Always Ready, Set, Spike!

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – A five-man team of Coast Guardsmen had the rare opportunity to play an exhibition match against two decorated professional volleyball competitors in Redondo Beach, December 4, 2010. Two crewmembers from Maritime Safety and Security Team Los Angeles-Long Beach, Petty Officer 1st Class Dugan Mcelroy and Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Haldeman and three air crewmen, Lt....

Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes Near Salt Lake City

A U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter returning from Olympic security operations crashed this morning 40 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah.  Preliminary reports are that three members of the five person crew were injured in the crash.

Coast Guard Seaman Carries Olympic Flame in San Francisco

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Mallory Elizabeth Schafer, a 23-year-old U.S. Coast Guard seaman stationed at Integrated Support Command Alameda on Coast Guard Island, sat in the grand ballroom of the San Francisco Hilton listening attentively to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as he addressed the men and women selected to bear the Olympic Torch during the relay in San Francisco Wednesday. At the conference...