Gleaming guardian of Chesapeake Bay
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn
Lighthouses are built to endure the often brutal natural environments they are intended to mark, but over time take a beating from the elements. Maintaining these structures has in many instances become a shared responsibility, incorporating planning, funding and effort from various levels of government, private organizations and individuals.
At a unique...
Cutter Dependable returns home following $600K drug and smuggler seizures in the Caribbean
Cutter Dependable works with the Dominican Republic naval vessel Aldebaran on Aug. 5, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by ENS Andrea Davis)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returned to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story homeport Aug. 23 following a successful drug interdiction of 650 lbs. of marijuana, halting drug smugglers off the coast of Jamaica, migrant repatriation...
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable arrives at new home port
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable photo by PA3 Mike Lutz
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Cutter Dependable marked its official arrival at its new homeport at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Saturday.
Dependable is the second of two Medium Endurance Cutters from Cape May, New Jersey to be relocated to Little Creek. The Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous arrived in August 2014.
The...
Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous arrives at new home port
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous marked its official arrival at its new homeport at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Friday.
Vigorous is the first of two Medium Endurance Cutters from Cape May, New Jersey to be relocated to Little Creek. The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable is scheduled to arrive in 2015.
Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous arrived at its new home...
