Vice Admiral David P. Pekoske assumed his duties as Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard on August 7, 2009. As second in command and Chief Operating Officer, Vice Admiral Pekoske executes the Commandant’s strategic intent, manages internal organizational governance and serves as the Component Acquisition Executive.
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Vice Commandant Change of Watch
On Friday, Vice Admiral Vivian S. Crea was relieved as the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard by Vice Admiral David P. Pekoske. Below is the message issued by Coast Guard Commandant Adm Thad Allen upon VAMD Crea’s relief.
Video – Combined Task Group 56.5
KUWAIT – The Combined Task Group 56.5 provides port security operations for Landing Craft Air Cushion from the USS Bataan at Camp Patriot, Kuwait.
Cutter Liberty Locates Missing Coast Guard Lieutenant
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Liberty crew located a missing Coast Guardsman waving his arms on the northern shoreline in Bakewell Arm 30 miles east of Ketchikan Sunday at 6:50 a.m.
Lt. Andrew Hoag, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon, left on a hunting trip with two friends and did not return [...]
Coast Guard medically evacuates woman from Mackinaw Island
MACKINAW ISLAND, Mich. – U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Ignace medically evacuated a 44-year-old female with abdominal pains from the harbor on Macinaw Island Sunday at approximately 12:30 a.m.
Coast Guard rescues three, good sam rescues one other from capsized boat
ERIE, Pa. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Erie and a Good Samaritan rescued three males and one female from a capsized boat two miles offshore the entrance to the Erie Channel Sunday at approximately 10:30 a.m.
Coast Guard searches for operator of vessel adrift
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for the operator of a vessel adrift near Bolivar, Texas.