This video was posted to YouTube this evening. I’m not sure when it was shot because a short clip of it was posted two months ago. It’s a Coast Guard rescue shot from another boat.
The poster states: A buddy’s boat was stranded, taking on water, and their engine had quit. The CG helicopter [...]
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Coast Guard Rescue off Garibaldi, Oregon
Shipping Company and Chief Engineer Plead Guilty
WASHINGTON- Italian shipping company B. Navi Ship Management Services and Chief Engineer Dushko Babukchiev pleaded guilty in connection with the illegal dumping of oily sludge, bilge wastes and oil contaminated ballast water from one of the company’s ships, the M/V Windsor Castle, a 27,000 gross-ton bulk carrier vessel, Assistant Attorney General Ronald J. Tenpas, [...]
Coast Guard searches for missing tug boat crewmember
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing crewmember near Atchafalaya Bay who was last seen on the tug boat Captain Curtis early today.
A watchstander from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at 3:25 a.m. today from the captain of the tug boat, reporting that one of the crewmembers had [...]
Coast Guard Closes Portion of Savannah River After Explosion
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Local, state and federal agencies are responding to an explosion at the Imperial Sugar Refinery on the Savannah River that occurred at 7:30 p.m. that has injured an unknown amount of people.
A unified command has formed for the response, which includes representatives from the Savannah Fire-Department, Savannah-Chatham Police, Georgia Department of Natural [...]
School of Force Part 4
The Pentagon Channel’s Around the Services presents School of Force.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Adam Eggers visits the Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in Charleston, S.C.
This is part four of a four part series
Tragedy Spawns Heroes
By Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Evanson
25 years ago, a tragic event claimed the lives of 31 Merchant Marines, and the Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Program was conceived to prevent such disasters from ever happening again. The program has been a guardian angel to many fates nearly taken by the sea.
On the morning [...]
Statement by Adm. Allen on the passing of James Thach
WASHINGTON – Adm. Thad Allen, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, issued the following statement today concerning the passing of a long-time supporter and friend of the Coast Guard, James H. Thach, III, of Lyme, Conn. who died February 2, 2008.
“The Coast Guard has had not greater friend than Jim Thach. Although he never [...]