Coast Guard court-martial to convene June 27 in Miami
Editor's Note: Click on image below for charge sheet. MIAMI — A Coast Guard Petty Officer charged with rape, wrongful sexual contact and adultery will face a court-martial in Miami Friday, June...
View ArticleCoast Guard, IDNR, Chicago Police Marine Unit participating in Operation Dry...
CHICAGO — The U.S. Coast Guard, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police, and the Chicago Police Department Marine Unit will be participating in Operation Dry Water 2014, a...
View ArticleNew leader for Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia
For more photos, see PATSFORWA Change of Command album on FlickR Additional media contact: Naval Support Activity Bahrain Public Affairs OfficePhone: 011-973-1785-4520Email:...
View ArticleVideo Release: Coast Guard, partners rescue missing boaters in Southeast Alaska
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lands on the shore of the Unuk River near Ketchikan, Alaska, and brings aboard two stranded boaters June 24, 2014. The Coast Guard worked with Ketchikan...
View ArticleCoast Guard’s National Security Cutter Waesche arrives in Hawaii for RIMPAC
Editors note: For a high resolution image click the image above. HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche arrived in Hawaii today, to participate in the 2014 Rim Of The Pacific, the largest...
View ArticleCoast Guard Base Portsmouth to conduct active shooter exercise
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Personnel at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth are scheduled to conduct an active shooter exercise Thursday beginning at 9 a.m. Coast Guard personnel will be conducting the exercise along...
View Article**Correction** 1st Coast Guard District to implement Operation Dry Water June...
BOSTON — The 1st Coast Guard District is scheduled to start Operation Dry Water from June 27-29th in the Northeast. The operation is intended to reduce the number of alcohol related accidents,...
View ArticleCoast Guard units kickoff Operation Dry Water
NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard units, parish marine units and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be increasing their presence on Louisiana waterways in support of Operation Dry Water,...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard presents the 2014 William M. Benkert Awards at API annual...
WASHINGTON — Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger presented the 2014 Rear Adm. William Benkert Awards at the American Petroleum Institute's annual tanker conference...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Coast Guard Air Station Savannah holds change of command ceremony
Click the images above to view and download the high resolution versions. SAVANNAH, Ga. — A change of command ceremony was held at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Thursday. Cmdr. Gregory Fuller,...
View ArticleTwo suspected smugglers detained after deadly migrant interdiction
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Two suspected smugglers are in custody after the Coast Guard rescued 19 Haitian migrants from the waters off Dominican Republic after a smuggling vessel capsized and left one...
View ArticleCoast Guard Air Station New Orleans transfers command
NEW ORLEANS — Cmdr. David Cooper relieved Cmdr. Michael Brandhuber as commander of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans in an official change-of-command ceremony, Thursday Cmdr. Michael...
View ArticleCoast Guard MEDEVACS boater from sailing vessel near St. Inigoes, Md.
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued a boater Thursday from a sailing vessel east of St. Inigoes. A crewmember on the sailboat contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore Command Center watchstanders at...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for 1 in Lake Pontchartrain
NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for one male in Lake Pontchatrain near South Shore Harbor Marina. Missing is Clyde Naquim. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans recieved...
View ArticleCoast Guard medevacs ailing man near Sitka, Alaska
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Matthew Reines and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Vaughn carry an ailing man from a skiff during a medevac 27 miles northwest of Sitka, Alaska, June 26, 2014. The man...
View ArticleNortheastern Ohio Coast Guard unit cites boaters for boating under the influence
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard and the Mentor–on-the-Lake, Ohio, police cited a boater for operating a boat under the influence of alcohol and cited another passenger on the boat for simple possession,...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay held change of...
Click the photos above to view and download the high resolution versions. NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE KINGS BAY, Ga. — Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay celebrated a change of command...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues 6 from boat taking on water near Rochester, New York
The Coast Guard rescued two adults and four children from a boat taking on water in the vicinity of the Genesee River in Rochester, New York, Friday afternoon. The names of the boaters are not being...
View ArticleMultimedia Release: Coast Guard Sector Columbia River holds change of command...
With a salute, Coast Guard Capt. Bruce Jones (left) passes his command of Sector Columbia River to Capt. Daniel Travers during the sector’s change of command ceremony held in Warrenton, Ore., June 27,...
View ArticleCoast Guard Cutter Rush holds change of command ceremony
Editor's note: For high resolution photos click on the thumbnail images above. HONOLULU — Capt. Aldante Vinciguerra relieved Capt. Diane Durham as the Coast Guard Cutter Rush commanding officer during...
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