BOSTON – Personnel from Coast Guard Station Boston traveled to the cruise ship, Spirit of Boston for some special training on Wednesday. The purpose of the training was to determine the feasibility of outfitting Coast Guard boat crews with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear personal protective equipment during urgent search and rescue and [...]
Posts on ‘December 14th, 2007’
RMI and USCG Implement New Maritime Security Agreement
In an historic first for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the United States Coast Guard supported RMI law enforcement personnel in conducting a ship boarding and vessel inspection operation within RMI’s territorial sea.
The Guam-based USCG Cutter SEQUOIA visited Majuro, Marshall Islands, December 2-4 to conduct a law enforcement professional exchange with RMI Sea Patrol [...]
Boxing Historian Hank Kaplan Passes Away
Boxing historian Hank Kaplan died today at his home in Kendall, Florida. He was 88 years old.
Kaplan was an immensely respected journalist in the boxing community, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006. His enshrinees page at the IBHOF web site tells his story:
Born in Brooklyn, NY, Kaplan’s introduction to boxing [...]
Michigan Technological University Offers In-State Tuition to US Military Families Everywhere
Houghton, Michigan – Starting with the first summer term of 2008, Michigan Technological University will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state students who are the offspring or spouse of a person on active U.S. military duty. Michigan Tech’s Board of Control approved the new Military Family Education Award at its December 14 meeting.
The award is meant [...]
Tanker Company Fined $4.9 Million for Falsifying Records and Obstruction of Justice
WASHINGTON, DC- Repeat offender, Ionia Management, a Greek company that manages a fleet of tanker vessels, was sentenced today for its role in falsifying records to conceal the overboard dumping of waste oil from the M/T Kriton into international waters and its efforts to impede the investigation of the U.S. Coast Guard, announced Ronald J. [...]
Coast Guardsman Indicted on Conspiracy Charge
NEWPORT NEWS – A Coast Guardsman has been indicted on charges of helping a local fishing company hire illegal immigrants – including telling the company how to counsel workers to elude capture.
Chief Petty Officer Morris Hughes, an instructor at Training Center Yorktown, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by [...]
Video – Coast Guard medevacs man near Galveston
The Pentagon Channel report of yesterdays medevac.