Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star develops next generation of Arctic leaders

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star develops next generation of Arctic leaders
The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is at anchor in Puget Sound Monday, December 7, 2020 ahead of the crew’s months-long deployment to the Arctic. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham. Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the nation’s sole heavy icebreaker, is making its way north for the ship’s...

ESPN to Televise Secretaries Cup Game Live Beginning Next Season

ESPN to Televise Secretaries Cup Game Live Beginning Next Season
NEW LONDON, Conn. – In a monumental announcement, beginning next season, ESPN will visibly extend and deepen its commitment to honoring America’s veterans with live coverage of the annual Secretaries Cup football game between the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy during Veterans Day weekend. ESPN has long taken a leadership role in honoring the significant, historic...

Coast Guard medevacs man near Fishing Creek

USCG file photoBALTIMORE – A Coast Guard crew medevaced a man who was reportedly suffering from a laceration above his left eye near Fishing Creek in Annapolis, Md., Sunday. Medevaced was Benjamin Reavis, 21, a student of the Merchant Marine Academy in King’s Point, N.Y. After the incident, Reavis was transferred from a 44-foot Naval Academy sailboat to a 20-foot Navy rigid hull inflatable...