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Posts on ‘January 21st, 2009’

Coast Guard suspends search for 12 missing Haitian migrants

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard suspended it search Wednesday for 12 Haitian migrants who went missing Monday in the waters off the British Virgin Islands.

Response to sunken vessel in Valdez small boat harbor concludes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard, Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation and R and R Diving refloated the 60-foot pleasure craft Ginny Lee Monday in the Valdez small boat harbor and concluded clean-up operations on Tuesday.

Video – Coast Guard Marches in Inaugural Parade

Members of the Coast Guard Band, Honor Guard, Port Security Unit 309 and Recruit Company Victor-180 march in the inaugural parade Jan. 20.

Navy, Coast Guard Join Forces to Combat Piracy

AT SEA ABOARD USS SAN ANTONIO – Navy and Coast Guard boarding teams are working together to ensure safe operations in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Red Sea and Indian Ocean as part of Combined Task Force 151, a multinational counter-piracy task force.

Video – Cliff Rescue by Air Station North Bend

An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducts the rescue of a 15-year-old boy from a cliff north of Chetco River, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.

Coast Guard Sector Miami recognizes first Guardian of the Quarter

MIAMI – Coast Guard Sector Miami presented its first Guardian of the Quarter award Friday to Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Slaughter for her outstanding performance as a search and rescue coordinator in the Sector Miami Command Center.