SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Cutter Alert, along with several Canadian and U.S. Navy vessels came together near the coast of Tofino, B.C., May 7 to participate in a multi-agency drill that will progress until May 18.
Trident Fury, an annual, collaborative training exercise designed by Canada’s Pacific Joint Task Force Headquarters (JTHP,) is a [...]
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U.S, Canadian forces unite for national security drill
Coast Guard and FBI Train Together
Coast Guard FBI Train Together
SAN PEDRO, Calif – The Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb conducted training with members of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Southwest region SWAT teams and Hostage Rescue Team yesterday in Los Angeles Harbor.
Approximately 60 FBI SWAT members spent the week receiving special weapons and tactics training with Coast Guard units [...]
Adm. Allen Statement on the Convention on the Law of the Sea
WASHINGTON – Adm. Thad Allen, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, issued the following statement yesterday reiterating long-standing Coast Guard support for joining the Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“Becoming a party to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea would greatly enhance our global position in maritime affairs. Because [...]
Missing fishermen found alive near Freeport, Texas
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard has rescued the two fishermen that went missing off the coast of Freeport, Texas, Wednesday morning.
Aaron Pilcher, one of the missing fishermen, was able to swim to the manned oil rig, Brazos A-52A, and with the help of the rig’s crew called Coast Guard Station Freeport at 3:42 a.m. [...]
COAST GUARD AUXILIARY HOSTS BLESSING OF THE FLEET **MEDIA AVAILABILITY**
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard Auxiliary, in conjunction with Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, in St. Petersburg, Fla., are scheduled to host the annual Blessing Of The Fleet on Saturday, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. on the east side of the St. Petersburg Pier.
Boats from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg and the [...]
Coast Guard aids sailing vessel taking on water
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard launched rescue crews this morning to assist the crew of a sailing vessel that was taking on water about two miles south of Cape May, N.J.
Crews aboard a motor lifeboat and a rescue helicopter were directed to launch after the master of the sailing vessel Kyan reported they [...]
U.S. Coast Guard — Military, Multi-Mission, and Maritime: Vietnam 1965-1973
HONOLULU — Recent U.S. Coast Guard Commandants have used the phrase “military, multi-mission, and maritime” to describe the essence of the service. Nowhere was this moniker better demonstrated than in the waters and steaming jungles of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. The Coast Guard was involved in many facets of the war [...]