KODIAK, Alaska – Two hunters trapped at the base of a cliff near Broad Point were rescued by air crew members from Air Station Kodiak in conjunction with Alaska State Troopers yesterday morning.
The two hunters were reported over due by a family member at 11:46 p.m. Wednesday. They were among a group of twelve family [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues Two Stranded Alaskan Hunters
Coast Guard airlifts car crash victim
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 28-year-old female who had driven her car off of a cliff and crashed into a tree on Orcas Island, Wash., today.
Coast Guard Group Port Angeles received a request at 8 a.m. from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Department and the Orcas Island Fire Department for a medical [...]
Coast Guard Provides Interagency Law Enforcement Training
LEMONT, Ill. – Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Chicago provided training to a group of local, state and federal agency law enforcement partners on Oct. 24.
MSU Chicago kicked-off the training by viewing a video on commercial vessel nomenclature and terminology, then moved out to the dock for some hands-on experience. Rogers provided information on typical [...]
Video: Coast Guard Rescues 2 Abalone Divers
A couple weeks ago we posted a story about the Coast Guard saving 2 divers. Visual Imagery has just posted the video of the rescue. Although it’s now old news, it’s posted here to give you a better idea of what these crews have to go through sometimes to accomplish there mission.
One dead after boat capsizes
SEATTLE – One man died and another was rescued after their boat sank south of the Nehalem Bay South Jetty near Manzanita, Ore., today.
The Coast Guard received word that an 18-foot pleasure craft with a 66-year-old male and a 48-year-old male had capsized south of the Nehalem Bay South Jetty near Manzanita, Ore., and were [...]
Coast Guard warns boaters of dangerous New England storm
BOSTON – Coast Guard units in New England are pre-staging their crews and equipment and warning off-shore mariners today in anticipation of severe storm conditions generated by Hurricane Noel that are expected to arrive tomorrow and generate winds around 80 knots and dangerous seas more than 30 feet high.
In an effort to inform mariners of [...]
Cutter Vigilant Returns from Patrol
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – A local 210-foot Reliance-class cutter will return home Friday at 4 p.m. after a 53-day deployment conducting homeland security, law enforcement, and search and rescue missions in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits.
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant helped interdict and repatriate 82-Haitian Migrants, led the search for a Polish crewman [...]