New London, CT –The U.S. Coast Guard Academy wants modern sail training vessels to train Coast Guard Academy Cadets in leadership. According to Rear Admiral J. Scott Burhoe, Superintendent of the Academy, “there is no better leadership classroom than a sailing vessel that offers the Cadet the opportunity for small unit command and control [...]
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Coast Guard hosts Homeland Security Advisory Council visit
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard hosted a Homeland Security Advisory Council visit today involving demonstrations of Coast Guard assets, units and capabilities at Integrated Support Command Portsmouth.
The event highlighted Coast Guard capabilities through demonstrations and tours from:
* Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane, homeported in Portsmouth
* Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 from Fort Eustis, [...]
Coast Guard Responds to an Aircraft Emergency Landing on the Ohio River
CARROLLTON, KY – The Coast Guard responded to an emergency landing made by the pilot of a small, privately owned aircraft in the Ohio River near Carrollton, Ky. at approximately 11 a.m. today.
A Coast Guard response boat crew from Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley was dispatched to the scene to assist local responders and determine [...]
Broadwater LNG Letter of Recommendation Signed
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – U.S. Coast Guard Captain Daniel Ronan, Captain of the Port of Long Island Sound, announced today he has signed the Letter of Recommendation (LOR) for Broadwater Energy, a joint development of Shell US Gas & Power, LLC and TransCanada Pipe Lines USA, LTD.
The Coast Guard completed its assessment of the waterway [...]
Coast Guard Terminates Fishing Vessel’s Voyage
HONOLULU (D14 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a commercial fishing vessel for numerous safety violations Wednesday approximately two miles south of Honolulu Harbor.
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard cutter Galveston Island, a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Honolulu, conducted a boarding of the 58-foot fishing vessel Crystal II and terminated its [...]
Cutter Rush to Hold Change of Command Ceremony
HONOLULU (D14 Public Affairs) – A change-of-command ceremony is scheduled for the commanding officer of the Coast Guard cutter Rush at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command, Honolulu Friday at 10 a.m.
Capt. Robert J. Tarantino will relieve Capt. Peter J. Bergeron, Rush’s commanding officer since August 2006. Bergeron’s next assignment is Coast Guard Sector Boston where [...]
Search suspended for missing mother and son West of Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search Tuesday evening for a mother and son who are overdue since Thursday from a recreational boating trip in waters west of Puerto Rico.
Jo Ann Anderson, 65, and Brent Folgner, 39, U.S. nationals residing in Rincon, Puerto Rico are still missing after they [...]