Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., hoisted four people from a sailing vessel, 172 miles east of Wilmington, Friday December 12, 2008.
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft rescue crew from Air Station Elizabeth City arrived on scene at 10:53 a.m. to provide aerial coverage for the four survivors in [...]
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Video – Coast Guard rescues 4 off North Carolina
Volunteers stuff holiday stockings for children
SEATTLE – Coast Guard members, along with family, friends and volunteers stuffed nearly 3,000 holiday stockings for homeless children from the Puget Sound area, at the Integrated Support Command gym at Pier 36 here Friday and Saturday.
Operation Big Tow begins on the upper Mississippi River
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River and other Coast Guard units, along the Western River System began Operation Big Tow today, an operation to ensure towing vessels are being operated by properly licensed individuals through a combination of vessel safety checks and verbal “call in” checks.
Coast Guard suspends search for two remaining crewmembers from helicopter crash
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard has suspended its search, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, for the two remaining crewmembers from a helicopter crash that occurred 2-miles off the coast of Sabine Pass, Thursday morning.
Four fishermen, dog rescued 90 miles off New Jersey
NEW YORK – The four Massachusetts fishermen and their dog stranded 90 miles east of New Jersey were rescued by the Coast Guard and will reportedly be in Point Judith, R.I., around 3:30 p.m., Saturday.
Family shares 10 year reunion with the Acushnet
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Morrison held hands with his wife Harmonie and their 9-year-old son, Brendan, as they stood on the pier in silence looking at the Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet for the first time in 10 years.