by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kip Wadlow
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Slowly he circles, peering through protective goggles scanning the track and evaluating the competition, his mind in motion planning his strategy. His engine cackles and snarls in a furious staccato of barely contained power as he approaches the starting line, anticipating the moment he loves – [...]
Posts on ‘July 16th, 2008’
Ready, Set, Mow! A Coast Guard Petty Officer fulfills his need for speed
Diesel Fuel Spill in Seattle Being Investigated
Seattle (WA Dept of Ecology) – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and U.S. Coast Guard are responding to a diesel spill at Seattle’s Terminal 5. The volume of oil spilled to water is currently under investigation.
The spill happened after a successful fuel transfer between a fuel barge and a cargo carrier moored in the [...]
Coast Guard provides maintenance support to 302nd AEG
by Staff Sgt. Luke Johnson
302nd Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AFPN) — Coast Guardsmen from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento opened their hangar doors for maintainers from the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group, making it easier for them to work on the modular airborne fire fighting system-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft that are assisting with fighting [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Husband and Wife from Lake Ontario
OSWEGO, N.Y. (D9 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard rescued a husband and his wife, yesterday, in Northeast Lake Ontario after the husband fell into the water and the wife remained adrift on their catamaran.
Dick Slettenhar and Ellen Kupers, of the Netherlands, were visiting the Eastern Great Lakes. They departed Prince Edwards Bay in [...]
Cruise Ship With 1200 Passengers Detained After Discrepancies Found
NEW YORK (D1 Public Affairs) -A 637-foot cruise ship carrying approximately 1,200 passengers and crew is being detained in New York Harbor after a routine safety inspection revealed significant hull damage and numerous discrepancies today.
A six-person examination team from Coast Guard Sector New York boarded the cruise ship Clipper Pacific, home ported in the Bahamas, [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater
BALTIMORE (D5 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard suspended its search today for a missing boater in the Potomac River near Craney Island, Md.
Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Washington, D.C., Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City N.J., the Maryland Natural Resource Police and Charles County searched 732 miles for the man who had been [...]
Canoes and Kayaks Represent Over 15% Of Boating Fatalities
LOS ANGELES, Calif (AUX Public Affairs) – In a year where overall recreational boating fatalities decreased from 710 in 2006 to 685 in 2007 the number of fatalities associated with the use of canoes/kayaks increased to 107 in 2007 as compared with 99 in 2006. This is according to statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard’s [...]