JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The body of a missing diver was located Friday at 1:30 p.m. by fellow divers underwater after an extensive search by the Coast Guard and Navy crews 38-miles east of St. Augustine, Fla.
The crew of the commercial fishing vessel Animal Control sent a second diver in the water who located the missing [...]
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Body of Missing Florida Diver Located
Coast Guardsmen to Join Navy SEAL Teams
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, – Coast Guardsmen soon will be training to join Navy SEAL teams, a senior Coast Guard officer said today.
Rear Adm. Thomas F. Atkin, commander of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Operations Group, said four Coast Guardsmen — two officers and two enlisted sailors — will be selected to begin basic [...]
Coast Guard Issues Environmental Assessment of Proposed Modernization
Washington – The Coast Guard today published a Notice of Availability (NOA), a draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for it’s proposed modernization.
Under the National Environmental Policy Act, the Coast Guard is required to consider the potential environmental impacts of modernization within both the Coast Guard [...]
Coast Guard Searching For Missing Diver
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing diver after he did not resurface 50-miles southeast of Mayport, Fla., Wednesday at 11:25 a. m.
The diver is a 46-year-old man in a blue dive suit diving from the pleasure boat Animal Control. When the diver did not resurface, the passengers of Animal Control [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for 12-year-old girl in Niagara River
NIAGARA, N.Y. — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for a 12-year-old girl who fell off of a rock and into the Niagara River Wednesday.
The Coast Guard and multiple agencies searched more than 36 hours for the missing girl.
A Coast Guard Air Station Detroit HH-65C Dolphin helicopter, a Station Niagara 25-foot response boat, two [...]
Coast Guard, salvage crews successfully remove grounded freighter near Miami
MIAMI – Coast Guard and marine salvage crews successfully removed a 279-foot freighter grounded near Government Cut, Miami, Thursday around 9 p.m.
The Island Intrepid, a St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagged cargo freighter, is currently moored in the Port of Miami. The Coast Guard has ordered the vessel to stay at its dock until repairs [...]