Shipmate of the Week – SN Charles Gray, Jarrod Reed & Pablo Taborda
Friday, January 27, 2012
“Land Ahoy!” Over centuries of maritime heritage, this phrase was shouted by a ship’s lookout when land was in sight. Traditionally, a lookout’s duty was to watch for vessels and hazards, such as reefs and shoals. The significance of standing a proper lookout aboard today’s ships still remains, and three crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter [...]
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Helping wayward manatees & turtle hatchlings
Thursday, January 26, 2012
There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the Coast Guard. While search and rescue and law enforcement tend to dominate the headlines, that doesn’t mean the Coast Guard isn’t performing other missions in communities across our nation. One of these roles is living marine resources, a vital mission of enforcing laws [...]
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On thin ice
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
While scores of boaters in colder parts of the country have put their boats into storage until spring, many still rely on their vessels for hunting, fishing and transportation. But what happens when a lake or river freezes over and a snowmobiler falls through the ice, or fishermen become stranded on an ice floe? The [...]
Category: Safety | 4 Comments »
Sky is no longer the limit
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi. More than 100 cadets sat eagerly waiting while NASA’s live video stream played out on the screen in front of the small auditorium. On Jan. 24, members of the Coast Guard Academy‘s Aviation Club gathered to participate in a live video discussion with Daniel Burbank, a retired [...]
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Midnight marijuana smuggling attempt halted
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall, 11th Coast Guard District public affairs. The waters surrounding Catalina Island are mostly calm and uneventful late at night. You may see only the occasional breaching of a dolphin or the flapping wings of a passing sea gull. But every once in a while, these waters [...]
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Welcome home Port Security Unit 307!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson, Deployable Operations Group. Port Security Unit 307, a Clearwater, Fla., based Reserve unit, returned home today from a six-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom. During the deployment, PSU 307 provided seaward security at strategic port locations around the [...]
Category: Community, Global | 3 Comments »
WWI sailor awarded Purple Heart 96 years later
Monday, January 23, 2012
Written by Chief Petty Officer Jeff Hall, 1st Coast Guard District public affairs. On a grey winter’s day along the coast of New Hampshire, recognition for sacrifice came to a local man nearly 100 years after he perished aboard Coast Guard Cutter Tampa during World War I. Fred Wesley Wyman was posthumously awarded the Purple [...]
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Shipmate of the Week- Elaine Sevin
Friday, January 20, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Ameen, 7th Coast Guard District public affairs. With more than 12,000 miles of coastline in the United States, every mariner has a responsibility to look after one another. This principle of being a shipmate is also true on land, as one Miami woman has shown through her unwavering [...]
Category: Community, Environment, Leaders, Shipmates | 3 Comments »
Mission to Nome complete
Friday, January 20, 2012
Coast Guard icebreaker Healy and tanker Renda have completed their mission to Nome, Alaska, after the safe delivery of an estimated one million gallons of diesel and 300,000 gallons of gasoline to the iced-in city. Two hoses were used to complete the transfer of the much needed fuel across more than 500 yards of ice. [...]
Category: Community, Humanitarian | 6 Comments »
Ensuring cruise ship safety
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The sinking of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, the evacuation of more than 4,000 passengers and the search for survivors has captivated the world for the past week. The accident has raised questions about the safety of cruise ships carrying millions around the world each year. Through the Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise [...]
Category: Preparedness, Safety | 6 Comments »
