Coast Guard medevacs Navy sailor off Virginia coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a Navy sailor Friday off the Virginia coast.
Watchstanders in the 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification from the U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Bulkeley at about 2:20 p.m. that a sailor aboard was suffering from symptoms suggestive of acute appendicitis.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth...
Coast Guard medevacs sailor from USS Oak Hill
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard medevaced a sailor Friday to the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth from the USS Oak Hill approximately 80 miles southeast of Cape Henry, Va.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center received a call from the Oak Hill at approximately 9 p.m., Thursday requesting a medevac for a 27-year-old female sailor who sustained a laceration to her head after...
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 delivers blood to cruise ship passenger
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew transported blood to a cruise ship passenger 105 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Saturday.