McKinleyville, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 17-year-old-male yesterday evening from the Humboldt County Forest.
Group Air Station Humboldt Bay received a call from the Blue Lake Fire Department requesting helicopter assistance to hoist an individual who had been involved in a 35 mile-per-hour head-on collision while engaged in riding his four wheeler just [...]
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Coast Guard Medevacs Injured ATV Rider
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans change-of-command and retirement ceremony
NEW ORLEANS- Coast Guard Sector New Orleans is scheduled to host a change-of-command ceremony for the commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, Friday at 10 a.m.
During the change-of-command ceremony, Capt. Lincoln Stroh will assume the responsibilities of Commander Coast Guard Sector New Orleans from Capt. Frank Paskewich. Rear Adm. Joel R. Whitehead, the Eighth [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma Change of Command Scheduled
Kittery, Maine – Cmdr. Keith A. Willis will relieve Cmdr. Gregory P. Hitchen as Commanding Officer of the cutter Tahoma in a change of command ceremony scheduled for May 31st in Kittery, Maine.
The change of command is a time-honored ceremony that formally restates the continuity of the commanding officer’s authority and represents a total transfer [...]
Coast Guard Re-Establishes Storm Flag Program; Media Availability Friday
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The U.S. Coast Guard is re-establishing a Coastal Warning Display program at selected Coast Guard small boat stations throughout the country to warn the public of approaching storm conditions.
Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach, Virginia will demonstrate the use of Coastal Warning Display flags to warn mariners of approaching storm conditions at 10:30 [...]