Coast Guard to establish safety zones for 2011 New York Fleet Week
NEW YORK – The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) of New York and New Jersey is establishing security zones and Naval Vessel Protection Zones on the Upper New York Bay and Hudson River during the 2011 New York City Fleet Week.
The U.S. Coast Guard has established a 500-yard safety and security zone surrounding all Fleet Week 2011 participatory vessels in navigable waters. When...
Visit to Deployed Cutter Underscores Coast Guard’s Global Reach
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
ROTA, Spain – Civilian leaders who visited here today had seen the Coast Guard in action in U.S. waterways, patrolling ports and harbors, interdicting drug smugglers, and sometimes conducting heroic search-and-rescue missions as depicted in the movie, “The Guardian.”
So Coast Guard Capt. Robert Wagner, commander of Coast Guard Cutter Dallas, greeted...