by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher D. McLaughlin
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -As the duty aircrews of Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City went to bed, Sunday, May 11, a powerful storm known by locals as a “nor’easter” was brewing offshore. At 3a.m., the crews were awakened by a distress call from a 27-foot sailboat with two [...]
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A Long Day for One Atlantic City Aircrew
Coast Guard Receives Final Cosco Busan ISPR Report
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Incident Specific Preparedness Review team studying the preparedness for and response to the Cosco Busan oil spill has completed its reports.
The second and final ISPR report concerning the Nov. 7, 2007, oil spill response in San Francisco Bay has been delivered to Vice Adm. Charles Wurster, the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area [...]
Coast Guard Seizes 1,300 Pounds of Tilefish
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard crews, in conjunction with officers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement and the National Marine Fisheries Service seized 1,300 pounds of Tilefish in the Gulf of Mexico, May 12, 2008.
At approximately 4 p.m., May 12, 2008, a boarding team from the Coast Guard Cutter Bonito [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant Returns from Seven Week Patrol
MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, homeported in Miami, returned Friday after a successful and operationally demanding seven-week deployment in the Florida Straits.
Valiant patrolled the Florida Straits in support of Alien Migrant Interdiction and Counter-Drug operations. Valiant saw more than 190 migrants originating from Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Guyana cross its [...]
Coast Guardsman to be Awarded for Off Duty Rescue
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Allen Cantrell, a Trenton, S.C. native, will be presented with a Coast Guard Commendation Medal in a ceremony to be held May 19 at Atlantic Beach, N.C.
On Apr. 18 at 10:17 a.m. a call came into the Atlantic Beach Police/Fire Dispatcher stating that there was [...]
Training Center Investigates Wind Turbines to Conserve Energy
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) confirmed today that Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is a viable location for the installation of wind turbine power generators.
The determination of viability from NREL is the first step in process to promote and increase renewable power at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May. [...]