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Posts on ‘May 7th, 2008’

Coast Guard searching for three missing fishermen

SEATTLE – Coast Guard Sector Portland is responding to a report of three missing fishermen in the vicinity of Stevenson, Wash., approximately 30 miles east of Vancouver, Wash., today.
Sector Portland received a call at noon from the Skamania County Sheriff reporting three men missing.
The three men, from the Warm Springs Tribe, left Tuesday and were [...]

Admiral Transfers Command of Coast Guard’s Pacific Support Command

COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif. – Rear Adm. Manson K. Brown will be relieved as Commander, Coast Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific by Capt. Robert E. Day, during a change of command ceremony here at 10:30 a.m., May 8, 2008.
Brown, who has been stationed on Coast Guard Island as the Maintenance and Logistics Command [...]

Coast Guard’s EMT School marks 30 years with ceremony

PETALUMA, Calif. — Former school staff, Coast Guard EMT case survivors and hundreds of past graduates will be at the Coast Guard’s EMT School at Training Center Petaluma for a 30-year anniversary celebration Friday, May 9, at 10:00 a.m.
The EMT school has been a cornerstone of the Coast Guard’s corpsman program and famed rescue swimmer [...]

Coast Guard Nabs 10 Smugglers in 24 Hours

MIAMI – Coast Guard and Custom and Border Protection Air and Marine crews working in tandem along Florida’s coastlines have intercepted 10 suspected smugglers from Key West, Fla., to Miami during the last 24 hours and will transfer those individuals to CBP Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators for further questioning.
The Southern [...]

Coast Guard Locates Missing Fishing Crew

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard has located a fishing boat crew today and the boat they abandoned after it became disabled and started flooding about 34 miles off the coast of Sea Isle City, N.J.
Located were Thanh Van Nguyen, 54, of Camden, N.J., and Cu V. Tran, 22, of Pennsauken, N.J.
A rescue boat [...]

Coast Guard Helicopter Crew Receives Coast Guard Foundation Award for Heroic Efforts

The crew of Coast Guard rescue helicopter 6525 from Air Station Kodiak received the 2007 Coast Guard Foundation Admiral Chester R. Bender Award on May 2, 2008. Named after the fourteenth Commandant of the Coast Guard, the award recognizes Coast Guard members for heroic efforts.

BMC Leigh Johannsen Wins Coast Guard Foundation Award for Professional Excellence

Chief Petty Officer Leigh W. Johannsen, a Boatswain’s Mate, of New Richland, Minn., received the 2007 Coast Guard Foundation Admiral James S. Gracey Award for Professional Excellence on May 2, 2008. Named after the seventeenth Commandant of the Coast Guard, the award is given to Coast Guard members displaying professional excellence.
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