Coast Guard decommissions Bahrain-based Cutters Aquidneck and Adak
Coast Guardsmen present pennants from the USCGC Adak (WPB 1333) and USCGC Aquidneck (WPB 1309) during the decommissioning ceremony for Adak and Aquidneck onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, June 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dawson Roth)
MANAMA, Bahrain — After more than 30 years of active service, Coast Guard Island-class patrol boats USCGC Aquidneck (WPB...
Fast response cutters Charles Moulthrope and Robert Goldman join PATFORSWA
Fast response cutters USCGC Robert Goldman and USCGC Charles Moulthrope and patrol boats USCGC Maui and Adak transit the Arabian Gulf en route to Bahrain, May 24. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Logan Kaczmarek)
Story by U.S. Navy 5th Fleet Public Affairs
MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) arrived...
Jacksonville Coast Guardsman, 9/11 first responder retires after 30-year military career
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. – A Coast Guardsman most recently assigned to Afloat Training Group at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., ended his 30-year Coast Guard career surrounded by 100 friends, family members and peers during his retirement ceremony at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday morning.
Michael James Jones, 47, enlisted in the Coast Guard May 11, 1983, with his mother’s...
Coast Guardsmen train Iraqi navy crews
UMM QASR, Iraq — The Coast Guard Cutter Adak conducted training with Iraqi navy units here Wednesday, during the first port visit made by a U.S. military ship since the end of Operation New Dawn and the end of the war in Iraq.
Adak crewmembers provided training to their Iraqi counterparts in subjects including voyage planning, navigation and towing operations. Iraqi navy sailors toured the Adak,...
