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Coast Guard Cutter Alert holds change-of-command – Outgoing CO made Honorary Chief Petty Officer

ASTORIA, Ore. — Cmdr. Matthew Creelman was relieved by Cmdr. Brad Mynatt as the commanding officer (CO) of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert in a joint change-of-command and retirement ceremony held Friday, June 19, 2009, outside of the Columbia River Maritime Museum here.

MSU Port Arthur successfully oversees recovery of oil from Sabine Neches Waterway

PORT ARTHUR, Texas – A unified command consisting of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, Texas General Land Office, Garner Environmental, and Motiva Terminal successfully oversaw and coordinated the recovery efforts for the leaking flange in the Sabine Neches Waterway today.

Coast Guard and Dominican Republic Naval Academy Midshipmen conduct boat operations training

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Chincoteague conducted patrol boat operations training at sea with 40 Dominican Republic Naval Academy Midshipmen near Mona Island, Puerto Rico Saturday.

Coast Guard and county agencies conclude search for man fishing near powerplant

MONROE COUNTY, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple Michigan county sheriff’s and fire departments concluded a search for a 30-year-old male swept into Lake Erie after he was fishing near the Consumer’s Powerplant, here, Tuesday at approximately 1:30 p.m.

Coast Guard and partner agencies to increase enforcement of Boating-Under-the-Influence laws

LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard will have an increased presence on the water this weekend, June 26 to June 28, enforcing boating under the influence laws as part of a national coordinated effort of stepped-up enforcement known as “Operation Dry Water.”

Coast Guard medically evacuates 45-year-old woman near Boiler Bay, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 45-year-old woman off a beach near Boiler Bay, Ore., Tuesday.

Coast Guard locates, New Jersey State Police rescue 1 near Tuckerton, N.J.

TUCKERTON, N.J. – The Coast Guard located a man aboard a 16-foot boat Monday in Great Bay near Tuckerton, N.J., and the New Jersey State Police rescued him.