Coast Guard wasn’t alerted about deadly boat crash in the Florida Keys until 20 minutes after the crash
The boat that struck a channel marker near North Key Largo on Labor Day weekend capsized, throwing all aboard into the water. This photo taken on the scene, shows the upside down vessel also had heavy damage along its starboard, or right, side. One young girl died in the wreck and another is fighting for her life.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald
The U.S. Coast Guard received the first call about a deadly...
First woman commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard questions service traditions
Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan is promoted to the rank of admiral during a ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters, June 18, 2021. Fagan is the Coast Guard’s first woman to serve as a four-star admiral. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Pamela Manns)
Hal Bernton
The Seattle Times
Sep. 6—ILWACO, Pacific County — During her 37 years in the Coast Guard, Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan has sometimes questioned...
One killed, 11 injured after boat crashes into channel marker and capsizes off the Florida Keys
A Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue boat pulls into a slip at Black Point Marina Sunday night, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. The boat brought to shore several people injured in a boating crash earlier in the night. (David Goodhue/Miami Herald/TNS)
David Goodhue and David J. Neal
Miami Herald
MIAMI — A 17-year-old girl died Monday from injuries she suffered as a result of a tragic boating crash off the Upper...
Seven unvaccinated Coast Guard Academy cadets ordered off campus, face disenrollment
(USCG photo by then BROWN, TELFAIR H. PA1)
Brian Hallenbeck
The Day, New London, Conn.
Aug. 31—NEW LONDON — Seven Coast Guard Academy cadets ordered off campus this month face “disenrollment” for failing to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, the academy confirmed Tuesday.
The cadets, who had applied for religious exemptions, were informed Thursday, Aug....
Solomon Islands bars U.S. Coast Guard ship from routine refueling, raising China influence fears
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, speaks during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Guadalcanal at U.S. Memorial Skyline Hill, in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug. 7, 2017. The Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive by Allied forces against Japan and began Aug. 7, 1942, when over 11,000 Marines landed on the island. (U.S. Coast Guard...
Rescuers on the Rio Grande: Coast Guard team saves lives at the border
Members from Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team Houston lift a child from the reeds on the U.S. riverbank of the Rio Grande, July 7, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Maritime Safety & Security Team Houston)
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki
Search and rescue cases typically have a clear beginning, middle and end. Dispatchers receive a call for help and work swiftly...
Coastie says she wants to give the Coast Guard ‘perspective,’ and see it be more ‘inclusive’ after graduating the Coast Guard Academy
Anne Allman shares a laugh with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at her graduation from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy earlier this year. (Courtesy photo / Anne Allman)
Kayla Tucker
Grand Haven Tribune, Mich.
Jul. 26—Grand Haven’s own Anne Allman recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and recently became stationed as an official Coastie.
Allman,...
Coast Guard escorts Carnival cruise ship after brawl breaks out over a ‘threesome’
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Maura Grunlund
Staten Island Advance, N.Y.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A large fight that broke out on a cruise ship resulted in an emergency response near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge early on Tuesday morning, according to sources.
The U.S. Coast Guard was alerted around 4 a.m. to a report of a fight on the Carnival cruise ship Magic in the vicinity of the span, according...
International Ice Patrol – Remembering the Titanic 110 years later
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Tchorz, an aviation maintenance technician stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, lays a wreath at the site of the Titanic resting place, April 21, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kim Reaves
Water stretches as far as the eye can see, and the air is chilled. The ocean’s surface is studded...
