Jacksonville Beach-based Coast Guard unit receives prestigious readiness award

Jacksonville Beach-based Coast Guard unit receives prestigious readiness award
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Jacksonville Beach received the prestigious Sumner I. Kimball award for excellence Friday. The award, recognizing excellence in operational readiness and vessel condition, is awarded to crews who meet exceptionally high standards of the service after a thorough inspection by Coast Guard Headquarters’ Office of Boat...

Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville honors its 2012 Enlisted Person of the Year

Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville honors its 2012 Enlisted Person of the Year
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville in Atlantic Beach honored a Sagamore Beach, Mass., native for selection as its 2012 Enlisted Person of the Year during a ceremony at Naval Station Mayport Friday. Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Antel, a boatswain mate stationed at Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Jacksonville Beach, Fla., was honored as the Sector Jacksonville Enlisted Person...

Coast Guardsmen volunteer in Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach

Coast Guardsmen volunteer in Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach
  ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — Coast Guard men and women from two Jacksonville, Fla.,-area units lent helping hands by volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Atlantic Beach, Fla., as well as the Community Oyster Shell Recycling and Living Reef Restoration Project in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Nov. 30, 2012. Volunteers from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Jacksonville Beach, Fla., helped attach...