PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued four people from a disabled sailboat 250 miles southeast of Cape May, N.J., Friday.
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Coast Guard Foundation Unveils New Web Site
STONINGTON, CT – The Coast Guard Foundation has unveiled its newly designed Web site – with comprehensive information about the Foundation, its history of helping and its staff.
“This new web site is easier to navigate, much more user-friendly and aesthetically appealing,†said Ross Roeder, Foundation Chair. “Our updated site will be an even more [...]
A Rocky Re-enlistment
PHILADELPHIA – Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony J. Matulonis (left) takes an oath of enlistment, administered by his supervisor, Lt. Bill McKinstry, in front of the statue of movie character Rocky Balboa that stands adjacent to the Philadelphia Art Museum.
Matulonis, 28, originally from Baltimore, currently serves as a marine science technician at Coast [...]
Cutter Vigourous to hold change of command ceremony
CAPE MAY, N.J. – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday at the ship’s homeport here.
During the ceremony, Cmdr. Glenn Grahl will be formally relieved as commanding officer of the cutter by Cmdr. Paul Flynn.
The CGC Vigorous is a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter homeported at Coast Guard [...]
Another Succesful Operation Coal Shovel
DETROIT — Operation Coal Shovel, responsible for the conduct of ice breaking operations in all of Lake Erie, the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron south of 45-10 North, has completed another very successful joint ice-breaking season with the Canadian Coast Guard and Lake Carrier’s Association.
The cutters Bristol Bay, Neah Bay, Hollyhock, Mackinaw [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs 13-Year-Old From Cruise Ship
MIAMI – A Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Fla., rescue crew medically evacuated a 13-year-old female from a cruise ship three miles east of Miami Beach at about 6:30 a.m. today.
The doctor on board the 680-foot Norweigan cruise ship Majesty, home ported in Charleston, S.C., contacted Coast Guard officials early this morning and reported that [...]
Migrants Land in Florida State Park, Coast Guard Searching for Smugglers
FT. MYERS, Fla. – The Coast Guard has been searching for a possible migrant smuggling vessel in the vicinity of Charlotte Harbor, Fla., since 2:30 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Station Ft. Myers Beach, in Ft. Myers, Fla., received a call from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at about 2 p.m. today, reporting the landing of one [...]