PORTSMOUTH, Va. – U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command in Portsmouth for a demonstration of the capabilities of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response Team Monday.
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Six Words in Three Seconds Provide a Path to Mayday
By Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly Parker
In less than a second an electric current containing a three-second message traveled approximately two miles, across the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest.
The signal began its journey from a marine radio tuned to emergency channel-16 in Peacock Spit, an ocean bar just off the southernmost tip of [...]
New TRICARE Regional Managed Care Support Contractors Selected
FALLS CHURCH, VA – The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today the selection of new TRICARE Managed Care Support (MCS) contractors for the North, South and West TRICARE regions in the United States.
17th Coast Guard District to hold change of command ceremony
JUNEAU, Alaska – The 17th Coast Guard District will hold a formal change of command ceremony Thursday, 10 a.m. at Centennial Hall where Rear Adm. Christopher C. Colvin will relieve Rear Adm. Gene Brooks as Commander, 17th Coast Guard District. Vice Adm. Jody Breckenridge, Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, will preside at the ceremony.
Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant to hold change of command ceremony
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Video – Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf intercepts drug smugglers
EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN – Two suspected drug smuggling boats were pursued and interdicted simultaneously July 8, 2009, 80 miles off the coast of Guatemala, during the first drug interdiction for Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the first commissioned National Security Cutter.
Coast Guard buoy tender crew collects 32 tons of marine debris from Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
HONOLULU — While many Americans enjoyed their 4th of July holiday with picnics and parties, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Walnut and some federal government partners continued an effort to clean up the ocean and reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.