USS FORT MCHENRY, At Sea – Members of the U.S. Coast Guard International Training Division joined the Africa Partnership Station (APS) USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) from Nov. 7 to Nov. 19, to train Sailors from seven African nations in an officer boarding course and maritime security awareness.
“We’re out here as part of the APS [...]
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Coast Guard Joins APS in Training on Maritime Security
Coast Guard Aircrew Locates Missing Deer Hunter
CHEBOYGAN, Mich. – An aircrew from Air Station Traverse City assisted the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Department in locating a missing hunter at 1:55 a.m. Sunday near Cheboygan, Mich.
The 54-year-old hunter was missing since 5:00 p.m. Saturday, the time he told his family he would return home. His concerned family contacted authorities. The aircrew, [...]
Rehabilitated Birds Released at Tomales Bay
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Department of Fish and Game’s Oiled Wildlife Care Network released approximately 35 birds that had been treated for oil exposure.
The seabirds, including common murres, surf scoters, western grebes, and a ruddy turnstone, were released at Heart’s Desire Beach in Tomales Bay. The rehabilitated seabirds had been impacted by the [...]
The Eagle has landed
Great story by Allison Bourg in The Capital today about The Eagle in drydock at the Coast Guard Yard.
Standing on the deck of the Coast Guard bark Eagle, Grady Bosheers of Riviera Beach gazed at the length of the 295-foot ship and shook his head in awe.
“When you see it from up here, it doesn’t [...]
Bollinger to Power Coast Guard Coastal Patrol Boats
HOUSTON – American Electric Technologies, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, South Coast Electric Systems, L.L.C., has begun delivery of power systems for eight Bollinger Shipyard-manufactured 87-foot marine protector class coastal patrol boats (CPB) contracted by the United States Coast Guard (USCG).
Increased homeland security and other heightened law enforcement issues like drug and illegal [...]
Port of Boston Workers Begin Enrollment for Federal Security Credential
BOSTON – Port workers, longshoremen, truckers and others at the Port of Boston will begin enrolling 30 November 2007 in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The program’s goal is to ensure that any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Four Near Marco Island
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued four overdue boaters aboard a 24-foot pleasure craft 17-nautical-miles north of Marco Island, Fla., at about 6 a.m. Monday.
The Coast Guard received a call at about 2:30 a.m. Monday reporting that four boaters left a Marco Island boat ramp to go fishing at about 6 a.m. Sunday [...]