*** MEDIA ADVISORY *** Coast Guard crews teach safety at local elementary school
Boston — A local Coast Guard crew will pay a visit to 125 kindergarten students Thursday to teach boating safety at the Garfield Elementary School in Revere, Massachusetts. WHO: Coast Guard search...
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Coast Guard tows disabled sailboat near Barnegat Light Inlet, NJ
PHILADELPHIA — A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Barnegat Light towed a disabled sailboat Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received notification through VHF Channel 16 of a...
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Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod provides medical transport during heavy weather
BOSTON - A Coast Guard aircrew transported a 67-year-old woman Tuesday from Nantucket Hospital to Cape Cod Hospital. Nantucket Hospital staff contacted watchstanders at the Coast Guard 1st District...
View ArticleCoast Guard to honor its first enlisted African-American woman
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled during a ceremony Thursday to name its headquarters-based training center in honor of the first African-American woman to enlist in the service. Dr....
View ArticleSearch underway for missing diver near Makaha Beach Park
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department are searching for a missing scuba diver near Makaha Beach Park, Oahu, Tuesday. Watchstanders at Sector Honolulu Command Center received...
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COAST GUARD MEDEVACS MAN FROM CRUISE SHIP IN JUNEAU, ALASKA
Petty Officer 3rd Class Landon Rector, a machinery technician at Coast Guard Station Juneau, helps Capital City Fire Rescue personnel transfer an ailing man from the station’s 45-foot Response Boat...
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Coast Guard rescues 4 from sunken vessel
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued four sports fishermen from a platform after their vessel sank about 41 miles east of Venice, Tuesday. Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard District...
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Coast Guard, partner agencies rescue ill mariner near Boston Light
BOSTON — The Coast Guard responded to a medical emergency on a fishing boat Tuesday one mile east of Boston Light. The master of the fishing vessel Enterprise contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard...
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**PHOTOS**Coast Guard Station Montauk crew holds change of command,...
NEW YORK — Crewmembers of Coast Guard Station Montauk held a change of command and retirement ceremony in Montauk, New York, Thursday. Capt. Edward J. Cubanski, commander, Coast Guard Sector Long...
View ArticleChicago woman sentenced for making hoax distress call in 2013
CHICAGO - A Chicago woman was sentenced in federal court Thursday for making a false distress call nearly two years ago which led to several agencies launching a dangerous search and rescue operation...
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***PHOTO RELEASE*** Coast Guard visits kindergarteners in Revere, Mass.,...
Coast Guard crewmembers visit Garfield Elementary school in Revere, Mass., Thursday, June 11, 2015. The crew demonstrated the equipment used in Coast Guard search and rescue missions, and discussed...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search continues for missing diver near Makaha Beach Park
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department continue the search for a missing scuba diver near Makaha Beach Park, Oahu, Thursday. Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake, an 87-foot coastal patrol...
View ArticleCoast Guard scheduled to offload approximately $13.7 million of cocaine and...
Editor's note: Media wishing to cover the offload must RSVP with the Coast Guard 7th District public affairs office at 786-367-7649. Media must arrive no later than 7:30 a.m. at Coast Guard Base Miami...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard monitors salvage of vessel north of Little Creek
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard monitored the salvage of the sunken 48-foot sports fisher Bigbi Thursday, two miles north of Little Creek. The Bigbi sank at approximately 5:40 a.m., Saturday. The...
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**Photos Available** Coast Guard offloads approximately $13.7 million of...
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant offload bales of seized marijuana at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida, June 12.This interdiction was carried out as part of Operation Martillo,...
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Coast Guard to establish regulated area for The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim...
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is scheduled to establish a temporary regulated area Sunday in designated waters in the Chesapeake Bay near Kent Island, Maryland for The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim. The...
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Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger 40 miles east of Cape Ann
BOSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing woman from a cruise ship Friday approximately 40 miles east of Cape Ann. A crewmember from the cruise ship Norwegian Gem contacted watchstanders at the 1st...
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**Video Available** Coast Guard rescues man missing in Bahamas
Editor's note: Click on image below for video An aircrew with Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, rescues a man in the vicinity of Lake Rosa, Bahamas, June 12, 2015. The man was reported...
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Nation's 13th busiest port receives new Coast Guard commander
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles. LAKE CHARLES, La. — The thirteenth busiest port by tonnage received a new commanding officer Thursday at the Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard crew, family members, clean up Shackleford Banks
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Elm participated in a beach cleanup, June 12, at Shackleford Banks, North Carolina. 15 crewmembers, two family members and a National Park...
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