A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria , Oregon helicopter rescue crew hoists Morton, Washington residents who were stranded due to the flooding in the Pacific Northwest. Jan 8, 2009
Posts on ‘January 12th, 2009’
Video – AMSEA Interviews
Interview with Scott Gilliland, Captain of the 90 foot trawler Hazel Lorraine and Steven Campblell, AMSEA Kodiak area training coordinator, on the importance of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Training that better prepares commercial fisherman for the hazards of fishing in Alaskan waters.
Coast Guard responds after man severely injures leg
NEW YORK – A deckhand severely fractured his leg after slipping while descending a ladder on a tugboat near New London, Conn., around 3 p.m. Jan. 12, 2009.
2008 marks lowest recreational boating fatalities in 25 years
JUNEAU, Alaska – There were 12 recreational boating fatalities throughout the coastal waters of Alaska during 2008 making it the lowest since 1983.
Coast Guard recruit company prepares for Inauguration Day
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guard Training Center Cape May’s Recruit Company Victor 180 will be marching in the 56th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009 and are completing their final inspections before they depart on Thursday Jan. 15, 2009.
Coast Guard establishes security zone for presidential railway tour
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard will establish a temporary security zone in designated waters in Maryland and the District of Columbia on Jan. 17, 2009, for a scheduled railway transit by high-ranking government officials.
Coast Guard repatriates 100 Haitian migrants
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned 100 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Monday, after the Coast Guard Cutters Bear and Seneca rescued them from their grossly overloaded vessel in the waters northeast of Cuba Friday.