by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi
The nation was at the brink of war when a 10-year-old Portuguese native stumbled aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Campbell and was immediately enlisted in the seagoing service. While he never had to go to boot camp or obtain U.S. citizenship, he served aboard the Campbell during [...]
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Spirit of Coast Guard mascot lives on
Coast Guard Assisting Tropical Storm Noel Victims in Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue crews supporting humanitarian and search and rescue efforts in the Dominican Republic saved 42 lives and delivered 15,900 food rations to storm victims Friday, after Tropical Storm Noel caused major flooding throughout the country.
U.S. Coast Guard helicopters were rapidly deployed to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Man, Continues Search for his Brother
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard has rescued one of two missing brothers from their 16-foot vessel Saturday morning.
William Phallan, 31, was rescued by a Coast Guard Station Georgetown, S.C., boat crew 11 miles east of Winyah Bay, S.C. He was then hoisted by a Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston helicopter and taken to [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Two Sailors Missing off Bermuda
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching the Atlantic Ocean 270 miles north of Bermuda for two sailors who fell into the water while transiting from their sailboat to a motor vessel in storm packing 40-knot winds and seas of more than 30-feet tonight.
The missing sailors, transiting from Long Island, N.Y., to Bermuda, were [...]