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Protecting the children of those who guard the coast

Protecting the children of those who guard the coast

CAPE MAY, N.J. – Local Coast Guardsmen serve the Nation every day both locally and globally, but there’s a group of professionals who protect those Coast Guardsmen’s most precious possessions, their children, while they protect the coast. The 22-person staff of the Child Development Center aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May watches over more than 83 children daily while their parents do everything from drive ships to train recruits. While 90 percent of … Read entire article »

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Coast Guard and Crime Stoppers offer reward for finding false distress caller

Coast Guard and Crime Stoppers offer reward  for finding false distress caller

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard Investigative Service, in partnership with Crime Stoppers of Michigan, announces today that they are offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information leading to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for communicating a series of false distress calls to the Coast Guard. The series of false distress or “mayday” calls have been transmitted … Read entire article »

Coast Guard to hold groundbreaking ceremony at Ellington Field

Coast Guard to hold groundbreaking ceremony at Ellington Field

HOUSTON — Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston will host a groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility at Ellington Field, Tuesday. Sector Houston-Galveston is currently located at a 7-acre site on the Houston Ship Channel in Galena Park. A planning proposal completed in August 2008 recommended the relocation of the unit to Ellington Field. “The facility will be more efficient, provide better … Read entire article »

Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker

Coast Guard suspends search for missing kayaker

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing kayaker near Kalepolepo Beach Park, Maui at 6:18 p.m. Thursday. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary crews covered a total of 272 square miles during the search for 55-year-old Torry Durrell. “Our decision to suspend the search was not made easily,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Crystal Tassan Toffola, an … Read entire article »

Two corporations plead guilty to environmental crimes, fined $1.2 million each

Two corporations plead guilty to environmental crimes, fined $1.2 million each

BALTIMORE — Two corporations pleaded guilty Wednesday in separate hearings in Baltimore for their role in managing and owning a ship engaged in deliberate discharges of waste oil and plastic garbage. The companies were each sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marvin Garbis to pay $1.2 million and serve three years of probation during which they will be required to implement a … Read entire article »

Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn memorial service to be held Saturday

Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn memorial service to be held Saturday

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The public is invited to attend the 32nd anniversary memorial service of the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collision at 11 a.m., Saturday, at Blackthorn Memorial Park off Interstate 275. The Blackthorn sank after colliding with the tanker Capricorn near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Jan 28, 1980. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crewmembers lost their lives during … Read entire article »