JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Mayport, Fla., personnel medically evacuated a 74 year-old man with heart attack like symptoms from the Carnival cruise ship Celebration Saturday evening.
Wendell Muse, residence unknown, was suffering from chest pains Saturday evening shortly after the Celebration departed Jacksonville. The Celebration then immediately contacted the Coast Guard and requested assistance [...]
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Station Mayport Medevacs Cruise Ship Passenger
CGNewsTip: Icebreaker Crashes Up, Down Penobscot
ABOARD THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER TACKLE — The boat’s engine chugged to life beneath the frigid water, breaking the morning silence and sending ripples along the waterway.
“I think I can speak for everyone when I say this is pretty fun. There aren’t many jobs in the Coast Guard where you get to [...]
Coast Guard Conducts Multiple Ice Rescues
SAGINAW BAY, Mich. — The Coast Guard hoisted two people from the ice in Saginaw Bay at approximately 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
A Coast Guard Station Saginaw River airboat and a Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescue helicopter were launched to locate and assist a 50-year-old male and a 29-year-old male.
Once on scene, the Air [...]
Taking a Coast Guard Mission To New Heights
By PA1 John Edwards
A helicopter, flying low and fast over the nation’s capital, changes its direction with surgical precision. The crew aboard scan’s the skies for their target. They are in pursuit of an aircraft that has entered the restricted airspace over Washington, D.C. Their mission: interception.
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Today in Coast Guard History – February 25th
1799- President Adams authorized by Congress to place revenue cutters in the naval establishment.
1825- Congress empowered the Revenue Marine to enforce state quarantine laws.
1942- Wartime port security delegated to Coast Guard by Executive Order 9074.
2001- The tugboat Swift sank after colliding with the freighter A.V. Kastner on the Elk River in the upper Chesapeake Bay. [...]