Coast Guard commissions Cutter Clarence Sutphin Jr
The commissioning crew of the USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s sixth 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter, stand at attention as the ship is placed into service at a ceremony held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City, April 21, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Schultz)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard...
Coast Guard commissions Cutter John Scheuerman
The Coast Guard Cutter John Scheuerman’s crew stand at attention during the vessel’s commissioning ceremony in Tampa, Florida, Feb. 23, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)
TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned the Coast Guard Cutter John Scheuerman (WPC 1146), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s (PATFORSWA) fifth 154-foot Sentinel-class...
Coast Guard to commission 46th Sentinel-class cutter
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will commission the Coast Guard Cutter John Scheuerman (WPC-1146), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s fifth Sentinel-class cutter, into service at the Port of Tampa, Fla., at 10 a.m. ET.
Adm. Karl L. Schultz, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, will preside over the ceremony. Mr. Michael Scheuerman, a nephew of Seaman 1st Class Scheuerman, is the ship’s...
Station Fire Island to name building in honor of Shaun M. Lin
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a building dedication ceremony to rename Coast Guard Station Fire Island’s multi-mission building in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Shaun M. Lin, Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
Petty Officer Lin, a distinguished Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Safety and Security Team New York (MSST 91106), tragically...
Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal to be commissioned Wednesday
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal file photo.
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard is scheduled to commission its newest cutter, the Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal, during a ceremony at Alexandria City Pier, Wednesday.
The cutter is named after Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal, who was mortally wounded during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bruckenthal thwarted a multi-vessel...
Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 departs for 9-month deployment
Coast Guard members from Port Security Unit 305 based in Fort Eustis, Virginia, wait in line to be weighed the airport in Norfolk, Virginia, before departing on a 9-month deployment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake/Released)
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake
NORFOLK, Va. – Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 departed Norfolk, Virginia, last week for a...
Coast Guard Station Eatons Neck holds Memorial Service for Fallen Servicemember
Coast Guard Station Eatons Neck crewmembers, family and friends of Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. “Nate” Bruckenthal observe morning colors during a memorial ceremony held at Coast Guard Station Eatons Neck, N.Y., April 24, 2015. (U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sabrina Laberdesque)
EATONS NECK, N.Y. – Coast Guard crewmembers held a memorial service for Petty Officer...
Coast Guard bids farewell to cutter with historic ties
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Gail DaleSmall
NEW JERSEY – Just as military service members are celebrated and honored for their faithful service to the country when they retire so too are the assets they serve upon when they are decommissioned. After more than 22 years of service the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island, a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Bayonne, N.J., was honored...
Jacksonville Coast Guardsman, 9/11 first responder retires after 30-year military career
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. – A Coast Guardsman most recently assigned to Afloat Training Group at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., ended his 30-year Coast Guard career surrounded by 100 friends, family members and peers during his retirement ceremony at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday morning.
Michael James Jones, 47, enlisted in the Coast Guard May 11, 1983, with his mother’s...
