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. [...]
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There’s no place like Nome
Monday, January 16, 2012
Due to the tireless work of crews aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy and tanker vessel Renda, the final leg of a mission to deliver fuel to the town of Nome is now underway. Icebreaker Healy set out from Dutch Harbor Jan. 3, to clear a path for the tanker through more than 300 miles of [...]
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Healy breaks path to Nome
Saturday, January 7, 2012
UPDATE: Video of the ships breaking through the ice is available on YouTube and in the Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery. The Coast Guard has a long history of braving harsh Alaskan elements to rescue mariners in distress, protect the U.S. interests in the international waters, conduct Arctic research as well as bring much needed [...]
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Buoy tender aids drought-stricken island nation
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
With contributions from Petty Officer 3rd Class Angela Henderson, 14th Coast Guard District public affairs specialist. As the island nation of Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand, entered severe drought levels, the approximately 1,500 residents looked beyond its shores for assistance. Isolated from their nearest neighbor by roughly 300 miles of ocean with the dire [...]
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A family embracing change
Saturday, July 30, 2011
The Coast Guardsman Creed challenges every member to “endeavor to be a model citizen in the community that I live in.” Between training, operations and the need to attend to their own family lives, finding time to be an active contributor to the community can be a challenge for any member. Petty Officer 1st Class [...]
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Summer Edition of Coast Guard Magazine now online
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Post contributed by Coast Guard Magazine Editor, Chief Petty Officer CC Clayton. The Coast Guard Magazine staff is proud to present a pre-release of our latest issue, available for download online. The Summer Edition of Coast Guard Magazine features unique operations from around the Coast Guard including a look into the operations of Disaster Area [...]
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The Great Ohio, Mississippi River Valley Flood of 1937
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Written by Christopher Havern, Coast Guard Historian’s Office. A period of heavy rainfall and melting snow this spring saw the Ohio and Mississippi rivers exceed record flood levels. The rivers’ waters rose so high that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had to demolish an earthen levee resulting in the controversial sacrifice of Missouri farmland [...]
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Port assessment teams respond to 2011 floods
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Since April, Coast Guard men and women have deployed in support of Federal, state and local agencies throughout the Midwest and southern United States in response to record floodwaters along the entire Mississippi River system. Dedicated units, including disaster area response teams, air stations and reserve units have come together to assist communities along the [...]
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Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers continue flood response
Thursday, May 12, 2011
As communities along the Mississippi River system continue to be impacted by record high waters, Coast Guard men and women are deployed in support of Federal, state and local agencies throughout the Midwest while the South remains on alert as rising waters threaten major flooding in the days ahead. Coast Guard disaster area response teams [...]
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Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers assist residents in Midwest flood zone
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Colclough. With extreme high water conditions and heavy rains threatening to flood the town of Cairo, Ill., and adding pressure to the entire Mississippi River system, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers triggered the activation of the Bird’s Point-New Madrid Floodway Operations Plan last week for the first [...]
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