Bay Area agencies to hold mass rescue exercise off Bodega Bay
Training Center Petaluma is the Coast Guard’s largest West Coast Training Center. – U.S. Coast Guard photo.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Bay Area Federal, State and local agencies alongside industry partner Holland America Group will be holding a multi-agency mass rescue operational exercise off the Sonoma County Coast in the vicinity of Bodega Bay with a trauma/triage area at U.S. Coast Guard Training...
Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma graduates its first class of Rescue Swimmers
The first class of Aviation Survival Technicians, graduated from Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, Friday, August 12, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
PETALUMA, Calif. – The first class of aviation survival technicians, an occupation in the Coast Guard responsible for jumping from rescue helicopters and hoisting survivors from vessels in distress, graduated from Coast Guard Training Center...
Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma holds change of command
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Michael Raymond, Capt. Steven Ramassini and Capt. Matthew Chong pose for a portrait during a change of command ceremony on Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, California on June 24, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Schnabel)
PETALUMA, Calif. – The command of Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma transferred from Capt. Steven Ramassini to...
Coast Guard holds microgrid groundbreaking ceremony in Petaluma
Adm. Karl Shultz, Coast Guard commandant, speaks at a ground breaking ceremony for a renewable energy microgrid on U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, California, Jan. 28, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Schnabel)
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma held a groundbreaking ceremony for a renewable energy microgrid at the base Friday.
The...
Coast Guard to hold microgrid groundbreaking ceremony in Petaluma
Training Center Petaluma is the Coast Guard’s largest West Coast Training Center. – U.S. Coast Guard photo.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma is scheduled to host a groundbreaking ceremony for a renewable energy microgrid on the base Friday at 3:30 p.m.
The primary purpose of the microgrid is to enhance TRACEN Petaluma’s resiliency, which stems from the...
Coast Guard awards Energy Savings Performance Contract
Training Center Petaluma is the Coast Guard’s largest West Coast Training Center. – U.S. Coast Guard photo.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a $48M Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) that will make a $36.1M capital investment at the service’s largest west coast training facility, Training Center Petaluma in Northern California.
The project will safeguard the remote...
Coast Guard to rename training center wing after Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
PETALUMA, Calif. — The Coast Guard announced plans to rename a training wing after Arnold Palmer at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, Tuesday.
Training Center Petaluma plans to officiate the renaming of the Yeoman and Storekeeper “A” School wing of the Juliet Nichols Building in a ceremony later this year.
Palmer served with distinction as a yeoman in the Coast Guard from 1951...
Making a ‘Mess’ at CPOA
by Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace (USAF)
TRAINING CENTER PETALUMA, Calif. – With palms sweating and my heart fluttering, I stood on a wooden platform hanging from a Redwood tree in Northern California.
Seemingly far below me, my eight shipmates assembled, ready to catch my fall. In unison, they bellowed, “Faller ready?”
I quickly thought about the Coast Guard motto of “Semper Paratus,” or always...
Coast Guard Training Center to open new Exchange in Petaluma
PETALUMA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Community Service Command (CSC) and the Coast Guard Exchange (CGX) are proud to announce the grand opening of the all-new CGX at the Coast Guard Training Center at Petaluma, Calif., with a dedication ceremony scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Present at the ceremony will be Vice Mayor Chris Albertson, City of Petaluma; Rear Adm. David R. Callahan, commander,...
