NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to an oil release Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, at the Pointe Au Chien State Wildlife Management area, near Galliano, La.
The oil release is from an oil wellhead, which was discovered and reported late Wednesday.
Crews from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, and Marine Safety Units Morgan City, La., [...]
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Coast Guard responds to oil release near Galliano, La.
Coast Guard closes portions of the Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri rivers
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Upper Mississippi River has closed the following sections of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, in addition to previous closures:
* Copperas Creek, Ill. is closed to all recreational and commercial traffic from mile marker 136 to 138.
* The Illinois River [...]
Alameda cutter returns home after Southeast Asia patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau returned to homeport here today, following a 21-week deployment to Southeast Asia where the cutter participated with naval forces of Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, the Phillipines and Thailand in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) and Southeast Asian Cooperation Against Terrorism.
CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises designed [...]
Alameda Cutter Recognized For Record Drug Interdiction
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman was presented the Golden Eagle Award here today for superior performance in the interdiction of illicit drugs during the ship’s deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility.
The award was presented by Mark Campbell, Chief of International Interdiction and U.S. Interdiction Coordinator executive [...]
2 New Jersey Coast Guard members retire after 62 years of service
CAPE MAY, NJ – Two New Jersey Coast Guard members will retire Sept. 20, 2008 at 11 a.m., at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., after serving 62-years of combined military service.
Chief Warrant Officer James M. Paton, a resident of Pine Beach, N.J., and friend Chief Warrant Officer Herman P. Kaiser, a resident of [...]
Interdiction Committee to hold press briefing on semi-submersible interdiction
WASHINGTON — The Interdiction Committee and the U.S. Coast Guard are scheduled to conduct a press briefing here Friday, 10 a.m., in the commandant’s situation room, 2100 2nd St. SW, to announce details of the second interdiction of a drug laden self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel since Saturday.
Rear Adm. Joseph R. Castillo, the Coast Guard’s director of [...]