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Coast Guard crew assists 2 near Manasquan Inlet, N.J.

MANASQUAN INLET, N.J. – The Coast Guard assisted two people eight miles east of Manasquan Inlet after their 50-foot motor boat became disabled Tuesday.

Coast Guard terminates LORAN-C signal

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard terminated broadcast of the North American Long Range Navigation-C signal at 3 p.m. Monday with the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center in Alexandria, Va., coordinating the shutdown.

U.S. Coast Guard responding to disabled vessel’s crew

HONOLULU – U.S. Coast Guard crews are responding to a fishing vessel fire approximately 50 miles north of Kingman Reef.  The Rescue Coordination Center in Taiwan reported to Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center watchstanders here Monday at 7:30 a.m. that the 28-member crew of the Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel Hou Chun 11 abandoned ship [...]

Coast Guard selects new three star admirals

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Thad Allen, announced Wednesday, the selection of new three star admirals who will serve under Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp, when he becomes the U.S Coast Guard’s 24th commandant May 25, upon Senate confirmation.

Coast Guard conducts humanitarian mission Port-Au-Prince orphanage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 307 began conducting a series of humanitarian assistance missions at a local orphanage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb. 2, 2010.

Coast Guard medevacs Soldotna man after snowmachine accident

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard assisted the Alaska State Troopers by medevacing a Soldotna man suffering from multiple injuries after a snowmachine accident 15 miles northeast of Seward Saturday morning.

Coast Guard medically evacuates Big Island man to Oahu

HONOLULU — A U.S. Coast Guard air crew aboard a C-130 long-range search and rescue aircraft from Air Station Barbers Point on Oahu conducted a medical evacuation of a Big Island man on Saturday.