Free Toys for Kids as Cutter Northland Returns

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Military kids chose from more than 1,000 toys in the gymnasium at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Thursday. Each child, from infant to 10, was able to choose two toys. The event was organized by the Toy Industry Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to give free toys to kids of military families. The special giveaway was part of the National Boys & Girls...

Coast Guard Cutter Northland crewmember medevaced near Beaufort Inlet, NC

BEAUFORT INLET, N.C. – The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter Northland near Beaufort Inlet Thursday afternoon after he suffered chest pains.

Coast Guard and Navy assist 4 in sinking fishing boat

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. – The Coast Guard is assisting a distressed fishing vessel with four crewmembers onboard approximately 69 miles east of Chincoteague Thursday.

Coast Guard medevacs Cutter Northland crewmember

CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 22-year-old Coast Guardsman from the Cutter Northland 115 miles south of Cape Hatteras Saturday morning.

Coast Guard Cutter Northland returns to Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Northland is scheduled to return to Portsmouth Sunday after a unique patrol in the Pacific Ocean interrupting the flow of illegal narcotics.

Coast Guard rescue swimmer injured during sinking sailboat rescue

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard rescue crews from six different units, including three Cutters and three Air Stations, responded to a sinking sailboat with three people onboard approximately 102 miles southeast of Atlantic City N.J., Wednesday.

Coast Guard Cutter Northland crew member medevaced to ECity

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced a crew member from the Coast Guard Cutter Northland, Wednesday.

Multiple Coast Guard units respond to sinking sailboat off N.J. coast

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard rescue crews from six different units, including three cutters and three air stations, responded to a sinking boat with three people aboard approximately 110 miles southeast of Atlantic City N.J., Wednesday.

Coast Guard medevacs one of the their own

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 25-year-old man from the Coast Guard Cutter Northland approximately 60-miles south of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at 7:45 p.m. from the District Eight Command Center, reporting that a crewmember had injured his head, passed...