capt. John Reeves (right), off going commanding officer of the Healy, inspect Healy crewmembers during a...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship in Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced an 85-year-old man from the cruise ship Grand Princess in Gastineau Channel Wednesday evening. The captain of the Grand Princess contacted Sector Juneau...
View ArticleCoast Guard cites Bellingham protesters, initiates civil penalties
SEATTLE — Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound investigating officers initiated civil penalties, Friday, against four individuals who entered an established safety-zone around a Shell-contracted vessel in...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs man from container vessel southeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman medevaced a crewmember from the DS Patriot, a 996-foot long...
View ArticleCoast Guard Academy selects new Chief Diversity Officer
NEW LONDON, Conn.—The Coast Guard Academy has announced that Dr. Aram deKoven has been selected as the Academy’s Chief Diversity Officer. In the Chief Diversity Officer role, deKoven will be charged...
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***IMAGERY RELEASE*** World War II Tuskegee Airman visits 1st Coast Guard...
Lt. Col. (ret.) Enoch Woodhouse, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airman from World War II, talks with 1st District Coast Guardsmen at the Captain John Foster Williams Coast Guard Building in...
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Coast Guard formally accepts fifth national security cutter
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Today, the Coast Guard formally accepted delivery of the fifth National Security Cutter, James, at a ceremony in Pascagoula, Mississippi. “Following much anticipation after the keel...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Eagle sails into Harborfest 2015
NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle arrived in Norfolk Friday for the 2015 Norfolk Harborfest. The Eagle will be open for public tours on the following schedule: Friday, June 5 from 2:30...
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard monitoring response to grounded barge near...
The barge DBL165-1 rests grounded in the mud of the Kongiganak River near Bethel, Alaska, June 4, 2015. Coast Guard personnel are monitoring response efforts to remove the barge from the mud. U.S....
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Coast Guard, partner agencies participate in Alternate Port exercise
Editor's note: For high resolution images, click on the icons above. HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and partner agencies participated in the Alternate Port Concept Full Scale Exercise at Joint...
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VIDEO: Coast Guardsmen make unique rescue in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Coast Guardsmen stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton from Alameda, Calif., free two sea turtles entangled in fishing line and makeshift buoys off the coast of Central America May 9, 2105....
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Coast Guard Station Brunswick hosts change of command ceremony
Editor's note: for high resolution images, click the thumbnails above. BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The crew of Coast Guard Station Brunswick hosted a change of command, Friday, in Brunswick. During the...
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Commander takes charge of Coast Guard units in South Texas
Capt. Richard "Tony" Hahn relieves Capt. Samuel Creech during a change-of-command ceremony aboard the USS Lexington. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick. CORPUS CHRISTI,...
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