Admiral Allen appeared on CNN Newsroom today before heading up to the Academy to chew out the cadets. Here’s the transcript.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The man in charge of the Coast Guard tells me he’s disappointed. Knowing him as I do, that’s a bit of an understatement. He’s Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard [...]
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Coast Guard Commandant Appears on CNN Newsroom
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s Commanding Officer Temporarily Relieved of Command
COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – Vice Adm. Charles D. Wurster, commander of the Coast Guard’s PacificArea, temporarily relieved Capt. Jeff S. Lee of command of the Coast Guard cutter Hamilton Sept. 23, citing a loss of confidence in the officer’s ability to command.
Pending the results of an administrative investigation, Wurster may recommend that Lee [...]
Coast Guard to Offload 9,000 Pounds of Cocaine, 250 Gallons of Liquid Cocaine
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard and Navy crews will be handing more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine and 250 gallons of liquid cocaine to federal agents at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Friday at 10:15 a.m.
The narcotics, which have an import value of approximately $129,278,032, were seized in five separate busts by the Coast Guard and [...]
Coast Guard’s HH-65 Helicopters Complete One Million Flight Hours
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that its HH-65C Dolphin helicopter fleet recently completed 1 million flight hours when a crew from Air Station Barbers Point flew a life-saving medical evacuation mission off the Big Island of Hawaii the night of Sept. 20.
“The millionth flight hour was accomplished during a medevac mission from [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Diesel Fuel Spill in Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard pollution investigators and facility inspectors responded Wednesday and Thursday to a diesel fuel spill at the Caribbean Petroleum Refining LP facility in Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico.
Most of the diesel fuel was spilled on land while a lesser amount was spilled into the water. The cause of the [...]
Search Over for 2 Men Missing in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — The two men reported missing on Lake Erie yesterday, were found today, at approximately 10:15 a.m.
The Good Samaritan vessel Blue Sky located Gregory DeWirth and Nick Stokle in a small boat nine miles north of Fairport Harbor, Ohio.
Blue Sky contacted the U.S. Coast Guard after hearing an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast, from the [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute Returns From Busy Patrol
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, homeported in St. Petersburg, is scheduled to return home Oct. 5 at 9 a.m., after a busy 45-day patrol in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Resolute first patrolled the Gulf of Mexico, working with the Eighth Coast Guard District, conducting fisheries patrols that [...]