JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron Jacksonville will host a media availability today at 5:30 p.m. on one of the first interdictions from the new MH-65C helicopter.
The HITRON crew involved in the pursuit will be available to discuss their experience, and the new MH-65C. The air crew was able to help seize [...]
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Coast Guard HITRON Crew Returns from Successful Patrol
Coast Guard airlifts injured hiker
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard airlifted a man near Charleston, Ore., today.
Frank Schneidle, 39 years-old, sustained injuries while walking along the beach close to the Cape Arago Lighthouse.
Coast Guard Group North Bend, Ore., received a request for assistance at 12:30 p.m. from the Charleston Fire Department.
Group North Bend launched an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew to [...]
Coast Guard Launches Board of Investigation over Alaska Ranger Sinking
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard in cooperation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched a Formal Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) into the sinking of the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger that claimed four fishermen’s lives and left one crewman missing Sunday, March 23, 2008.
The MBI will convene Friday morning in Unalaska/Dutch Harbor [...]
Coast Guard assists in search for missing man off Santa Barbara coast
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Coast Guard and Santa Barbara rescuers are searching for a missing man off the coast in Santa Barbara.
The man was last seen on his sailboat which capsized about 200 yards off Leadbetter Beach just before 7 p.m. Wednesday night.
The empty boat washed ashore about 20 minutes later.
The U.S. Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Overdue Sailors in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for two missing sailors reportedly aboard a 35-foot sailboat, the Fly Away, today, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway between Clearwater, Fla. and Corpus Christi, Texas.
The wife of Charles Dagget, contacted the Coast Guard on Monday reporting that her husband and friend, Thomas Edwards, [...]
Coast Guard Offloading 3,200 Pounds of Cocaine
MIAMI — Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Bear are scheduled to offload approximately 3,200 pounds of cocaine, seized during a recent law enforcement patrol, at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this morning, marking the second interdiction involving the upgraded MH-65C Dolphin helicopter.
The case began when a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircrew from Air [...]