CLEARWATER, Fla. – As part of an effort to expand homeland-security capabilities, helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., will begin Airborne Use of Force (AUF) training along Florida’s West Coast, from Citrus County to Collier County, beginning April 18.
Providing our aircrews with the AUF capability will enhance our ability to [...]
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Coast Guard to Begin Training with Armed Helicopters
Coast Guard Petty Officer Charged With Bribery and Extortion
Detroit – A two count indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court charging a U.S. Coast Guard petty officer with bribery and extortion, United States Attorney Stephen J. Murphy announced today.
U.S. Attorney Murphy was joined in the announcement by Armando Lopez, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago, Illinois office of the Department of Homeland [...]
Contract for Reconstruction of Integrated Support Command Awarded
NEW ORLEANS — A contract to rebuild the Coast Guard’s Integrated Support Command in New Orleans (ISC NOLA) has been awarded at a cost of $76 million to Broadmoor/Boh Brothers Construction Co. of Metairie, LA.
The previous ISC NOLA facilities were lost to Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.
The scope of the contract is to design [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater to have Change of Command Ceremony
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater, homeported in Portsmouth, will have a change of command ceremony Friday at 11 a.m. at the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Portsmouth.
Senior Chief Petty Officer Jason D. Griffin, Officer-in-Charge of the Shearwater, will be relieved by Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark W. Adams.
Griffin’s next assignment will [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Fisherman near Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching today for a man aboard the fishing vessel Don Chepo who was reported being overdue to Coast Guard watch standers Wednesday as he was traveling from Saint John, US. Virgin Islands to Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Missing is Phillip Fredericks, 45, a resident of Saint John, [...]
Coast Guard rescues three people from Gulf of Mexico
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard rescued three people after their 38-foot fishing vessel, Elizabeth Mae, sank approximately 50 miles southeast of Apalachicola, Fla., in the Gulf of Mexico this morning.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received an emergency distress signal from a Digital Select Calling (DSC) device onboard the Elizabeth Mae at approximately [...]
Countdown to Jacksonville Coast Guard Appreciation Day
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The U.S. Navy League will be hosting a Coast Guard Appreciation Day April 26 at Bings Landing Preserve adjacent the Washington Oaks State Park in Palm Coast, Fla., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The public is welcome to come an honor the men and women of the Coast Guard who serve Northeast [...]