BALTIMORE – United States Congressman Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House subcommittee on Coast Guard and maritime transportation, participated in the presentation of the Coast Guard Medal to Petty Officer 1st Class Lavelas Luckey during an official ceremony Wednesday at the Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center in Baltimore. Admiral Thad Allen, commandant of [...]
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Coast Guard responds to oil sheen near Westport, Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard Sector Portland completed its response at the site of a 48-foot sunken boat near Westport, Ore., at the Kerry West Marina Wednesday.
Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral reports 1 H1N1 case
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral has one case of the H1N1 virus Wednesday afternoon.
A petty officer was diagnosed with H1N1 after being tested by medical officials at Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday morning. Test results can take up to three days to be received.
Wounded Warrior Diaries: Coast Guardsman Makes History
By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg
WASHINGTON – Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Ruggiero’s heroic actions more than five years ago saved lives and earned him the first Purple Heart awarded to a Coast Guardsman since the Vietnam War.
Coast Guard responds grounded vessel near Chincoteague Inlet
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. – The Coast Guard assisted three crewmembers of a recreational vessel that ran aground Monday near Chincoteague Inlet.
Tall ship Unicorn freed from rocks in Great Harbor
BOSTON — Sixteen women and the 118-foot tall ship they were aboard are safe after the vessel ran aground on rocks in Great Harbor near Woods Hole, Mass., Wednesday.
Coast Guard to participate in Chicamacomico Heroes’ Day
HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. – The Coast Guard is scheduled to participate in the 4th annual Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station American Heroes’ Day from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday.
At 11 a.m., a helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Elizabeth City and a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Oregon Inlet will perform a search and rescue [...]