Coast Guard rescues two after boat capsizes

Coast Guard MH-65 file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia OldhamRACCOON KEY, S.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted two boaters Tuesday 11 miles southeast of Raccoon Key, from a capsized vessel.
The boaters, a man and a woman, were reported to be in good condition with no medical concerns.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Charleston command center were notified of the distress...
Coast Guard rescues 2 off Chincoteague, VA

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater assist a man in a raft 90-miles east of Chincoteague, Va., March 31, 2015.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two men Tuesday from the distressed sailboat Irene, approximately 90 miles east of Chincoteague.
Rescued were Joerg Fleimming, 51 and Stefan Heising, 56, both German nationals.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center...
Coast Guard and U.S. Navy team up to assist distressed swimmer in Guam

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Guam Fire Department and U.S> Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two-Five rescued a distressed swimmer offshore from Pagat Caves, Guam, Sunday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Guam offered assistance after hearing communications between Guam Fire Rescue and dispatch regarding a distressed swimmer near Pagat Caves.
The Coast Guard Cutter Assateague, a 110-foot patrol...
Coast Guard Rescues Nine from Canadian Tall Ship

BOSTON — Coast Guard search and rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod and the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke rescued nine crewmembers from the Canadian tall ship Liana’s Ransom 58 miles east of Gloucester, Monday.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Boston Command Center received notification at 12:35 a.m. that the vessel’s engines were disabled...
Coast Guard to host forum for uninspected passenger vessel operators of Alaskan rivers and lakes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard Sector Anchorage will hold a public forum to discuss recent changes to the standards for Restricted Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel endorsements in Anchorage April 10.
The meeting will occur at 1pm in Conference Room C in the Federal Building Annex (Social Security Administration) at 222 West 8th Avenue.
Sector Anchorage announced changes to the Restricted...
Coast Guard conducts medevac near Cold Bay, Alaska

USCG file photoJUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced a mariner experiencing abdominal complications from the fishing vessel U.S. Intrepid 30 miles south of Cold Bay Sunday.
The helicopter crew safely hoisted the 19-year-old man and transported him to Cold Bay, where an Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew landed to transfer him to a...
Coast Guard locates unresponsive man overboard near Nantucket

USCG file photoBOSTON – The Coast Guard located the body of a missing fisherman about 37 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts at approximately 1 a.m., Monday.
The crew of the fishing vessel Hear No Evil, homeported in New Bedford, Massachusetts, recovered the body and positively identified the missing crewman.
Initially, at about 8:30 p.m., Sunday, the crew of the Hear No Evil notified...
Coast Guard convenes general court-martial for Coast Guardsman accused of sexually assault

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Atlantic Area is scheduled to convene a general court-martial at Coast Guard Sector Key West in Key West, Florida Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2015 for a Coast Guardsman accused of sexual assault.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Edwin R. Angulo, 26, is accused of the violating Article 120 (2 specifications of sexual assault) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice:
Vice Adm. William Lee,...
Celebrating women’s history in the Coast Guard

Personal items donated to the Old Coast Guard Station museum in Virginia Beach, Va., by Lt. Cmdr. Kerry Karwan.Story and photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala
“I’ll give you the clothes off my back.”
It is a saying of generosity and altruism, but for one woman, it has a different meaning.
Though she’s not literally giving someone the clothes she’s currently wearing, Lt. Cmdr....