NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The investigative arm of Congress will look at how the military and its academies deal with sexual assaults after allegations that such cases were not properly handled, officials said.
The investigation follows the first court-martial in the 130-year history of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. Cadet Webster Smith was acquitted [...]
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Congress to Investigate Sexual Assaults in the Military
Oil Recovery Efforts Continue in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. – The oil recovery process is still ongoing along U.S. Highway 90 and the state road 98 causeway, where a crude oil storage container leaked here Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007.
First responders have contained the leak and continue efforts to protect the environment.
As of noon today, 5,400 barrels of oil and [...]
21.71 Tons of Cocaine to be Offloaded in Mayport
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Military and Coast Guard officials will offload 43,420 pounds of cocaine from USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) Friday at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., from several Coast Guard and Navy drug seizures in the Pacific Ocean.
The drugs that are scheduled to be offloaded are from seven interdictions made in September, October, November [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Cessna Pilot
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard suspended its search at 4 p.m. today, for pilot Randy Crawford who disappeared Tuesday after his plane was downed in Cook Inlet. Crawford was on a flight from Kenai to Kokhanok.
The Cessna 207 airplane contacted the Kenai Flight Service Station reporting engine problems. Shortly after the report [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Disabled Fishing Vessel
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is towing a 78-foot fishing vessel to Gloucester, Mass. after the vessel became disabled and adrift approximately 82 miles northeast of Mount Desert Island, Maine.
The Coast Guard received a call from the Gloucester based 78-foot fishing vessel Michael and Kristen at 11:06 a.m. Tuesday, reporting that the vessel had five [...]
Old News: Drexel Hill man on vessel trapped in Antarctic
Happened across this and thought you might enjoy it.News of Delaware County – YESTERDAY’S Papers/facts and fancies 50 Years Ago, 1957
Drexel Hill man on vessel trapped in Antarctic
A Drexel Hill seaman was in the crew of an Operation Deep Freeze supply ship that brushed icy fingers with death last week after fighting its 7400 [...]
Coast GUardsmen Honored for Heroic Rescue
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Coast Guard will honor four of its members, Thursday at 10:00 a.m., in a ceremony at Coast Guard Station Oswego.
Rear Admiral John E. Crowley, Jr., commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, will present awards to the members for the August 15, 2006, rescue of a person in the water in [...]