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Posts on ‘March 25th, 2009’

Coast Guard Aviation Maintenance Technician takes to the skys to re-enlist

SEAL BEACH, Calif. – Coast Guard 2nd Class Petty Officer Joe Morales will re-enlist in the Coast Guard tomorrow in a very unique way: hovering above the water in a helicopter.

Coast Guard suspends search for 4 missing, off Cape May, N.J.

CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard suspended its active search at 7:51 p.m. Wednesday for the four missing fishermen from the 71-foot fishing vessel Lady Mary, 75 miles off the coast of Cape May.

Video – Red River Flood Rescue

Abercrombie ND – A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Traverse City Michigan rescues six people during the Red River flood in Fargo, N.D., March 25 2009.
The crew, Lt. David Ober, Lt. Brendan Evans, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin Davis and Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Wheeler, was deployed March 24 from Michigan, [...]

Coast Guard reminds boaters about the Naval Protection Zone

SAN DIEGO — Due to a recent violation of a Naval Vessel Protection Zone (NVPZ), the Coast Guard would like to remind boaters to stay clear of U.S. Naval vessels. NVZP’s are in effect around all large U.S. Navy vessels. The Coast Guard and Navy security forces routinely escort U.S. Naval vessels during [...]

Coast Guard evacuates injured logger near Willipa Bay

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard medically evacuated an injured male logger near Willipa Bay, Wash., today.

1 body found, Coast Guard crews searching for second missing person

PORTLAND, Maine – One body was found, and Coast Guard crews and other local agencies are searching by air and sea tonight for a second person in Cobscook Bay near Eastport, Maine, after reports that a 34-foot fishing vessel from Lubec, Maine, with two people aboard may have gone down.

Coast Guard suspends search for missing crewmember off Port Aransas, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – After a two-day effort, the Coast Guard has suspended its active search today at 3 p.m. for Ernesto Guerrero, a Mexican national who went missing while aboard a shrimp boat 44 miles east of Port Aransas on March 23, 2009.