SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search at 8 p.m. today for two men originally reported missing Tuesday, while on a recreational ride aboard an overdue personal watercraft in Aguadilla Bay.
Still missing are Pedro Cortez, 23, a resident of Moca and Ivan Blasquez, 29, a resident of Aguada, Puerto Rico.
Coast [...]
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Coast Guard Suspends Search for 2 Missing Men Off Puerto Rico
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Galveston
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard medevac a 54-year-old man from a fishing boat approximately five miles south of Galveston, Texas, today.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call at 3 p.m. from the captain of the fishing boat Stolt C, reporting that a crewmember needed immediately medical attention. The fisherman had been [...]
Coast Guard, Dairy Queen reward safe boaters
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Dairy Queen, state boating authorities, Coast Guard Auxiliary and marine law enforcement agencies from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana have teamed up for their sixth year to reward young boaters for safe behavior.
Coupons for free Dairy Queen ice-cream cones will be awarded to boaters 16 years old or younger [...]
U.S. Coast Guard Hosts Uruguayan Coast Guard Officers
New Haven, Conn. – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound hosted five Uruguayan Coast Guard officers Thursday at its command headquarters here.
The Uruguayan officers delegation was led by Capitan De Navio (rank abbreviated as C/N) Osvaldo Seveso Vidal who’s rank is equivalent to a U.S. Coast Guard Captain. The delegation visited Coast Guard Sector [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returns from 50-day North Atlantic patrol
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable is scheduled to return to the ship’s homeport of Cape May, N.J., Sunday following a 50-day North Atlantic patrol to conduct search and rescue, living marine resource preservation and homeland security operations.
Departing on April 21, the cutter crew began their patrol off the [...]
Keeping summer swimming safe: Raising rip current awareness
New York – When people think of the Coast Guard saving lives, the image that comes to mind is one of assisting boaters or merchant mariners in peril. Many times each year the Coast Guard also searches for swimmers swept out to sea by a threat that affects all swimmers: rip currents.
The United States [...]
RÃBAGO TAKES OVER DEEPWATER PROGRAM
WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Ronald J. Rábago relieved Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore today as the program executive officer of the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest recapitalization and modernization initiative, the $24 billion, 25-year Deepwater program.
Blore is slated to become the next assistant commandant for acquisition and chief acquisition officer of the Coast Guard. The shift [...]