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Posts on ‘May 1st, 2009’

Coordinated international effort leads to rescue of two men off Costa Rica

By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Levi Read
Every story has a beginning, middle and end. The story of a Coast Guard search and rescue operation is no different.  Often times though, when a search and rescue operation is recounted, you hear how it began and how it ended, but more often than not the middle section [...]

Hawaii-based Coast Guard air crew participates in Japan Coast Guard Sea Review

by Petty Officer 3rd Class Angela Henderson
HONOLULU – U.S. Coast Guard air crew members from Air Station Barbers Point here joined the Japan Coast Guard in a sea review and comprehensive drill in Tokyo Bay Sunday — a first for Coast Guard aviation.

Cape Cod Coast Guard officer diagnosed with H1N1 flu virus

BOSTON – The Center for Disease Control confirmed today that a local Coast Guardsman stationed at the Port Security Unit 301 in Cape Cod, Mass., tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus.

VA Taking Applications for Post-9-11 GI Bill

WASHINGTON  – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that Veterans can begin submitting applications on-line for the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

NFL legend Dan Marino joins team Coast Guard to promote recreational boating safety

MIAMI- Dan Marino, National Football League Hall of Fame Quarterback, media personality, and philanthropist, has teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to help raise awareness of safe boating practices for recreational boaters.

Coast Guard reminds ‘think safety’ for boating season opener

SEATTLE — As the Pacific Northwest prepares to kick off the 2009 boating season, the Coast Guard would like to remind boaters to THINK SAFETY while boating.

Homeland Security exercise to be conducted in and around the Port of Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE –More than 350 emergency response and law enforcement workers from 30 agencies within Wisconsin and Illinois are expected to participate in a full scale Homeland Security exercise in the Port of Milwaukee Tuesday.