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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.

Joint agencies interdict 23 migrants

SAN DIEGO – A joint agency collaboration led to the interdiction of a 25-foot panga carrying 23 suspected illegal migrants off the coast of Oceanside, Calif., early this morning.

Coast Guard to assist Royal Canadian Mounted Police during Winter Olympics

Top notch athletes throughout the world are in the final stages of training for the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. As the world prepares for this fury of sporting spectacle, professionals of another sort are training around-the-clock to provide maritime safety and security throughout the region during the games.

Coast Guard emphasizes maritime border-crossing procedures

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard reminds boaters of the proper procedures for entering and exiting the United States maritime border.

Coast Guard to facilitate a homeland security and pollution response exercise in the Florida Keys

KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to facilitate a multiagency homeland-security-related incident exercise and major pollution-response exercise next Wednesday and Thursday in Key West.

U.S. and Canada announce shared coastal law enforcement operations at Vancouver Olympics

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Federal Border Integrity Program, will launch the Olympic Shiprider pilot program in waters off the Pacific Northwest coast to enhance security operations during the 2010 Winter Games.

Maritime Safety and Security Team return home from Haiti

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Nine Coast Guardsmen, from Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco 91105, returned home this weekend from a 16-day deployment to Haiti.