SAN PEDRO, Calif., – Local Coast Guard crews rescued a man after he fell overboard from his pleasure craft in his transit from Channel Islands Harbor, today.
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Coast Guard base exchange to ban plastic bags and incandescent bulbs
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard is making great strides this spring in an effort to green its main base here.
The service’s base exchange at the Integrated Support Command (ISC), Honolulu, will begin phasing out plastic bags and incandescent bulbs in March.
Coast Guard strengthens partnership with Customs and Border Protection
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Charleston-based United States Coast Guard and United States Customs and Border Protection units entered into a personnel exchange program Thursday to enhance their cooperation and interoperability between the two Department of Homeland Security agencies.
Coast Guard rescues man from grounded vessel in estuary
OAKLAND, Calif., – The Coast Guard rescued a man after his pleasure craft ran aground and began taking on water in the Oakland Estuary, today.
Coast Guard conducts medevac 50 miles offshore
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Astoria, Ore., conducted a medevac of a 52-year-old man off the motor vessel Nord Ace around 7:30 a.m. today.
Nord Ace departed Grays Harbor, Wash., and was enroute to the Philippines when the captain contacted the Coast Guard Sunday about a crewmember who was experiencing a painful [...]