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Posts on ‘November 17th, 2009’

Coast Guard aviator receives Royal award for service in England

KODIAK, Alaska – Not quite a knighthood but instead U.S. Coast Guard aviator Lt. Sean Krueger recently received a Royal award for leading a rescue mission in 2008 while on assignment with the British Navy.

Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet landing gear collapses during landing at Colorado airport

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – An HU-25 Falcon jet from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi suffered a collapsed nose landing gear while landing at Eagle County Regional Airport in Gypsum, Colo., Tuesday.

World’s most powerful non-nuclear icebreaker to arrive in Juneau on Wednesday

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, the world’s most powerful non-nuclear icebreaker, will moor at the South Franklin Pier in Juneau Wednesday and is scheduled to open for public tours Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Eighth U.S. Coast Guard District Launches Citizen’s Action Network With GNOEC

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard announced today that the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission (GNOEC) has become the first business member of Citizen’s Action Network (CAN) in the Eighth Coast Guard District. CAN is program that uses volunteer citizens, non-profit organizations and businesses to provide real-time information to the Coast Guard. Members of [...]

Coast Guard responding to the report of two missing crab fishermen

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is responding to the report of two missing crab fishermen near Bellingham, Washington.

Coast Guard locates lost Northern Michigan hunter

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City searched and located a lost 50-year-old hunter near Ruby Creek in Oceana County, Monday morning, after he failed to return to camp the previous night.

Columbia River and Tillamook Bay River Bars Closed

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Portland, Ore., has closed the Columbia River and Tillamook Bay, Ore., river bars Monday due to hazardous conditions.