Coast Guard investigates diving incident
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a diving incident in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday.
Coast Guard small boat crew rescues missing teenagers
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard located and rescued a 19-year-old male and an 18-year-old female who became adrift on a raft in the vicinity of Pensacola Pass on the evening of Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
Indiana man pleads guilty to search and rescue hoax
NEW ORLEANS — Marcus Schrenker, 38, of McCordsville, Indiana pled guilty today in the Northern District of Florida of making a fake distress call and intentionally crashing a plane. The U.S. Coast Guard had Schrenker indicted on Jan. 14, 2009 with communicating a false distress message and willfully destroying or wrecking an aircraft. Special agents from the Coast Guard Investigative Service field...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing surfer
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard suspended its search at approximately 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, 2009, for John Stevens, a 17-year-old man who was reported missing in the vicinity of Navarre Beach Pier in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, April 25, 2009.
Coast Guard searching for missing man in Pensacola, Fla.
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard is searching for a man who was surfing Saturday in the vicinity of the Navarre Beach Pier in Pensacola, Fla.
Coast Guard charges Schrenker with false distress call
MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Coast Guard processed an arrest warrant on fugitive pilot Marcus Schrenker Wednesday with communicating a false distress message and willfully destroying or wrecking an aircraft.
Coast Guard assists 32 people on sinking vessel
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard along with Good Samaritans assisted 32 people on a sinking charter vessel 12-miles south of Pensacola, Fla. Monday Oct. 27, 2008.
Coast Guard rescues 3 people from capsized sailing vessel
PENSACOLA, Fla. (D8 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard rescued three people from a capsized 17-foot sailing vessel in Pensacola Bay at approximately 4 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call from Florida Fisheries and Wildlife at 3:30 p.m. today reporting that a boat was in distress with three people aboard.
Sector Mobile launched a 25-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station...