Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger

Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard suspended the search, Wednesday, for a missing 35-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship 186 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida. Missing is Ronnie Peale. Coast Guard crews searched more than 5,171 square miles and 60 hours. Carnival Cruise...

Coast Guard medevacs 1, continues escort for Carnival Triumph

Coast Guard medevacs 1, continues escort for Carnival Triumph
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard medevaced a female passenger from the disabled Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday afternoon. A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat — Medium crew medevaced a female passenger who reportedly suffered a stroke and transported her to Dauphin Island to meet emergency medical services. At approximately 12:30 p.m. the tug vessel Resolve Pioneer reported a broken...

Coast Guard reignites the light that guides

By Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert Maritime safety is the heartbeat to the Coast Guard’s overall mission. In 1789 a newly created Congress approved the Lighthouses Act, which declared maritime navigational safety into U.S. ports become a federally funded priority of the former U.S. Lighthouse Service. The Lighthouse Service was one of the many organizations that was absorbed into the modern...