SEATTLE — The nation’s largest icebreaker, the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, will return to its homeport here Saturday after two months in the Bering Sea for its first Arctic West Summer 2008 Deployment.
During the deployment, the icebreaker traveled more than 8,000 nautical miles and conducted more than over 1,100 individual science evolutions in the course [...]
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Coast Guard Cutter Healy returns to Seattle from Arctic deployment
Free Vessel Safety Checks Offered by Auxiliary
HOUSTON – In 1947 when the Vessel Safety Check program began, $10 had about the same buying power that $92.81 has today. And while the cost of everything has gone up, the Coast Guard Auxiliary can proudly proclaim one thing definitely has not – our free Vessel Safety Checks. Although free, the value [...]
Station Wilmette Harbor to Hold Boating Safety Open House
WILMETTE, Ill. – Held annually the week proceeding Memorial Day weekend, National Safe Boating Week is a great way to kick off a fun and safe summer on the water. From May 17-23, 2008, the Coast Guard is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Safe Boating Week by urging boaters to pay attention to their [...]
Coast Guard, National Safe Boating Council Recognize Safe Boating Week
CLEVELAND – In recognition of National Safe Boating Council’s National Safe Boating Week, May 17-24, 2008, the Ninth Coast Guard District would like to remind all Great Lakes mariners to practice safe boating this week, Memorial Day weekend and throughout the boating season.
The mission of the 50-year-old National Safe Boating Council is to enhance the [...]
Coast Guard Establishes Safety Zone for Charlestons Harborfest Air Show
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Charleston will establish a temporary safety zone on the Cooper River for the Harborfest Air Show Saturday and Sunday.
The safety zone will be directly underneath the aerial performance, which extends over portions of Horse Reach and Hog Island Reach on the Cooper River.
Marine traffic [...]
Coast Guard to Graduate Inaugural Class of Intelligence Specialists
YORKTOWN, Va. – U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown will graduate the first class of Intelligence Specialist (IS) petty officers in a ceremony on the parade field, Friday May 16, at 1 p.m
Rear Adm. Daniel May, Director of Coast Guard Reserve and Training, will preside over the ceremony. Additional remarks will be made [...]
Coast Guard and Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. Sign Homeland Security Agreement
Newport Harbor, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard and Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) signed a memorandum of agreement on Monday, May 12, 2008. The agreement delineates the specific responsibilities of each agency when responding to maritime incidents in Orange County, Calif.
“The purpose of this mutual assistance agreement is to formally solidify the work [...]