Coast Guard supports 73rd U.N. General Assembly operations
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Cutter Marcus Hanna, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in South Portland, Maine and a 29-foot Response Boat–Small from Maritime Safety and Security (MSST) 91106 New York maneuver close to a barge to transport personnel during a mass casualty drill conducted outside the United Nations Building, Sept. 21, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Hunter Medley)
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Multi-agency maritime exercises to take place in Delaware Bay
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New Jersey and Delaware State Police, and other maritime security stakeholders will conduct multiple exercises in the mouth of the Delaware Bay October 17 – 22, 2016.
The exercises will involve specialized teams and tactics using both small vessels and aircraft. No live-firing of weapons will take place during the exercise.
The Coast...
Coast Guard 5th District names its Person of the Year
Petty Officer 1st Class Robert T. Johnston was honored as the Coast Guard 5th District Region 2014 Enlisted Person of the Year at a ceremony in Chesapeake. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Petty Officer 1st Class Robert T. Johnston was honored today as the Coast Guard 5th District Region 2014 Enlisted Person of the Year at a ceremony in Chesapeake.
Johnston, who grew up in Fredericksburg,...
MSRT: Coast Guard’s specialized force to be reckoned with
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta DiscoSmall
NEW YORK – Spread out on benches between the two main decks aboard the Staten Island Ferry were more than 100 passengers who volunteered as role-players for a unique Coast Guard drill; they awaited further tasking on what was described to them as a “long night ahead.”
Little did the unsuspecting ferry passengers know that among them, alleged...
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returns home after seven-week patrol
BOSTON – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned to their homeport in Boston on April 10, after completing a 53-day deployment which included two weeks of training at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va., and five weeks of fisheries patrols off the coasts of New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina.
The Seneca patrolled the Mid-Atlantic Ocean in support of the Coast Guard Fifth District’s...
Maritime Security Response Team detachment returns home from counter-piracy deployment
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – A Chesapeake-based advanced interdiction team from the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team returned home Friday, from a five-month counter-piracy deployment to the Middle East.
“I’m very proud of our advanced interdiction team,” said Capt. Brian Thompson, MSRT commanding officer. “While deployed overseas, they were able demonstrate the valuable...
