Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City celebrates 25 years of service

Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City celebrates 25 years of service
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City flies past the Washington Monument as they provide security for the State of the Union address in Washington D.C..  U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef By Lt. Gillian Gerton & Chief Petty Officer Cynthia Oldham The Coast Guard is celebrating 25 years of operations at Air Station Atlantic...

Coast Guard to Hold Annual Cape May Community Festival

Coast Guard to Hold Annual Cape May Community Festival
Coast Guard Community Festival file photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards CAPE MAY, N.J. – U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May and the Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation are scheduled to hold the annual Coast Guard Community Festival, Saturday, May 20, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the base. The event is free and open to the public. There is no alternate date, so in case...

Coast Guard rescues 7 from tug 30 miles from Ocean City

Coast Guard rescues 7 from tug 30 miles from Ocean City
A disabled tug and barge 30 miles offshore from Ocean City, Maryland, on Jan.15, 2023, after a tow line snapped and the Coast Guard hoisted the tug’s seven crew members. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) BALTIMORE, Md. – The Coast Guard rescued seven people Saturday from a disabled, adrift tug towing a barge 30 miles offshore from Ocean City. A crew member aboard the tug Legacy notified watch standers...

Coast Guard delivers upgraded helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City

Coast Guard delivers upgraded helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City flies past the Washington Monument. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter Monday to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that serve out of the Coast Guard’s largest MH-65 helicopter...

Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold open house

Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold open house
Coast Guard Station Annapolis 45-foot Response Boat – Medium (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew S. Masaschi) ANNAPOLIS, M.D. – The crew at Coast Guard Station Annapolis is scheduled to host a free public open house Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Coast Guard Station Annapolis. Members of the public are invited to learn about Coast Guard operations, safe boating tips...

Coast Guard medevacs man nearly 104 miles east of Atlantic City

Coast Guard medevacs man nearly 104 miles east of Atlantic City
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bethany Teichert PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured 60-year-old man Sunday from a vessel nearly 104 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a notification from the 31-foot pleasure craft, Reely, stating a 60-year-old man fell aboard the vessel and reportedly...

Coast Guard searching for overdue boater near Cape May Villas, N.J.

Coast Guard searching for overdue boater near Cape May Villas, N.J.
Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police are searching for an overdue boater Tuesday approximately 1 miles east of Cape May Villas, New Jersey. Missing is Christian Johnathon Hosford, Jr., 33, last seen around sunset on Monday in a 10-foot John boat near his home in Cape May Villas. Hosford reportedly did...

Coast Guard searching for missing swimmer near Deep Point, Maryland

Coast Guard searching for missing swimmer near Deep Point, Maryland
Coast Guard Cutter Mako file photo DEEP POINT, Md. — The Coast Guard is searching for a 10-year old female swimmer who went missing in waters near Deep Point Sunday evening. The swimmer was last seen wearing a white shirt and sweatpants. The St. Mary’s County dispatch notified Coast Guard Sector Maryland National Capitol Region Command Center watchstanders of two family members swimming together...

Coast Guard participates in joint exercise off Delaware, Maryland coast

Coast Guard participates in joint exercise off Delaware, Maryland coast
The aircrew aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City prepare to hoist two Navy pilots from Navy Strike Fighter Atlantic from the Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boat, crewed by members from Station Indian River Inlet during the joint service Search and Rescue Exercise, May 17, 2022, near Ocean City, Maryland. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Emily Velez) BALTIMORE...