ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team Anchorage hosted twenty-nine members of the Corps of Foreign Naval Attaches May 21, to observe training and tour the unit.
The Corps of Foreign Naval Attaches is comprised of officers from foreign countries, representing their governments at their countries’ embassies in Washington D.C., who travel around [...]
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Maritime Safety and Security Team Anchorage Host Corps of Foreign Naval Attaches
Coast Guard cutter Midgett returns from patrol
SEATTLE – The 378-foot Coast Guard cutter Midgett, based here, returns home today after a three-month patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
One of the major objectives for this patrol was for the Midgett crew to intercept “go-fast” drug smuggling vessels, which carry illegal narcotics ultimately destined for the United States or provide fuel and logistics [...]
Missing Pompano man reported to be safe
A report from South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com states that
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off a search for a 65-year-old Pompano Beach man who failed to return to shore after renting a boat earlier Thursday.
The family of Pierre Raymond called the Coast Guard around 9:30 p.m. and said he had been found unharmed. They did not [...]
Coast Guard Academy Commencement Speech
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks at the US Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony in New London, CT on May 21, 2008.
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Pompano Beach Man
MIAMI – Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are searching for a 65-year-old man who failed to return as scheduled Wednesday.
Pierre Raymond, of Pompano Beach, Fla., rented a 19-foot Sea Ray from Atlantic Boat Rentals Wednesday and was last seen heading north in the Intracoastal Waterway. The reporting source stated Raymond had was [...]
Coast Guard Interdicts, Repatriates 40 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI РThe Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island repatriated 40 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Caba̱as, Cuba, today after they were interdicted during five separate events.
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Drummond interdicted a go-fast vessel with 19 Cuban migrants aboard 67 miles south of Key West, Fla., Monday. Two suspected smugglers were transferred to [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau Holds Line Crossing Ceremony
PACIFIC OCEAN — Crewmembers onboard Coast Guard cutter Morgenthau held a Crossing the Line Ceremony Saturday while transiting the Pacific Ocean en route to the Philippines.
The honorable Golden Dragons of Morgenthau planned and hosted a Line Crossing Ceremony for the 75 Morgenthau crewmembers who had never crossed the 180th meridian at sea on a naval [...]