Today seemed to be Coast Guard Day on the Pentagon Channel as they brought us two stories. FIrst up was an interview with Rear Admiral Thomas Atkin, the Commander of the Deployable Operations Group (DOG), about current issues involving DOG units. Admiral Atkin discusses the new Maritime Enforcement (ME) law enforcement rate and [...]
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Coast Guard crew medevacs 1 near Barnegat, N.J.
BARNEGAT, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 29-year-old man Wednesday aboard a 145-foot boat 51 miles east of Barnegat Inlet here.
Medevaced was Joe Holtz.
The Coast Guard received a call at 12:05 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the Endeavor reporting Holtz was injured and needed medical attention.
A rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station [...]
Coast Guard Sets Security Zone Around Intrepid During Transit
NEW YORK-A 100-yard security zone around the Intrepid Air and Space Museum will be enforced tomorrow while the Intrepid is brought from Staten Island, N.Y., to Pier 86, Manhattan, from 10:30 a.m. to around 4:30 p.m.
No vessel will be allowed to enter the security zone without permission from the Coast Guard, who can be contacted [...]