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Posts on ‘December 27th, 2007’

40,000th children lifejacket giveaway – Video

WASHINGTON, DC – Radm David Pekoske, Assistant Commandant for Operations presents the 40,000th children lifejacket giveaway as part of the 9th annual Allstate Safety Weekend at the New National Boat Show. USCG video by Telfair H Brown Sr

Video – Cutter Rush Arrives in Juneau

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Rush, based out of Honolulu, arrived here today for a regularly scheduled patrol break.The Cutter Rush, currently docked downtown at Station Juneau, will be giving tours tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Tapp, a Rush crew member, was one of several service [...]

Coast Guard Repatriates 28 Cubans

MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island repatriated 28 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cubanãs, Cuba, Thursday who were interdicted aboard a go-fast vessel Friday.
A C-130 Hercules aircraft crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., located an overloaded go-fast vessel while conducting a law enforcement patrol Friday. With this information [...]

Anatomy of a Coast Guard Aircrew

A Coast Guard helicopter crews describes their various duties aboard a Dolphin helicopter during a rescue.
Coast Guard video by PAC Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla.

Coast Guard Searching for Man in Atchafalaya River

NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station New Orleans is assisting local authorities in the search for a missing boater in the Atchafalaya River near Cow Island.
Keith Gilcrease, 47, was reported missing by his family at 1 p.m. Tuesday to the St. Martins Sheriff’s Department. He was last [...]