Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown holds change-of-command
YORKTOWN, Va. — Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) Yorktown held a change-of-command ceremony Thursday at the training facility in Yorktown.
During the ceremony, Capt. Scott D. Benson transferred command of the training center to Capt. Scott A. Rae under the supervision of Rear Adm. W.M. “Joe” Raymond, commander of the Coast Guard Forces Readiness Command.
Prior to taking command of TRACEN...
Coast Guard suspends search after divers located canoers bodies
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Auxiliarist Joseph Feldman.
PORTSMOUTH, Va.— Newport News and York County divers who were assisting the Coast Guard in a multi-agency search for two missing men near the mouth of the Poquoson River located and recovered their bodies Monday.
“We extend our deepest condolences to all of those family members and friends who are affected during this...
Coast Guard searching for 2 missing men in Poquoson River, Virginia
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and local authorities are searching for two missing men after their canoe capsized near the mouth of the Poquoson River Monday morning.
A passenger who was also aboard the canoe was able to swim to shore and call York County 911, who then contacted the Coast Guard Sector Virginia command center at approximately 4:30...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing man in York River, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and other agencies suspended the search Tuesday for a man last seen in Gloucester Point near the Gloucester Point Boat Ramp.
Missing is 58-year-old Michael Ballard of Montpelier, Hanover County, who did not return from his Monday kayaking trip.
Crews from Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Coast Guard Station Milford Haven, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City ,...
Coast Guard, others search for missing man in York River, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for a missing man Tuesday in the York River who was last seen in Gloucester Point near the Gloucester Point Boat Ramp.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads in Portsmouth were notified at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday by the Virginia Marine Police that 58-year-old Michael Ballard was reported missing after he did not return from...
Astoria-based Coast Guardsman dies while attending training in Virginia
WASHINGTON — An Astoria, Oregon-based Coast Guardsman died Monday at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown in Virginia.
Lt. j.g. Devin J. Hepner, 34, of Logan, Utah, was found unresponsive in his barracks room Monday morning and was transported by local emergency medical services to Mary Immaculate Hospital where he later died.
Hepner was serving at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River/Marine Safety...
Training Center Cape May Hosts Foreign Military Class
Captain Owen Gibbons, commanding officer of Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., speaks to members of foreign military during their visit to the training center, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guard Training Center Cape May played host to a group of foreign military visitors, Monday, as part of the group’s tour of...
Coast Guard Atlantic Area holds change-of-command ceremony
YORKTOWN, Va. — Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz assumed command of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Defense Force East and DHS Joint Task Force-East during a change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Virginia.
Schultz relieved Vice Adm. William “Dean” Lee, who served as the Atlantic Area commander since May 2014.
Before assuming command of Atlantic Area, Lee served...
Coast Guard Atlantic Area to hold change-of-command ceremony
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz is scheduled to assume command of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Defense Force East and DHS Joint Task Force-East during a change-of-command ceremony Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia.
Schultz will relieve Vice Adm. William “Dean” Lee, who served as the Atlantic Area commander since May 2014.
Before...
