BOSTON – During a carefully planned and executed command post exercise, a team of federal authorities worked to thwart a simulated terror plot in Portsmouth, N.H., this week.
Members of the Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Federal Bureau of Investigations and Customs and Border Protection participated in the exercise, called Frontier Sentinel, on Dec. 10 through 12. [...]
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Teamwork key to successful mine countermeasures exercise
Coast Guard Helicopter Rescues 2 Duck Hunters
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two duck hunters after they lost all power and drifted into the marsh near Shell Beach. The Coast Guard received the call in the pre-dawn hours after the two men reported that they were stranded on the marsh after high winds pushed their vessel aground.
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Coast Guard rescues 2 after helicopter crash
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard rescued two men after their helicopter crashed 130 miles south southeast of Galveston, Texas, today.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call from a captain on an oil rig who reported seeing a helicopter crash in the High Island area 130 miles south southeast of Galveston at [...]