Julia Kingrey of The Homer Tribune has a great story today following the crew of the Hickory during a day of evaluations. She offers an accurate look at the conditions Coast Guard crews work under.
It’s a dark and stormy morning aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory. Gale-force winds push the ship’s wheeled entry [...]
Posts on ‘January 2nd, 2008’
A Day in the life of the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory
How Station Portland saved Christmas
by Petty Officer Shawn Eggert
SEATTLE – They slithered and slunk, with smiles most unpleasant. Around the whole room, and they took every present. A team of grinches may have made off with the pop guns, bicycles, roller skates and drums, but the members of Coast Guard Station Portland and Sector Portland made sure [...]
Coast Guard Ready For Severe Weather
ALAMEDA, Calf. – In preparation for severe weather forcasted to hit Northern and Central California over the next several days, local Coast Guard units are recalling personnel, and all units have been placed in immediate standby.
All Coast Guard units will be ready to handle cases which may arrise during and following the storms as they [...]
Video: The Pentagon Channel reports on a Coast Guard Rescue
The Pentagon Channel reports on a New Years Day Coast Guard Air Station Houston rescue.
Tug Boat Captain Missing After Tug Sinks
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for the captain of the 52-foot towing vessel, Gate-Way, that sunk with two people onboard early this morning near Norco, La., on the Mississippi River.
At approximately 12:30 a.m this morning Sector New Orleans received a call from the towing vessel Secretariat as well as from the dispatch [...]
Coast Guard searches for kite surfer
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is searching today for a kite surfer who was reported to be tangled in the kite’s ropes about six miles south of Cape Henlopen, Del.
The identity of the kite surfer is not yet known.
Searching for the missing kite surfer are crews from:
* Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City
* [...]