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Coast Guard, DEP conclude cleanup operations at Tarpon Springs, Fla., sponge docks
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard and the Department of Environmental Protection concluded the pollution cleanup Wednesday from a boat that caught fire near the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs, May 14. During the eight-day clean-up process, SWS Environmental Services collected approximately four tons of soiled debris and 6,213 gallons of water, diesel mix from the area surrounding the vessel Skye Marie. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg’s Aids to Navigation Team tagged the vessel with a lit red buoy … Read entire article »
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Coast Guardsman makes a bump on the All-Navy Volleyball Team
By Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Boehland ALAMEDA, Calif. – Kerry Karwan loves volleyball. She keeps one close to … Read more »
Search and rescue tech. Oceania
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler A human silhouette is outlined by the light of a … Read more »
Coast Guard sentinels to continue Hawaiian watch despite challenges to keep them operating
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Soto Honolulu – atchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu are called to … Read more »
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Coast Guard responds to small plane crash near Kodiak
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew responded to small plane crash near Kodiak Friday evening. The Coast Guard receivced notification from Kodiak Police and Fire Department … Read more »
U.S., Canadian agencies interdict Canadian-flagged fishing vessel in U.S. waters
CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard personnel, working with members of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, interdicted a Canadian commercial fishing vessel allegedly fishing illegally on … Read more »
Coast Guard, Maui rescue crews search for missing snorkeler
HONOLULU- U.S. Coast Guard and Maui Fire Department crews are searching for a snorkeler who went missing in the vicinity of the Aston Kaanapali resort on Maui Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Rescue crews … Read more »
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Great Lakes Coast Guard helicopter crews to begin operations at seasonal air facilities in Michigan, Illinois
CLEVELAND — Coast Guardsmen assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Mt. Clemons, Mich., and Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich., are scheduled to begin operations Friday at their seasonal air facilities in Muskegon, Mich., and Waukegan, Ill. Every year, crews man the AirFacs in order to provide increased search-and-rescue capabilities and faster response times to Lake Michigan during … Read entire article »
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City helicopter crew medevacs man from oil tanker off Ocean City, Md
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 47-year-old man from a Greece-flagged oil tanker Thursday approximately 60 miles east of Ocean City, Md. Personnel aboard the 500-foot tanker, Hellas Endurance, contacted Coast Guard watchstanders at approximately 6:50 a.m. reporting a crewmember suffered a head injury and was in need of immediate medical attention. Watchstanders dispatched an aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air … Read entire article »
Coast Guard urges swimmers to take safety precautions
CLEVELAND — In conjunction with National Safe Boating Week, which began Saturday, the Coast Guard encourages swimmers to take a few simple safety precautions before and while swimming to ensure their safety. Click here to read an informative blog post about rip currents, including how to escape one or help someone caught in one. Drowning is the fifth leading cause of accidental death in … Read entire article »
Coast Guard repatriates 7 Cuban migrants
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Flores repatriated seven Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received a report from a good Samaritan of a rustic vessel taking on water east of Card Sound, Fla., May 18. Coast Guard Air Station Miami launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and Coast Guard Station Islamorada launched a … Read entire article »
Spending Cuts Devastate Cocaine Interdiction, Admiral Says
By Jim Garamone WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 – Sequestration spending cuts are letting 38 more metric tons of cocaine into the United States, the director of the Joint Interagency Task Force South said here today. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Charles D. Michel told the Defense Writers Group that sequestration is devastating his cocaine interdiction effort. Michel’s task force targets cocaine — an $85 … Read entire article »
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