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Posts on ‘November 3rd, 2009’

Guam-based buoy tender returns home after multi-mission patrol through the Pacific

APRA HARBOR, Guam — Just before midnight, Tuesday, Nov. 3, the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Sequoia and its crew of 51 returned to home port in Apra Harbor, Guam, after a successful two-and-a-half month deployment.

U.S. Border Patrol recognizes Coast Guard Auxiliarist

SEATTLE – The U.S. Border Patrol will recognize a Coast Guard Auxiliarist at Coast Guard Station Port Angeles, Wash., on Ediz Hook Road at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday.

Senior Coast Guard officer investigated for misconduct

JUNEAU, Alaska – The former commander of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage has been charged Tuesday with multiple violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Coast Guard responding to runaway fishing vessel off California coast

MORRO BAY, Calif. – The Coast Guard is responding to the runaway fishing vessel Axel that is approximately 130 miles southwest of San Francisco and is believed to be moving with nobody aboard Tuesday.

Columbia College announces 50 percent tuition support for spouses of Coast Guard servicemembers

Columbia College has announced the Coast Guard Spouse Grant, a new program that offers a 50 percent tuition reduction to spouses of Coast Guard servicemembers. The new program, modeled after the Department of Defense’s DoD spouse tuition scholarship program known as the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account MyCAA, offers financial tuition support for eligible Coast [...]

Updated – Coast Guard Medevacs Man 100 Miles West of Key West

KEY WEST, Fla. – Coast Guard crewmembers from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, rescued a 50-year-old Ukrainian man from the motor vessel Munin Explorer 100 miles west of Key West Tuesday.