Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns to Oregon following $54 million cocaine seizure

Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns to Oregon following $54 million cocaine seizure
Coast Guard Cutter Alert file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll ASTORIA, Ore. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned to their homeport of Astoria Friday following a 10,700 nautical mile, 65-day, multi-mission patrol, resulting in the interdiction of nearly 4,000 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $54 million. Alert’s crew conducted counterdrug operations in international...

Selfless service: Hampton Roads Coast Guard members volunteer

Selfless service: Hampton Roads Coast Guard members volunteer
Story and photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn People who volunteer improve the lives of others in obvious ways. Recipients of community service efforts gain something tangible: a hot meal, a home improvement, funding or staffing where resources are lacking or nonexistent. Homeless veterans, single-parent families, environmental organizations and non-profit groups succeed when volunteers...

Raising Walls for the Greater Good

Raising Walls for the Greater Good
CGA cadets, alumni and Habitat for Humanity team up to build a local home On any given Saturday you can walk by 9 Jefferson Avenue in New London, Conn., and hear the pounding of hammers, the buzzing of saws and the cheery banter of U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets. This is the site of the first Habitat for Humanity home that is being fully funded and built by Coast Guard hands. Current Coast Guard Academy...

Cutter Vigilant steps beyond maritime boundaries to serve local and international communities

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter, recently proved to their local community in Brevard County, Fla., that “service” means more than just stopping illicit drugs and illegal border crossings. On a hot and humid Friday morning in June, more than 25 shipmates and family members volunteered to help the Brevard Zoo clear out large...

Habitat for Humanity thanks Coast Guard crew

KEY WEST, Fla. – Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Bob Calhoun formally thanked the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island Friday for their community service during the last year and a half. Since July 2009, the crew of the Kodiak Island has contributed more than 2,200 man hours to the organization. The crew spent the time building and renovating homes for families in Big Coppitt, Fla.,...

Coast Guard Cutter Walnut returns home after two-month patrol

HONOLULU — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Walnut, a 225-foot Juniper-Class buoy tender, arrived in Honolulu Wednesday after a two-month long multi-mission patrol.

Guardians from Station Georgetown partner with Habitat for Humanity

GEORGETOWN, S.C. – Guardians from Coast Guard Station Georgetown, S.C., recently volunteered their services to help Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate poverty, housing and homelessness with a construction project Oct. 6, 2009.