For those of our readers who don’t read An Unofficial Coast Guard Blog, here’s the Pentagon Channels report on the oil spill.
Posts on ‘November 13th, 2007’
Subcommittee schedules hearing into Coast Guards oil spill response
CBS 5 in San Francisco reports that U.S. Coast Guard officials will face another round of oil spill questions at a hearing in San Francisco on Monday, this time from members of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Congressman and subcommittee chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, said the hearing will concentrate [...]
Clean Up Crews Called Heroes, Receive Accolades from Middle School Children
SAN FRANCISCO – Crews working to clean up oil on Muir Beach got a pleasant surprise yesterday when they were handed “Thank You” cards hand written by seventh grade students from the Old Orchard Middle School in Campbell, California calling the crews “Heroes.”The notes were given to a park ranger who presented them to a [...]
Coast Guard Atlantic Area Chief of Staff Promoted to Admiral
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Capt. Steven H. Ratti was promoted to Rear Admiral lower half Nov. 2 by Vice Adm. D. Brian Peterman, Commander, Atlantic Area.
Rear Adm. Ratti currently serves as the Atlantic Area Chief of Staff. His duties include the day-to-day supervision of the Atlantic Area staff and serving as the [...]
Cosco Busan oil spill operations and information for Nov. 13, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO – There have been several updates and announcements regarding the oil spill response efforts. Response efforts continue as the Unified Command for the Cosco Busan oil spill is passing on several important announcements, as well as updated statistics.
NEW PHONE NUMBERS: There are several new phone numbers the public can use to report information [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Man Missing from Gambling Boat
MIAMI – An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami and crewmembers from Station Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are searching for, Oliveiro Fernandez, a 44-year-old man who was reported missing from the 512-foot casino ship, Island Adventure, about noon Tuesday.
The master of the Island Adventure contacted Search and Rescue coordinators at Coast Guard [...]
Biometrics Help Indentify and Apprehend Illegal Migrants
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that in the first year of operation, its biometrics-at-sea program has been a success and accomplished its intended goals. In its first 12 months, the program collected biometric data from 1,368 migrants, prosecuted 90 of those migrants, and helped reduce the flow of [...]