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Coast Guard medevacs man from Seattle-based vessel southwest of Sitka

KODIAK, Alaska- A Sitka-based Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew medevaced a 46-year-old male who was reportedly suffering from severe abdominal pain aboard the 254-foot Seattle-based catcher processor Arctic Fjord 135 miles southwest of Sitka at 6:18 a.m. Thursday.

Coast Guard medevacs man from tank ship in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a tank ship approximately 60 miles off the Galveston coast, Thursday.

Coast Guard cleans South Beach for International Coastal Cleanup

MIAMI – Members of the Coast Guard family stationed throughout South Florida will volunteer their support for the 24th Annual International Coastal Cleanup on South Beach, Fla., between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday.

Coast Guard and Crowley working to refloat barge near Bethel, Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard and Crowley are responding to the grounding of the 160-foot Crowley barge 160-1 in the Kanektok River near the Quinhagak Village south of Bethel on the eastern shore of the Bering Sea.

MSST New Orleans receives Coast Guard Meritorius Unit Commendation

NEW ORLEANS — U. S. Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team 91112 New Orleans received the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.

Coast Guard conducts three-day Alaska Native student outreach in North Slope

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard is preparing for an Alaskan Native Outreach program Sept. 23-25 to educate, expose and promote Coast Guard missions and operations to more than 2,700 Alaska’s elementry, middle school, high school and college students in Nome, Kotzebue and Barrow.

Coast Guard responding to capsized fishing vessel

KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard is responding to a commercial fishing vessel that capsized around noon Thursday, five miles south of Key West.