Coast Guard rescues mariner as wave capsizes vessel
Coast Guard crews conduct multi-unit response to rescue a mariner after a wave capsizes the 32-foot disabled motor vessel Sand Piper near Astoria, OR, Friday, Feb. 3. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Clark)
Astoria, Ore. – The Coast Guard rescued a mariner in distress approximately 6 miles west of the Columbia River mouth Friday, Feb. 3. Multiple units responded and saved...
Breaking waves: Coast Guard surfmen drive to close gender gap
Petty Officer 1st Class Victoria Hansen (right), Surfman #484 and an instructor at the National Motor Life Boat School in Ilwaco, Washington, operates a 47-foot Motor Life Boat in 2019 while training at Benson Beach near Cape Disappointment. U.S. Coast Guard photo provided by Petty Officer 1st Class Victoria Hansen.
By Petty Officer Cynthia Oldham
While for decades the Coast Guard has permitted women...
Coast Guardsmen converge in Hawaii for heavy weather training
HONOLULU – Two weeks of intensive heavy weather search and rescue training will complete Friday, after personnel from throughout the Pacific gathered at Coast Guard Station Honolulu for a series of unique skill enhancement evolutions.
Instructors from the Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School, in Ilwaco, Wash., chose Hawaii for the consistently challenging offshore sea conditions as well as...
Lifesaving professionals increase efficiency at ‘Graveyard of the Pacific’
by Fireman Loumania Stewart
ILWACO, Wash. — The Columbia River entrance, located on the Pacific Coast on the border of Oregon and Washington State, is widely known as one of the most dangerous river bars in the world. The area is often referred to as “The Graveyard of the Pacific” due to all the shipwrecks and lives lost there. Strategically situated near the river’s entrance in Ilwaco are...
Beyond borders, a partnership in lifesaving education
By Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn
ILWACO, Wash. — If you’re near the coast on a stormy day and have a decent view of the open ocean, you might pause for a moment to watch the surf smash against the rocks or break upon the sand. From the safety of a heated vehicle idling at a beach or state park parking lot, many of us have sat comfortably mesmerized by the tumultuous frenzy created when...
Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School at Cape Disappointment, Wash., transfers command
ASTORIA, Ore. – Chief Warrant Officer Christopher L. Smasne relieved Chief Warrant Officer Michael C. Russell of command of U.S. Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School at Cape Disappointment, Wash., during a change-of-command ceremony Friday at 11 a.m.
The ceremony was held at the U.S. Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School, located at 433 Coast Guard Road, Ilwaco, Wash.
Russell assumed command...
National Motor Lifeboat School at Cape Disappointment, Wash., to transfer command
ASTORIA, Ore. – Chief Warrant Officer Christopher L. Smasne will relieve Chief Warrant Officer Michael C. Russell of command of U.S. Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School at Cape Disappointment, Wash., during a change-of-command ceremony on Friday at 11 a.m.
The ceremony will be held at the U.S. Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School, located at 433 Coast Guard Road, Ilwaco, Wash.
Russell...
