1,300 pounds of marijuana, 1 ton of cocaine, 10 migrants & 15 suspects
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Co-authored by Lt. Kevin Connell, Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau. What have you been up to so far this year? Ask this question to any crewmember aboard Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau and they just might tell you about their interdiction of eight go-fast vessels, resulting in the disruption of more than one ton of cocaine, 1,300 [...]
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Keeping our maritime borders secure
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Mendenhall, 11th Coast Guard District public affairs. From interdicting drugs and migrants, to protecting America’s Exclusive Economic Zone from foreign fishing vessel incursions, protecting our borders is a national security imperative. As America’s chief agency for maritime security, the Coast Guard is on the leading edge of securing [...]
Category: Search and Rescue, Security | 5 Comments »
Colombian assistance key to drug interdiction & regional stability
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The relationships between the United States and countries in Central and South America are critical to the Coast Guard’s continuing efforts to intercept the flow of drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean maritime transit zones that lead to the U.S. border. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp visited Colombia recently to continue engagement [...]
Category: Global, Leaders, Security | 23 Comments »
Dallas’ everlasting impact
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
After nearly 45 years of service to the nation, Coast Guard Cutter Dallas has been decommissioned. We’ve shared with you stories from their last patrol, tales from the chief’s mess and even a note from the cutter’s last commanding officer. Dallas has seen thousands of men and women aboard its decks, so it seems no [...]
Category: History, Search and Rescue, Security | 5 Comments »
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 »
Shipmate of the Week – Amanda Satter
Friday, March 30, 2012
Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego protects seaports and waterways, safeguarding harbors, ports, facilities, vessels and their cargo. Their special capabilities, designed to close the readiness gaps in ports, often find them deployed for months at a time. And as they perform their mission, far from home, one woman is on a [...]
Category: Community, Security, Shipmates | 3 Comments »
A powerful engine for our nation’s economy
Sunday, March 25, 2012
International trade is a powerful engine for our nation’s economic growth. As consumers we are all connected to a global maritime industry, which powers the movement of goods that support our way of life. The maritime industry has seen exponential expansion in recent decades due to advances in technology, but as the global supply chain [...]
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Race to deploy
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson, Deployable Operations Group. When the call went out for port security unit reservists to activate for Exercise Patriot Hook, a 96-hour clock to deployment was started. Patriot Hook is an annual exercise simulating a joint response to natural disasters, like Hurricane Katrina or the Haiti earthquake. Involving [...]
Category: Preparedness, Security | 1 Comment »
Shipmate of the Week – MK1 Frederick Woods
Friday, February 24, 2012
180 days. A half-year separated from family and friends. A half-year in the hustle and bustle of deployed life. Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team 91109 San Diego have been immersed in the intense and essential security operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A nonstop, 24-hour, seven days a week, pace. In this type of [...]
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Semper nostra optima
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The instant the keel of a new Coast Guard cutter is laid, the ship begins the journey toward its eventual decommissioning. The Coast Guard Cutter Dallas began the voyage in the 1960s and approached that inevitable fate today as the ship sailed into homeport after its last patrol as a U.S. warship.
Category: History, Safety, Search and Rescue, Security | 9 Comments »
