Media Advisory: Coast Guard North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center...
KODIAK, Alaska — Lt. Steve Hulse will relieve Lt. Conor Sullivan as commanding officer of the Coast Guard North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center during a formal ceremony aboard the unit at...
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Coast Guard Cutter Valiant to return to Mayport following 30-day patrol
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The 80-member crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported at Naval Station Mayport, will return home Wednesday after completing a...
View ArticleSearch underway for snorkeler off Maui
HONOLULU - The Coast Guard is searching for a snorkeler who went missing near Molokini Tuesday evening. Coast Guard watchstanders in the Sector Honolulu Command Center were notified of the situation...
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Photo Release: Offloading, cleaning of BBC Arizona cargo begins
North Star Terminal and Stevedore Company personnel offload leaking containers from the BBC Arizona into a decontamination area in Valdez, Alaska, June 10, 2013. Once offloaded, containers will be...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Military members open new ANSO chapter in St. Petersburg, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard members opened a new Association of Naval Services Officers chapter during an official inauguration cermony at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Tuesday. Lt.j.g...
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FEATURE STORY: Women in the Coast Guard - Standing the watch in heels since 1915
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Laughlin, 9th Coast Guard District External Affairs Division Coast Guard seamen Brooke Sauers, Nikura Walls and Sierra Heald pose for a picture at Coast Guard...
View ArticleVIDEO available: U.S. Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman off Mexican coast
For video click HERE SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated an 80-year-old fisherman from a San Diego-based commercial sport fishing vessel after he fell and suffered multiple injuries...
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg holds change of command
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg crewmembers held a change of command ceremony at the Mahaffey Theater, Wednesday. Capt. Gregory D. Case relieved Capt. Sheryl L. Dickinson as...
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**PHOTO RELEASE** Sector Jacksonville commander presents Public Service...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Coast Guard Capt. Tom Allan (right), commander of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, presents Nicole Robertson (left) of the Jacksonville Marine Transportation Exchange with a Coast...
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Multimedia Release: BBC Arizona cleanup underway in Valdez
Editor's note: Click image for link to download site. Cleanup efforts continue in Valdez, Alaska, as responders offload, inspect and decontaminate containers of mineral oil from aboard the vessel...
View ArticleCoast Guard completes marine investigation in Dutch Harbor, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard investigators finished a one month investigation into the operation of the cargo vessel Bangkok Bridge in Dutch Harbor Wednesday. Two Coast Guard investigators, one...
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Photo Release: Coast Guard awards Gold Life Saving Medals to Tuxedni crew in...
Crew members of the 109-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Tuxedni display their Gold Life Saving Medal certificates presented by the Coast Guard at the Billiken Theater on Coast Guard Base Kodiak June...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search continues for missing snorkeler off Maui
HONOLULU - The Coast Guard continues the search for a snorkeler who went missing near Molokini Crater Tuesday evening. The 56-year-old man, Paul Blackburn from Illinois, was snorkeling near Molokini...
View ArticleCaptain pleads guilty, company pleads no contest in fatal parasailing accident
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — The United States Coast Guard and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that the captain of a vessel that was involved in a...
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**PHOTO RELEASE** Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback relocates to Sector...
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. - The Coast Guard Cutter Diamondback and 12-person crew arrived at Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville in Atlantic Beach Thursday morning, officially shifting the cutter's homeport...
View ArticleNews Release, Audio Available: Coast Guard Sector Columbia River responds to...
ASTORIA, Ore. — Coast Guard Sector Columbia River responded to five recent suspected hoax distress calls made from April 28 - June 1, 2013 near Portland, Ore. and Longview, Wash. Sector Columbia River...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 18 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sawfish repatriated 18 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Monday. On June 5, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received a...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 38 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke repatriated 38 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday. This repatriation was a result of two migrant interdiction cases....
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Coast Guard assists disabled vessel north of Haiti
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Northland assist the Haitian crew aboard the fishing vessel Hunter after losing power northwest of Haiti, June 11, 2013. The crew of the Northland safely...
View ArticleSociety of African-American Professionals host 7th Annual Male Teen Summit at...
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Society of African-American Professionals is scheduled to host the 7th Annual Male Teen Summit from June 20-23 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Teen Summit is designed for...
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