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Coast Guard News

April 1, 2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, a 100-foot inland buoy tender home-ported in Portland, Ore., stands wearing their service dress blue uniforms in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 3, 2013.  The master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, to raise awareness of sexual assault awareness month, requested that all chief petty officers wear their service dress blue uniforms and the Bluebell's crew took the initiative to each wear it.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Caleb Porter.... [Read More]
April 1, 2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell, a 100-foot inland buoy tender home-ported in Portland, Ore., stands wearing their service dress blue uniforms in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 3, 2013.  The master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, to raise awareness of sexual assault awareness month, requested that all chief petty officers wear their service dress blue uniforms and the Bluebell's crew took the initiative to each wear it.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Caleb Porter.... [Read More]
March 31, 2015
RACCOON KEY, S.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted two boaters Tuesday 11 miles southeast of Raccoon Key, from a capsized vessel. The boaters, a man and a woman, were reported to be in good condition with no medical concerns.... [Read More]
March 31, 2015
NEW VIDEOCoast Guard search and rescue crews rescued nine crewmembers from the Canadian Tall Ship Liana's Ransom 58 miles east of Gloucester, Monday, March 30, 2015. Read full story HERE. ... [Read More]
March 31, 2015
WASHINGTON — Vice Adm. Peter V. Neffenger, vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, presents an award March 31, 2015, to combat correspondent Joseph Galloway at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., for his participation in the 2015 Coast Guard Salute to Vietnam Veterans. Galloway, who is well-known for his book "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam," spoke at the event that hosted 26 Vietnam War veterans and several hundred headquarters staff.  ... [Read More]
March 31, 2015
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Guam Fire Department and Naval Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two-Five rescued a distressed swimmer offshore from Pagat Caves, Guam, Sunday.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Guam offered assistance after hearing communications between Guam Fire Rescue and dispatch regarding a distressed swimmer near Pagat Caves.... [Read More]
March 30, 2015
  BOSTON — Coast Guard search and rescue crews from Station Gloucester, Air Station Cape Cod and the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke rescued nine crewmembers from the Canadian tall ship Liana's Ransom 58 miles east of Gloucester, Monday.  Watchstanders at the Sector Boston Command Center received notification at 12:35 a.m. that the vessel's engines were disabled and its sails were wrapped around the mast.  ... [Read More]
March 30, 2015
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Atlantic Area is scheduled to convene a general court-martial at Sector Key West in Key West, Florida Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2015 for a Coast Guardsman accused of sexual assault.Petty Officer 3rd Class Edwin R. Angulo, 26, is accused of the following violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice:... [Read More]
March 30, 2015
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced a mariner experiencing abdominal complications from the fishing vessel U.S. Intrepid 30 miles south of Cold Bay Sunday. The helicopter crew safely hoisted the 19-year-old man and transported him to Cold Bay, where an Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew landed to transfer him to a higher level of care in Kodiak.... [Read More]
March 30, 2015
BOSTON - The Coast Guard located the body of a missing fisherman about 37 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts at approximately 1 a.m., Monday. The crew of the fishing vessel Hear No Evil, homeported in New Bedford, Massachusetts, recovered the body and positively identified the missing crewman. Initially, at about 8:30 p.m., Sunday, the crew of the Hear No Evil notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England via VHF radio channel 16 that the 54-year-old man fell overboard. It was reported he was not wearing a life jacket.... [Read More]
March 30, 2015
Story and photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala "I’ll give you the clothes off my back.” It is a saying of generosity and altruism, but for one woman, it has a different meaning.... [Read More]
March 30, 2015
      Editor's note: For high resolution images, click on the thumbnail icons above. HONOLULU – The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help in identifying the owner of an adrift kayak located approximately 12 miles southwest of La’au Point, Molokai, Sunday.... [Read More]
March 29, 2015
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water approximately 35 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Sunday. At about 8:30 p.m., the crew of the 85-foot scalloping vessel Hear No Evil notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England via VHF channel 16 that a 54-year-old male was missing from the vessel and may have fallen overboard.... [Read More]
March 29, 2015
MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Coast Guard and Marquette Fire and Sheriff’s Departments assisted three people back to shore after their small fishing boat became stuck in an ice floe about 700 yards off the breakwall near the entrance to the Dead River, Saturday night. There is no Coast Guard imagery and names of the individuals who were rescued are not being released.... [Read More]
March 28, 2015
Helicopter video of a man with heart attack symptoms being medevaced from an offshore supply vessel near Galveston. U.S. Coast Guard video. HOUSTON — A Coast Guard Air Station Houston aircrew flew about 5 miles off Galveston to medevac a 49-year-old man suffering from heart attack symptoms Saturday morning.... [Read More]
March 28, 2015
Lt. Ginny R. Nadolny, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo, stands at the stern of the cutter Mayo before its commissioning on March 28, 2015 at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West. Fla. Isaac Mayo was a volunteer for the U.S. Life Saving Service who, in the spring of 1879, displayed extraordinary character during his heroic rescue of the crew of a schooner during a raging snowstorm that blanketed the shores of the Northeastern United States.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Marilyn Fajardo. ... [Read More]
March 28, 2015
  Editor's note: For high resolution image, click on the thumbnail icon above. HONOLULU – Petty Officer 1st Class Alfred C. Jurison III was recognized as the 2014 reserve enlisted person of the year during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Friday.... [Read More]
March 28, 2015
  Editor's note: For high resolution image, click on the thumbnail icon above. HONOLULU – Petty Officer 1st Class Charles B. Palmer was recognized as the 2014 active-duty enlisted person of the year for the 14th Coast Guard District during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Friday.... [Read More]
March 28, 2015
EDITOR'S NOTE: Media interested in attending the commissioning ceremony are required to RSVP with Lt. j.g. Peter Bermont at Coast Guard Sector Key West at 516-498-7705.  Media must arrive no later than 10 a.m., and bring valid government-issued identification to be granted access to Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla. Interviews will be available following commissioning ceremony. Media will not be allowed inside unless RSVP'd.... [Read More]
March 28, 2015
The Coast Guard established a temporary regulated navigation area Saturday for the navigable waters surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in North Carolina. Vessels with a draft greater than two feet are not allowed within 100 yards of the Bonner Bridge until further notice. The Army Corps of Engineers plans to deploy a dredge to address the shoaling within the week.... [Read More]

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