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Cleveland-based member will receive the Coast Guardsman of the Year Award

CLEVELAND – A Cleveland-based Coast Guard petty officer will receive the Coast Guardsman of the Year Award from the U.S. Navy League during a ceremony at Station Cleveland Harbor, Wednesday, at 8 a.m.

Multiple agency security operation at Portland’s Terminal 6

SEATTLE — Multiple agencies participated in the Maritime Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) operation at Terminal 6 in Portland, Ore., Tuesday.

Coast Guard stops 2 go-fast vessels carrying cocaine off Panama

MIAMI – Coast Guard crews stopped two go-fast vessels carrying cocaine and assault weapons off the coast of Panama.

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans medevacs man and locates overdue sailing vessel

NEW ORLEANS — Two Coast Guard HH-65C rescue helicopters and crews were launched last night, one to conduct a medavac and another to search for an overdue vessel.

Time Running Out for Coast Guard Memorial

On the night of 4 September 2008 Coast Guard helicopter 6505 was conducting an over-water training mission south of Honolulu, Hawaii. While delivering a rescue basket to a Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat something went terribly wrong and the aircraft descended to the water with two pilots, a flight mechanic and a rescue swimmer onboard.
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Body discovered that matches description of missing young man

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – The Department of Natural Resources recovered the body of a young man that matches the description of a swimmer who went missing near Tybee Island Monday afternoon.