 WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced July 16 that a small team of Japanese and U.S. specialists is visiting Attu Island, Alaska, in search of information which may lead them to remains of missing Japanese soldiers.
With support from the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife [...]
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Coast Guard Assists in Search for WWII Japanese MIA’s in Alaska
Coast Guard Establishes Deployable Operations Group
From MarineLink.com
The U.S. Coast Guard will stand-up the Deployable Operations Group during an establishment ceremony 7 p.m. Friday at Fort Lesley J. McNair. The Deployable Operations Group aligns all Coast Guard deployable, specialized forces under a single, unified command headed by a Rear Adm. Thomas F. Atkin. The command will provide organized, equipped, and trained [...]
Coast Guard Cleans Up The Sea
 SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea sits in dry-dock completely stripped of its bright red color while crew members and contractors conduct maintenance here July 11. The Polar Sea went into dry-dock at Todd’s Shipyard in early June 2007 and is not scheduled to leave until late August or early September. Highlights of [...]
Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing Scuba Diver
 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard, Puerto Rico Police and Puerto Rico Emergency Agency rescue crews continue to aggressively search for a scuba diver who went missing while on a recreational diving trip Saturday in waters near Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico.
Alfonso Santana Rivera, 36, a resident of Hato Rey is still missing since separating [...]
Coast Guard Rescues 3 Boaters Lost in the Fog
 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued two adults and a child today who reported they were lost in the fog near Little Egg Inlet while aboard their 24-foot pleasure craft this morning.
The Coast Guard received a call at 11:50 a.m. over marine radio requesting Coast Guard assistance. The three boaters had reportedly become [...]
Coast Guard rescues man near Galveston jetty
 HOUSTON – The Coast Guard rescued a 55-year-old Houston man from the Gulf of Mexico after his boat capsized near Galveston, Texas, this morning.
A Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston watchstander received a call at 8:40 a.m. from a boater transiting the ship channel. The boater reported a capsized boat and debris in the water including [...]