DEL DIOS, Calif. – Coast Guard Fire Captain Kyle Kortie (left), Fire Engineer Brett Callahan (center) and Petty Officer Justin Urbano talk to a resident who was visiting his house for the first time after wildfires roared through his neighborhood. The fire crew, from Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, are in the San Diego area [...]
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Body of Missing 78 Year Old Boater Found
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. – The body of a 78-year-old man who was reported missing from his vessel Tuesday, in the Crystal River Barge Canal near Crystal River, Fla., was located by a Good Samaritan at about 7:45 p.m. today two miles north of the mouth of Crystal River.
Walter Paris, of Dunnellon, Fla., launched his [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant Returns from 52 Day Patrol
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The crew of the Miami Beach based Coast Guard Cutter Valiant is scheduled to reunite with family and friends Saturday as the cutter returns from a 52-day deployment to the Windward Passage and the Florida Straits, during which more than 400 migrants crossed the decks of Valiant.
Valiant crewmembers saved 10 [...]
Coast Guard Silver Ancient Mariner Change of Watch Ceremony
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Master Chief retired Amritt Villa (left) salutes, as Vice Adm. Robert Papp, Coast Guard Chief of Staff and Golden Ancient Mariner, and Senior Chief Christopher Kukla, Coast Guard Silver Ancient Mariner, applaud during the Coast Guard Silver Ancient Mariner change of watch ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Friday, [...]
Boating Safety Course Being Offered in Somerset, Mass.
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The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 84, is offering an America’s Boating Course to everyone interested in marine activities. This one-day, eight-hour program will be held at the Somerset Old Town Hall on Route 138, County Street, in Somerset, Mass., on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lunch will be [...]
Coast Guard maritime operation seeks to enhance homeland security
BOSTON – The Coast Guard boarded 31 vessels this week in search of safety and security discrepancies as part of a four-day maritime domain awareness operation aimed to enhance homeland security operations in the Port of Boston.
Assets from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, and six cutters patrolled the [...]
Coast Guard ends unsafe fishing trip
BOSTON – The Coast Guard ended a fishing vessel voyage about six miles east of Graves Light, Mass., Wednesday for not complying with safety requirements.
A crew from the New London, Conn., based Coast Guard Cutter Chinook, boarded the Anne Carole, a 40-foot lobster boat from Saugus, Mass, around 10:30 a.m.
The boarding team discovered the vessel’s [...]