Coast Guard to conduct security exercise in Sandy Hook

Coast Guard to conduct security exercise in Sandy Hook
NEW YORK — Members of the Coast Guard, along with several federal, regional, state and local law enforcement and emergency management agencies are scheduled to come together in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Tuesday, to participate in a full-scale exercise designed to enhance coordination in conducting responses to emergent threats in the Port of New York and New Jersey, New York Harbor and surrounding...

Coast Guard to conduct full-scale exercise near LeClaire, Iowa

Coast Guard to conduct full-scale exercise near LeClaire, Iowa
LECLAIRE, IOWA – The Coast Guard, along with other federal, state, local and industry partners, is scheduled to conduct a full-scale maritime security and mass rescue exercise near LeClaire, Iowa on Wednesday, September 14th, 2022. The exercise is part of the Coast Guard’s Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program where federal, state, local and industry partners will respond to a simulated...

Coast Guard, partner agencies participate in active shooter exercise

Coast Guard, partner agencies participate in active shooter exercise
The U.S. Coast Guard alongside partner local, state and federal agencies participated in an Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program (AMSTEP) event in Seattle, Washington Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Coast Guardsmen practice tactical interdiction methods for use in the event of an active shooter scenario. SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard, alongside partner federal, state, and local agencies,...

Coast Guard, partner agencies complete port safety exercise in Savannah

Coast Guard, partner agencies complete port safety exercise in Savannah
Coast Guard and partner agency crews participated in the Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program (AMSTEP) in Savannah, July 24, 2019.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Luke Clayton. SAVANNAH, Ga. — Coast Guard and partner agency crews completed the Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program (AMSTEP) Wednesday in Savannah. The exercise consisted of 25 federal,...

Coast Guard scheduled to participate in multi-agency training in Port of Portland

Coast Guard scheduled to participate in multi-agency training in Port of Portland
USCG File Photo WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard, alongside the Port of Portland and other Federal, State and local agencies, are scheduled to hold a one-day, multi-agency homeland-security-related incident exercise at Terminal 2, Port of Portland, Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. With exercise participants conducting operations on the water, air, and land, members of the public are reminded that...

Coast Guard conducts port partner exercise in Port of LA-LB

Coast Guard conducts port partner exercise in Port of LA-LB
The Coast Guard held a full-scale emergency response exercise in the Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrea Anderson) LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard, along with members of the FBI, Los Angeles Port Police, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Long Beach Police Department...

Coast Guard to conduct port partner exercise in Port of LA-LB

Coast Guard to conduct port partner exercise in Port of LA-LB
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard, along with members of the FBI, Los Angeles Port Police, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Long Beach Police Department and Long Beach Fire Department are scheduled to conduct a full-scale emergency response exercise in the Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach from 9 a.m., to 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The...

Coast Guard, dozens of response agencies to conduct security exercise in Cleveland area Wednesday

Coast Guard, dozens of response agencies to conduct security exercise in Cleveland area Wednesday
CLEVELAND — Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and about two dozen other response agencies will come together in Cleveland Wednesday to participate in a full-scale exercise designed to enhance federal, state, and local coordination in conducting preventative radiological nuclear detection in the eastern Great Lakes. Boaters may notice increased law enforcement activity near ports in Cleveland; Lorain,...

Coast Guard scheduled to participate in multi-agency training in Port Miami

Coast Guard scheduled to participate in multi-agency training in Port Miami
MIAMI —  The Coast Guard is scheduled to facilitate a one-day, multi-agency homeland-security-related incident exercise in Port Miami, Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The homeland security exercise is based on the Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program (AMSTEP). The AMSTEP is focused on building relationships within the Federal Maritime Security domain to write, review and update the...