Spotting drug subs from the sky
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Coast Guard crews have been hard at work disrupting a rising threat as drug smugglers use increasingly sophisticated and evolving methods to evade authorities in the Caribbean. First, there was the $180 million cocaine seizure by Coast Guard Cutter Seneca. Then there was Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk and their 24-hour pursuit followed by a double [...]
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On patrol with Waesche: Firepower
Monday, April 23, 2012
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche – the second of eight planned national security cutters – had a successful inaugural patrol, and after an in-port period is back at it again. Waesche’s crew is currently on an Asia-Pacific patrol and is once again demonstrating the national security cutter’s ability to uphold the Coast Guard’s centuries-old tradition of [...]
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Welcome to the fleet, Bernard C. Webber!
Monday, April 16, 2012
The journey of building Fast Response Cutter Bernard C. Webber is over. But its journey as a sentinel for our nation has just begun. Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber has been formally commissioned as a cutter in the United States Coast Guard. The 154-foot Bernard C. Webber is the first in a class of [...]
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Spring issue of Coast Guard Magazine out today!
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Spring issue of Coast Guard Magazine is out! The latest issue is full of amazing content, including information about the men and women aboard Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber just days before its commissioning and behind the scenes access with a film crew from “Coast Guard Alaska.” Check out this note from the [...]
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April Fool’s Day is full speed ahead aboard Bertholf
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Two injured sailors involved in an around-the-world race were rescued from their storm-damaged yacht by Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, one of the Coast Guard’s newest assets, approximately 250 miles offshore. The successful rescue of the two sailors followed two days of intensive search and rescue operations exhibiting just how versatile and highly effective the national [...]
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First Lady welcomes newest cutter
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Perhaps there is no better way to close out Women’s History Month than by welcoming the Coast Guard’s newest cutter – a cutter honoring the legacy of Capt. Dorothy Stratton. Earning the title “Coast Guard Cutter,” today marked the beginning of the Legend-class cutter’s 30-year service to our nation. It will no doubt carry with it Capt. [...]
Category: Modernization, Preparedness, Safety, Search and Rescue, Security | 14 Comments »
Stratton: 100 years of legacy
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Do you think the women who served during World War II 70 years ago realized the impact they would have on future generations of women to come? Do you think they thought their legacy would continue to this very day and for another 30 years to come? “Some of the people I meet who learn [...]
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Dedicating a new generation patrol boat
Friday, March 2, 2012
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp participated in a dedication ceremony for the Coast Guard’s fast response cutter fleet in Lockport, La., today. The new 154-foot cutters being built by Bollinger Shipyards are a key aspect of the Coast Guard’s recapitalization program and provide the service with critical mission capabilities to protect America now and [...]
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First fast response cutter arrives in Miami
Friday, February 10, 2012
This year marks the 60th anniversary of one of the greatest search and rescue cases in the history of the Coast Guard, the Pendleton rescue. Due to the heroism, leadership and skill of Petty Officer Bernard C. Webber and his crew, 32 souls aboard the Pendleton were saved. Webber’s legacy in the service lives on, [...]
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Adm. Papp addresses surface naval community
Friday, January 13, 2012
Yesterday, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp provided an update on the Coast Guard to the 24th Annual Surface Navy Association Symposium in Arlington, Va. He shared information on the Coast Guard’s current surface operations and the progress the Coast Guard has made in recapitalizing surface assets. Papp told the audience the Coast Guard is [...]
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