Coast Guard News
November 25, 2015
Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett offload an estimated 2,400 pounds of marijuana Nov. 16, 2015.
Coast Guard crews, along with partner agencies, recovered the marijuana jettisoned from a panga vessel approximately 200 miles off the U.S. and Mexico border in international waters Nov. 5, 2015.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sondra-Kay Kneen.... [Read More]
November 25, 2015
Seaman Ashleigh Wilson, a boatcrew member at Aids to Navigation Team Baltimore, holds a personal emergency position indicating radio beacon on a pier located in Curtis Bay, Md., Dec. 9, 2010.
Crewmembers at ANT Baltimore carry PEPIRBs while servicing aids throughout the upper Chesapeake Bay.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Brazzell)... [Read More]
November 25, 2015
BOSTON — Coast Guard members from Station Point Allerton and Station Boston participated in firearms training at a range on Joint Base Cape Cod, Tuesday. Members trained with a variety of weapons. Coast Guard law enforcement crews are required to complete these courses every six months to maintain the ability to safely handle the weapons. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)
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November 25, 2015
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Recruits from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May are scheduled to spend Thanksgiving with residents of South Jersey, Thursday, as part of Operation Fireside.
Approximately 100 host families have volunteered to open their homes to the service’s newest volunteers this Thanksgiving in the Red Cross’ 35th annual Operation Fireside program. Approximately 350 recruits will get the opportunity to spend the day with the family, eat a home-cooked meal and relax.... [Read More]
November 25, 2015
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Recruits from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May are scheduled to spend Thanksgiving with residents of South Jersey, Thursday, as part of Operation Fireside.
Approximately 100 host families have volunteered to open their homes to the service’s newest volunteers this Thanksgiving in the Red Cross’ 35th annual Operation Fireside program. Approximately 350 recruits will get the opportunity to spend the day with the family, eat a home-cooked meal and relax.... [Read More]
November 25, 2015
Release Date: Friday, Nov. 25, 2015
South Jersey Community,
Thank you for your continued support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s recruit regiment this holiday season. Dozens of families and organizations will open their homes to approximately 350 of our nation’s most junior military members. The staff here will not forget this commitment to our service, and the recruits who are being hosted will especially not forget it. ... [Read More]
November 25, 2015
Release Date: Friday, Nov. 25, 2015
South Jersey Community,
Thank you for your continued support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s recruit regiment this holiday season. Dozens of families and organizations will open their homes to approximately 350 of our nation’s most junior military members. The staff here will not forget this commitment to our service, and the recruits who are being hosted will especially not forget it. ... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. The crew of an Alameda-based Coast Guard Cutter returned home today after completing a 104-day multi-mission deployment in which they seized over $455 million worth of illegal narcotics.... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. The crew of an Alameda-based Coast Guard Cutter returned home today after completing a 104-day multi-mission deployment in which they seized over $455 million worth of illegal narcotics.... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 70-year-old man who fell from a 30-foot cliff near Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday.
The Jayhawk crew transferred the injured man to awaiting emergency medical service personnel in Juneau.
Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders received a call from the Juneau Police Department reporting that a man had sustained a head injury after falling off of a cliff in the vicinity of Funter Bay, approximately 200-yards from the state dock, and requested assistance.... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 70-year-old man who fell from a 30-foot cliff near Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday.
The Jayhawk crew transferred the injured man to awaiting emergency medical service personnel in Juneau.
Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders received a call from the Juneau Police Department reporting that a man had sustained a head injury after falling off of a cliff in the vicinity of Funter Bay, approximately 200-yards from the state dock, and requested assistance.... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
A T&T Salvage Inc. diver, wearing a positive pressure dive suit, secures from dive operations during the Argo Response in Lake Erie, Nov. 21, 2015.
Divers conducting operations during the Argo Response are required to wear specialized dive suits designed for the utmost safety to the diver while ensuring flexibility, ease of decontamination, and chemical resistance.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Kurt Kollar, Ohio EPA.... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
A T&T Salvage Inc. diver, wearing a positive pressure dive suit, secures from dive operations during the Argo Response in Lake Erie, Nov. 21, 2015.
Divers conducting operations during the Argo Response are required to wear specialized dive suits designed for the utmost safety to the diver while ensuring flexibility, ease of decontamination, and chemical resistance.
U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Kurt Kollar, Ohio EPA.... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard is urging boaters, fishermen, divers and beachgoers to exercise caution in and around the waters along the Northern and Central California coast due to forecasted colder temperatures, strong winds, precipitation and king tides Monday evening through Wednesday.The first set of extreme high tides, or king tides, are anticipated to impact all beaches and coastal areas in Central and Northern California on Tuesday morning.... [Read More]
November 24, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard is urging boaters, fishermen, divers and beachgoers to exercise caution in and around the waters along the Northern and Central California coast due to forecasted colder temperatures, strong winds, precipitation and king tides Monday evening through Wednesday.The first set of extreme high tides, or king tides, are anticipated to impact all beaches and coastal areas in Central and Northern California on Tuesday morning.... [Read More]
November 23, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan Hall and Ensign Peter Driscoll.... [Read More]
November 23, 2015
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan Hall and Ensign Peter Driscoll.... [Read More]
November 23, 2015
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday for a 23-year-old man who entered the water in Half Moon Cove, near Quoddy Maine, shortly after noon on Sunday.The search for the man, Majik Francis of Pleasant Point, included Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat crews from Station Eastport, a HC-144 fixed wing aircraft, and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod, Mass. Coast Guard crews searched for nearly 24 hours and covered 193 square miles.Coast Guard crews, assisted by partner agencies searched by air and sea.... [Read More]
November 23, 2015
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday for a 23-year-old man who entered the water in Half Moon Cove, near Quoddy Maine, shortly after noon on Sunday.The search for the man, Majik Francis of Pleasant Point, included Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat crews from Station Eastport, a HC-144 fixed wing aircraft, and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod, Mass. Coast Guard crews searched for nearly 24 hours and covered 193 square miles.Coast Guard crews, assisted by partner agencies searched by air and sea.... [Read More]
November 23, 2015
Courtesy photo.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help identifying the owner of a kayak found adrift 100 yards west of Mokolea Rock, Oahu, Sunday.
The two-person kayak is 10 to 12 feet long with red coloring on the inside and yellow-orange on the exterior.
Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the kayak is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600.... [Read More]