by Ens. Jeff West
HONOLULU — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter and crew recently helped the National Weather Service (NWS) restore a critical tool used to forecast incoming surf and weather around the Hawaiian Islands.
The Coast Guard Cutter Kukui, home ported in Honolulu, recently re-positioned NOAA Weather Buoy 51003 on scene about 205 nautical miles southwest [...]
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Coast Guard Helps Reposition Weather Buoy
Coast Guard responds to tow boat fire on Mississippi
PADUCAH, Ky. – The Coast Guard coordinated efforts along with the Fulton County Emergency Management Agency in Ky., and the Mississippi County Emergency Management Agency in Missouri today in responding to a tow boat fire on the Lower Mississippi River at approximately mile marker 923.
The Coast Guard received a call at 11:30 a.m., reporting [...]
COAST GUARD TO ENFORCE BLUE ANGELS AIR SHOW SECURITY ZONE
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard will enforce a security zone for the Blue Angels Air Show Oct. 13-14 at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The security zone will include parts of Kaneohe Bay and require mariners to steer clear of a “show box” the high-performance jet pilots will use as a reference point.
A [...]
Coast Guard to enforce Blue Angels Air Show security zone
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard will enforce a security zone for the Blue Angels Air Show Oct. 13-14 at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The security zone will include parts of Kaneohe Bay and require mariners to steer clear of a “show box” the high-performance jet pilots will use as a reference point.
A [...]
Coast Guard Searching Lake Erie for 2 Missing Men
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard Sector Buffalo is coordinating a multi-agency search to locate two men who were reported missing at 11:00 a.m. today near Euclid, Ohio.
A Coast Guard Air Station Detroit HH65 Dolphin rescue helicopter and a Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor 41-foot utility boat have been searching for the missing individuals.
A local Police [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Oil Spill in Rouge River
Detroit – Coast Guard Sector Detroit continues a joint clean-up operation in the O’Brian’s drainage ditch leading to the Rouge River, after a Norfolk and Southern Railroad bridge tender reported a discharge of 200-300 gallons of waste oil Monday afternoon.
The Coast Guard has contained approximately 300 gallons of oily waste in the [...]
Who Are Those Guys?
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ayla Stevens
A boat’s engines stop working and the people aboard are left drifting in the water. In the distance, they see what looks like just another pleasure boat approaching them. This is no ordinary boat; this is the Coast Guard Auxiliary coming to assist the stranded mariners as part of [...]