WASHINGTON – At a ceremony held at Coast Guard Headquarters on 31 OCT 08, Commodore Nicholas Kerigan relieved Commodore Steve Budar to become the 29th National Commodore for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
The ceremony, which was presided over by ADM Thad Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, also sworn in other national leaders for [...]
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Kerigan becomes the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s 29th National Commodore
Coast Guard searching for missing Guam spear fisherman
HAGATNA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard was notified at midnight Wednesday of a missing fisherman near a reef off Inajaran, Guam. Friends reported the fisherman’s last known position to the Coast Guard’s 24-hour command center in Apra Harbor.
Coast Guard urges boaters, beach goers to be ready for inclement weather
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard reminds boaters and beachgoers to use extreme caution this week in response to hazardous weather predictions from the National Weather Service (NWS).
Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary reach out to local sail racing community
REDONDO BEACH, Calif – Last week over fifty skippers and crewmembers of the local Santa Monica Bay sail racing community, representing various degrees of experience, had an opportunity to hear about staying safe on the water from the perspective of a Coast Guard rescue helicopter pilot, a Coast Guard Search and Rescue Controller, and a [...]
Coast Guard Awards $12.5 Million Environmental Services Contract
LOS ANGELES – AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that its environment business line has been awarded a $12.5-million, multi-year, nationwide contract renewal by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for environmental and engineering services at USCG onshore [...]