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Coast Guard awards $12 million contract for data exchange capability

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Acquisition Directorate announced Monday the award of a contract to Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp. to deliver the core Nationwide Automatic Identification System data exchange capability.

Solar-powered holiday lights highlight Coast Guard’s new energy initiatives

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The string of bright, blue holiday lights wrapped around the display anchor at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England signify a bright future for Coast Guard units here.
The solar-powered light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are part of a new 2009 energy campaign here that is kicking off a week and a half [...]

Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet assists grounded fishing vessel

ATLANTIC BEACH, NC – Coast Guard 47-foot Motor lifeboat crews from Station Oregon Inlet, N.C., assisted a 77-foot fishing vessel that ran aground and began taking on water near Oregon Inlet Channel Inlet buoy #3, Monday.

Coast Guard Announces Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area here today announced the availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement for Coast Guard operations in District 11 (California) and District 13 (Oregon and Washington).

Coast Guard Cutter Sherman Arrives Home for Holidays

ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, based at Coast Guard Island here, is scheduled to arrive home just in time for the holidays, Tuesday, after a two-month patrol to Alaska.