Memorial Service Held To Remember Fallen Heroes
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Tracey L. WhitleyMANAMA, Bahrain – Members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard joined together for a memorial service held onboard Naval Support Activity, Bahrain to continue to honor the lives of three fallen U.S. service members, April 26.
Coast Guard Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, of Smithtown. N.Y., Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Michael...
Coast Guard rescues man from sunken vessel near Emeryville Marina
USCG file photoSAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued a man from the water Wednesday afternoon after his vessel sank near the Emeryville Marina.
The 35 year-old-man, from Lafayette, Calif., was saved wearing his life jacket after his 32-foot sport fishing boat sank.
At 2:57 p.m., the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center received a distress call from the operator of a 32-foot sport...
Coast Guard searching for two missing swimmers off South Padre Island
USCG file photoCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Coast Guard crews are continuing to search today for two people who went missing near the beach on South Padre Island on Wednesday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station South Padre Island received a call at approximately 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, from the legal guardian of two of the three persons missing in the water at Isla Blanca Park.
A MH-65C Dolphin rescue...
Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Henry G. DunphySAN DIEGO – An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically evacuated a passenger from a cruise ship 45 miles southwest of San Diego Wednesday morning.
Late Tuesday night, the crew of the cruise ship Golden Princess notified the Coast Guard that the 85-year-old woman needed immediate medical assistance. A Coast Guard flight...
Coast Guard airlifts man from vessel run aground
USCG HH-60 file photoPORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew rescued a 70-year-old man near Smith Island after his 39-foot sailing vessel, Hornblower, ran aground Tuesday night.
Rescued was William Bayliss.
Bayliss contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads at approximately 11 p.m., requesting assistance. A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Charles was...
Coast Guard Yard educates the educators
BALTIMORE – Teachers from the Maritime Industries Academy High School in Baltimore met with members from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore and Coast Guard Yard in order to learn about the roles and missions of the Coast Guard in the maritime community, Tuesday.
The tour was one of many stops the teachers made as part of a day-long educational trip hosted by the Association of Maryland Pilots, who have...
Coast Guard names Air Station Sitka Petty Officer the 2010 Enlisted Person of the Year
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard has named Petty Officer 1st Class Troy Brevik, an aviation maintanance technican and a Juneau resident stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Sitka as the service’s 2010 active duty Enlisted Person of the Year by Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp.
“Petty Officer Brevik was the units cornerstone during a year when Air Station Sitka overcome numerous challenges,...
