SEATTLE – Personnel from Coast Guard Sector Portland, Ore., and the Washington Department of Ecology are investigating an oil sheen in the Columbia River near Washougal, Wash., Friday.
Posts on ‘January 23rd, 2009’
Video – Coast Guard Goes Digital
The transition from analog Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB) to digital EPIRB’s is explained in this Coast Guard video. The Coast Guard will no longer monitor analog EPIRB transmissions after Feb 1, 2009.
Video – Coast Guard and Navy Train for Anti-Piracy Boardings
Petty Officer Adam Eggers reports for the Pentagon Channel as Coast Guard and Navy boarding teams conduct counterpiracy training in the North Arabian Sea.
Search and rescue goes digital; analog distress signal no longer received
NEW ORLEANS– The Coast Guard would like to remind commercial and recreational boaters that beginning Feb. 1, 2009, the Coast Guard and other search and rescue personnel will only receive distress alerts from digital 406-MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs).
Video – Coast Guard Units in Presidential Inauguration Parade
The Coast Guard was well represented at the presidential inauguration as Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen and President Barak Obama watched the Coast Guard Band, Cadets, Honor Guard, Recruits and Port Security Unit 309 pass by.
Secretary Napolitano visits Coast Guard Headquarters
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited Coast Guard Headquarters, here, Thursday, to receive briefings from the service’s senior leaders and to tour the Coast Guard’s National Command Center.