Coast Guard presents Public Service Commendation awards
Capt. Samson Stevens (right) reads the Coast Guard Public Service Commendation award to the recipients Shawn Shapiro Sr., Shawn Shapiro Jr., and Mark Clemens, February 28, 2022, at the Hampton Roads Search and Rescue Forum in Hampton, Virginia. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Velez).
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Capt. Timothy Eason, on behalf of Rear Adm. Laura Dickey, Coast Guard District...
Coast Guard Patrols EEZ in partnership with Samoa
Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) and USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted security patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone throughout February 2022, to protect fisheries and other natural resources. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
HONOLULU — Working with the Government of Samoa, crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) and Coast Guard...
Coast Guard searching for missing person near Fort Pickens, Florida
Empty vessel found grounded near Fort Pickens, Florida.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 63-year-old male Monday, near Fort Pickens, Florida.
Missing is John Hayden, who was last reported leaving Orange Beach, Alabama, Sunday at 5 p.m. and was due to return at midnight.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call at approximately 11 a.m. Monday reporting a vessel...
Coast Guard rescues missing hunter from marsh near Freeport, Texas
Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin R. Williams
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard rescued a missing hunter Sunday from the marsh near Freeport, Texas.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a notification from Brazoria County Dispatch at 7:45 p.m. of a missing 34-year-old male in the marsh area between the...
Coast Guard medevacs injured crew member near Hatteras, NC
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photoPORTSMOUTH, V.A. — The Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a container ship 57 miles east of Hatteras, North Carolina, Sunday morning.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard District Five Command Center in Portsmouth received a call just before 4 a.m. from the container vessel Ivar Reefer stating a crew member had sustained a serious hand injury while working...
Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger near New Orleans
A Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boatcrew medevacs a cruise ship passenger on the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Feb. 26, 2022. (Courtesy photo by Coast Guard Station New Orleans)
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a 74-year-old cruise ship passenger Saturday evening on the Mississippi River near New Orleans.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans...
Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from cargo vessel off Port Aransas
Coast Guard Station Port Aransas 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer Patrick D. Kelley
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember Friday from a cargo vessel off Port Aransas, Texas.
Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a medevac request at 1:03 p.m. from the agent of the Richard Oldendorff, a bulk carrier, stating...
Coast Guard medevacs oil platform worker near Breton Sound, Louisiana
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced an oil platform worker Thursday near Breton Sound, Louisiana.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a notification at approximately 6:25 p.m. from the oil platform Breton Sound 21 of a worker sustaining serious injuries to the arm.
Watchstanders coordinated the launch of...
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to homeport
DILIGENCE conducting small boat training in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (Credit: BM3 Cayne Wattigney)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to their homeport of Pensacola Sunday following a 60-day counter-drug patrol in Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Partnering with three other Coast Guard cutters, Diligence interdicted three suspected drug-smuggling vessels resulting in the...
