Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns from a 63-day patrol
The crew of USCGC Reliance (WMEC 615) conducts a port assessment off the coast of Haiti following a major earthquake to allow vessels to enter the port safely and deliver aid on Aug. 19, 2021.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Pumphrey)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to homeport in Pensacola Wednesday, after a 63-day Caribbean...
Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter rescue crew and lands after conducting a medical evacuation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Estrada)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, USAID, U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Haiti continued to have unity of effort and respond to critically injured Haitian citizens, Tuesday, by transporting...
Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew members embark a Haitian citizen from an impacted area in Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, USAID, U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Haiti continue to have unity of effort and respond to critically injured Haitian citizens by transporting them to a higher...
Haitian earthquake response efforts in Port au Prince, Haiti Press Conference
U.S. Agency for International Development for the Latin and Caribbean region senior official Tim Callahan (Left), Coast Guard Seventh District Commander Rear Adm. Brendan McPherson, and U.S Ambassador to Haiti Michele Sison discuss unity of efforts in Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 20, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)
MIAMI — U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Michele...
Coast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater aircrew members prepare to depart in support of the humanitarian efforts taking place in Haiti after a 7.2 earthquake in Great Inagua, Bahamas, Aug. 19, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)
MIAMI — Coast Guard and partner agency aircrews continue to respond to critically injured Haitian citizens by transporting them...
Coast Guard responds to Haiti following 7.2 earthquake
A Coast Guard aircrew member gives water to an injured Haitian citizen waiting to be transported to emergency medical services, Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. David Steele)
MIAMI — Haitian’s government requested Coast Guard assistance following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The Coast Guard committed numbers air and surface assets to help in transporting...
Coast Guard Cutter Commander Shares Haitian Earthquake Response Experience
U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Diane Durham instructs cadets during an exercise on the Thames River off the coast of New London, Conn., April 4, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Tamargo
By Coast Guard Petty Officer Timothy Tamargo
NEW LONDON, Conn. – U.S. Coast Guard officers are presented with many challenges and opportunities. Normal operations may quickly turn into a life...
One year later, Coast Guard still lending helping hand to Haiti
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle
What would you do, if in less than a minute, everything you knew even your very livelihood just crumbled away? For the roughly 3.5 million people living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, this nightmare was real.
On Jan. 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped through the heart of the city leaving nothing but a trail destruction in its wake.
Within 24-hours Coast Guard...
