NEW ORLEANS – After an expansive three-day search of Lake Pontchartrain and the surrounding area, the Coast Guard has suspended its search today, for Otis Thornton, 18, and George McClain, 16, who went missing in the area of Lincoln Beach Sunday night in New Orleans East.
Multiple rescue crews from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans [...]
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing teenagers
Coast Guard aircrew intercepts single-engine airplane
WASHINGTON – Approximately 12:18 p.m. today a Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew launched to intercept a single-engine Cessna-177 airplane, that violated the National Capitol Region airspace in Washington.
The pilot of the Cessna was escorted by the helicopter crew to Leesburg, Va., Regional Airport.
The pilot landed and was met by Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department personnel [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Man From Fishing Vessel
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a mariner from his fishing vessel in Shelikof Strait on the west side of Kodiak Island this morning.
A rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak picked up the 72-year-old male, master of the fishing vessel (F/V) Viking Star, after receiving a call from the Viking Star requesting [...]
Coast Guard Holds Exercise in Port of Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard, along with the Florida Department of Environment Protection, completed a government-initiated, unannounced exercise of the oil spill response plan and pollution response capabilities of the Murphy Oil facility here Tuesday.
In accordance with the Clean Water Act and the National Preparedness and Response Exercise Program guidelines, the Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard airlifts injured logger
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard airlifted a logger who sustained injuries while clearing a tree approximately 15-miles southeast of Newport Beach, Ore., today.
Coast Guard Group North Bend received a request for assistance from the Yachats Fire Department in Yachats, Ore., for an injured logger in the Siuslaw National Forest in Ore.
A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin [...]
Working During Winter For Boating Safety
by Brian McArdle, Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 33
In the late fall and throughout the winter, there is a sharp drop off in recreational boating. However, that is the busy season for the maintenance of the buoys and day beacons, commonly known as markers that help keep us safe on the water.
One of the responsibilities [...]
Coast Guard Cutters Win Gunnery Award
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Coast Guard Cutter Mellon and Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast were named the 2007 winners of the highly competitive Pacific Area Gunnery Award Feb. 8, 2008.
The Pacific Area Gunnery Award is presented annually to recognize cutters in the Pacific Area that best demonstrate the skills necessary to run an exceptional weapons program in [...]