Coast Guard Force Readiness Command Holds Change of Command
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Michael McAllister, deputy commandant of Coast Guard Force Readiness Command, oversees FORCECOM’s change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, July 31, 2018. Official U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm.
Cape May, NJ – Coast Guard Training Center Cape May hosted the change of command ceremony for Coast Guard Force Readiness...
Coast Guard aircrew medevacs ill man off Oregon coast
WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated an ill fisherman from a commercial fishing vessel 100 miles off of Pacific City, Oregon, Tuesday morning.
An aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River safely hoisted the 37-year-old male, who reportedly experienced difficulty breathing and numbness in extremities, and transferred him to MEDIX paramedics...
Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel near Ketchikan, Alaska
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Station Ketchikan personnel medevaced a man from a vessel 34 miles southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska, Monday.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew transited to the 65-foot pleasure craft Lady Crystal and took the 74-year-old man aboard the RB-M. He was safely transported to Ketchikan where awaiting emergency medical services...
Coast Guard medevacs man from cargo ship west of Tampa Bay
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 file photo
TAMPA, Fla. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 22-year-old man from a cargo ship 35 miles west of Tampa Bay, Tuesday.
Medevaced was Shuklendra Singh, 22, from India.
At 4:52 a.m. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a distress call via VHF-FM marine band radio channel 16 from a crew member aboard a 614-foot cargo ship, the Bahama...
Four new Coast Guard cutters bound for California duty
Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Barney.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard plans to base four of its new Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC) in Southern California within the next year.
The Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour is slated to arrive this summer with formal commissioning in the fall. Three additional FRCs are scheduled to arrive and be...
Training Center Cape May Scheduled To Hold Sunset Parade
Training Center Cape May Sunset Parade file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm.
CAPE MAY, N.J. – U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to host a Sunset Parade in honor of the Enlisted Memorial Foundation at the Training Center, Aug. 4 at 7:38 p.m.
Sunset Parades are military displays of marching troops and the Coast Guard Recruit Precision Drill Team. More than 250 recruits...
Coast Guard responds to 11 people in the water near Haines
Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 File Photo
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew responded to 11 people in the water from an overturned canoe in the vicinity of Glacier Point, nine miles south of Haines, Alaska, Monday.
Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders received a report of an unconscious person in the water near Glacier Point and...
Coast Guard assists sailboat taking on water off Big Island
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake tows a sailboat off Hawaii, July 29, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Elizabeth Uitdenhowen)
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard assisted a sailboat crew taking on water a mile off Kihono Bay, Sunday.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake responded to the call and dewatered the 49-foot sailboat Hikoroa before towing it safely to...
Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 2 people 2 miles south of Marathon
Two members from Coast Guard Station Marathon help dewater a 20-foot rental vessel Monday, July 30, 2018 after it began taking on water 2 miles south of Marathon. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Brandon Hunt
MIAMI — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued two people Monday from a 19-foot pleasure craft taking on water 2 miles south of Marathon.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West...
