NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 62-year-old man from the Carnival Cruise Ship Ecstasy about 250 miles south of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico, today.
At Approximately 10:30 a.m., watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District Command Center received a call from an Ecstasy crewmember reporting [...]
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Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship
Coast Guard Rescues Man from Boat Fire
ST. CLARE SHORES, Mich. — Coast Guard Station St. Clare Shores rescued an 82-year-old man from a fire on his 42-foot boat today near the Gross Pointe Yacht Club at approximately 10:30 a.m.
The station assisted John Henry Lyngklip on to their 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boat, while a commercial salvage vessel extinguished the fire.
Commercial [...]
Coast Guard Looking for Bloggers
The Thirteenth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office has put out a call for Coast Guard bloggers. Please note that this is a call for Coast Guard members (active, reserve, auxiliary and civilian), not people who blog about the Coast Guard. Here’s the entire post in case you missed it.
Calling all Pacific Northwest [...]
Coast Guard Names Enlisted Person of the Year
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard has named a crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory as its 2007 active duty Enlisted Person of the Year.
Christopher O. Hutto, of Woodruff, S.C., a Machinery Technician 2nd Class, has been named the Enlisted Person of the Year by Admiral Thad Allen, the commandant U.S. Coast Guard.
Hutto said, [...]
83 Year Old Woman Medevaced from Cruise Ship – Video
A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced an ailing passenger from a cruise ship 245 miles east of Elizabeth City, N.C., on Saturday April 26.
Coast Guard Yard Goes Green
The Pentagon Channel story about how the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore is going green.
Coast Guard to Offer Dockside Exams in Cordova
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Are your ready for sea? The Coast Guard will offer courtesy dockside examinations of commercial fishing vessels in Cordova in anticipation of the 2008 Cordova salmon fishery, which is slated to begin May 15. The Coast Guard will also be working with the Alaska State Troopers on the enforcement side to ensure [...]