Editors Note: The Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, NJ recently re-instituted the obstacle course. This video is the first recruit company to go through the course. I will readily admit that had this course been there 30 years ago, I would never have made it through boot camp. How about [...]
Posts on ‘November 26th, 2008’
Coast Guard puts hold on fuel transfer operations in Whittier, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Sector Anchorage personnel conducted an inspection on the Shoreside Petroleum Inc. mobile facility in Whittier today and required the facility to cease fuel transfer operations until a few deficiencies are corrected.
Agencies moving forward with Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Representatives of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the Coast Guard, and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) formed the management team for a comprehensive assessment of the risk of vessel accidents and spills in the Aleutian Islands in early November.
Coast Guard to enforce security zone during 2008 Boat Parade of Lights
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Coast Guard personnel will enforce a special local regulation that will close a portion of the Savannah River to protect boaters and vessels from hazards associated with the 2008 Boat Parade of Lights.
New Commodore takes command of Fourteenth Coast Guard District Auxiliary
HONOLULU — In a ceremony Sunday, Nov. 23, at the U.S. Coast Guard’s main base at Sand Island in Honolulu Harbor, Ed S. Lott was sworn in as the new commodore of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District Auxiliary.
Search concluded for missing boater after body found in Oyster Bay Harbor
NEW YORK-The Coast Guard concluded the multi-agency search for an overdue boater in Oyster Bay Harbor, N.Y., after a body matching the description of the missing mariner was found near Moses Point at 11:45 a.m. today.