ASTORIA, Ore. – Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Michael P. Leavitt will transfer command of Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay, Ore., to Master Chief Petty Officer Michael T. Saindon in a change of command ceremony scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., Friday, July 17, 2009.
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Washington State Natural Resources employee receives Meritorious Public Service Award
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard awarded a Washington State employee for her environmental accomplishments at a ceremony held in Olympia, Wash, Thursday.
Sailing vessel American Eagle re-floated
BOSTON- Crewmen aboard the sailing vessel American Eagle re-floated the 92-foot boat from a rocky ledge in Boothbay Harbor Thursday at 2:07 p.m. as the tide came in.
Colombian, U.S. laws fight semi-submersible threat
WASHINGTON — Colombian Naval Forces Commander, Adm. Guillermo Enrique Barrera Hurtado met with U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant, Vice Adm. Vivien Crea, during his visit to Coast Guard Headquarters here Thursday.
Coast Guard urges diving safety along N.J. coast
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is urging divers, both experienced and inexperienced, to use caution while diving.
The Coast Guard has responded to three diving accidents off the New Jersey coast in 2009 all resulting in fatalities.
Auxiliarists present commemorative chart table to Station Milford Haven
HUDGINS, Va. – On Wednesday, three Coast Guard Auxiliarists assembled a chart table they built for Coast Guard Station Milford Haven in honor of the 70-year working relationship between the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Cutter Harriet Lane cutter returns home after seizing $8.5 million in Caribbean Sea
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane will return to their homeport of Portsmouth, Va., Thursday night following a successful 45-day counter-drug and annual training deployment.