UPDATE: Search continues for missing boater, Lucky Dog towed to Oceanside
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Coast Guard crews continue to search from Oceanside to La Jolla for the 53-year-old Oceanside man who went missing Monday. The Coast Guard issued an Urgent Marine Information...
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Coast Guard Academy Class of 2013 graduates stand during their commencement ceremony in New London, Conn., May 22, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden gave the commencement speech to the 227 new leaders of...
View ArticleWoman dead following boating accident near Georgetown, S.C.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard boat and air crews responded following a deadly boating accident in Winyah Bay near Georgetown, S.C., Tuesday afternoon. Dead is Delores M. Jones, 66. A boatcrew from...
View ArticleNews Release: Coast Guard recovers woman from water near Bainbridge Island,...
WARRENTON, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a woman from the water near Bainbridge Island, Wash., Tuesday, after she reportedly jumped from the Washington State Ferry Wenatchee at approximately...
View ArticlePHOTOs: Great Lakes Coast Guardsmen participate in Battle of Lake Erie...
The U.S. Brig Niagara, homeported in Erie, Pa., sits moored alongside Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay, homeported in St. Ignace, Mich., near Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial in...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Navy to conduct joint exercise in St. Marys River Thursday
KINGS BAY, Ga. — The Coast Guard and Navy will be conducting a joint exercise in the St. Marys River at the Florida-Georgia border Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. to test the Coast Guard's ability to...
View ArticleCoast Guard conducts non-maritime medevac off of Mackinac Island
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of an ill 66-year-old man off of Mackinac Island, Mich., early Wednesday morning. The man's name will not be released by the Coast Guard, and there is...
View ArticleAmerica’s Tall Ship to visit Portsmouth, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to arrive in Portsmouth Friday, at 10 a.m. as part of their 2013 officer candidate training deployment. The Eagle will be moored at 100...
View ArticleCoast Guard holds 9/11 observance ceremony
NEW YORK – Capt. Gordon Loebl, commander, Coast Guard Sector New York, in Staten Island, N.Y., gave remarks on the significant role of the Coast Guard during a 9/11 observance ceremony, held at Fort...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard announces release of Propeller Guard Test Procedure report
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard's Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety Wednesday announced the release of the Propeller Guard Test Procedure report, intended for use by developers of propeller...
View ArticleImagery available: Coast Guard, partners complete Arctic oil recovery exercise
BEAUFORT SEA — Members of the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, under the guidance of the Coast Guard’s recently released Arctic Strategy, worked with partner federal agencies...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues three people
Editor's note: For high resolution images click the thumbnails above. CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three people from a capsized commercial fishing vessel Wednesday, in the vicinity of...
View Article1 rescued, 1 recovered after Coast Guard and local authorities respond to...
BALTIMORE — An 18-year-old male was rescued and another 18-year-old was recovered deceased Wednesday after the two jumped off the Senator Malkus Jr. Bridge into the Choptank River near Cambridge. A...
View ArticleCoast Guard repatriates 66 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark repatriated 66 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Friday. This repatriation was a result of four separate migrant interdiction...
View ArticleCoast Guard scheduled to participate in multi-agency training in the Florida...
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is scheduled to facilitate a multiagency homeland-security-related incident exercise in Key West, Fla., Monday. The homeland security exercise is based on the Area Maritime...
View ArticlePHOTOs: Coast Guard Station Marblehead accepts new, more capable response boat
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, get underway in Lake Erie, in the station's new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium on Sept. 12, 2013. The RB-M can respond faster than previous boats...
View ArticleUPDATE: Waterway remains closed, Coast Guard continues to assist Brevard...
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – Coast Guardsmen are continuing to provide a safety zone for Brevard County Sheriff’s Office divers in the Canaveral Barge Canal in Merritt Island, Fla., Friday, but are no...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Coast Guard, others host commercial fishing safety course in...
Curt Farrell (left), course instructor and commercial fishing vessel safety coordinator for Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland, Ore., and his class look on as Jon Hinman, course student and...
View Article**MULTIMEDIA RELEASE** Coast Guard offloads 6,000 pounds of marijuana in Key...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Click on thumbnails for high resolution photos and video. KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis offloaded more than 6,000 pounds of marijuana at Coast Guard...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman convicted in court martial
SEATTLE — A Coast Guardsman convicted of making false official statements, conducting the indecent act of making visual material of another person without their consent, possession and attempted...
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