Coast Guard in Action – January 13, 2010

Haiti Relief
Around 5 p.m. EST yesterday, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake centered 10 nautical miles south of Port Au Prince, Haiti. CGC Forward arrived off Port Au Prince this morning, equipped with a helicopter flight deck, satellite communications equipment, and the ability to provide coordination to military aircraft in the area. The CGC Mohawk, is scheduled to [...]

itCG – Auxiliary to the rescue, vessel leaking oil, whirlpool diving

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Coast Guard Auxiliarists combined with a Good Samaritan in the rescue of a 52-year-old fisherman who had been missing since Sunday in the British Virgin Islands. The missing boater made his distress call on a cell phone Wednesday afternoon at which time Sector San Juan watchstanders diverted an Auxiliary aircraft to the scene to direct [...]

itCG – 5 rescued from sinking boat, man overboard, tug sinks, Guardian profiled

Guardians rescued five sailors off the coast of North Carolina over the weekend after their sailboat began to take on water. A helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City and a rescue boat from Station Fort Macon arrived on scene to find only a foot or two of the boat still above surface water. One of [...]

itCG – Veterans Day, mystery spill solved, terrorism drill, greatest generation

This afternoon, the Commandant and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard will be joined by DHS Secretary Napolitano for the annual wreath laying ceremony honoring former Guardians at the Coast Guard Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony at the Coast Guard Memorial is just one of the ways veterans are being honored [...]

itCG – international drug bust, bird rescue, boaters rescued, oil spill mystery continues

Guardians from CGC Jarvis seized a self-propelled semi-submersible loaded with 4,500 kilograms of illegal narcotics and its crew of four while patrolling off the coast of Central America. The Jarvis is part of a multi-agency drug interdiction task force patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean to prevent the flow of illegal drugs from Central and South [...]

itCG-Cleveland rescue, piracy training, oil spill, survival at sea

The Cleveland Browns were not the only ones who needed a rescue Sunday night. The Coast Guard came to the aid of four people who fell into Lake Erie from a pier near Cleveland Browns Stadium. Guardians from Station Cleveland Harbor launched a rescue boat to retrieve the people from the frigid waters. Guardians urge [...]

itCG – oil fire rages in Puerto Rico, mysterious oil spill in SC, rescues off NJ and Delaware

Guardians are on the scene of a fuel tank farm explosion near San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard has deployed multiple assets to provide a safety and security zone as the fire is brought under control. While no major injuries have been reported, the fire is expected to burn for several days. Click here [...]

itCG – Researchers evacuated, oil spill clean-up continues, search continues for Maine fishermen, polluter fined $1.25 million

Posted by Christopher Lagan.

Guardians evacuated 10 people living on one of the more remote islands in the Hawaiian Island chain in advance of Hurricane Neki. A C-130 out of Air Station Barbers Point traveled 475 nautical miles and made a high risk landing on a short runway of crushed coral to transport Fish and Wildlife Service [...]

itCG – Guardians in the community, collision and oil spill off Houston, Operation Fall Retrieve, rescue at sea, understanding Auxiliarists

Post written by Christopher Lagan.

Volunteers from Coast Guard Station Georgetown, S.C. volunteer their time to help Habitat for Humanity. (Coast Guard photo.) Click on the photo to read the story.

Guardians are currently responding to and investigating the cause of a collision between a Liberian-flagged tank ship and an offshore supply vessel 40 miles off the [...]

itCG-Guardians head to American Samoa, international training exercise, CGC Legare returns to homeport

In response to the powerful earthquake and tsunami that has already claimed about 34 lives, the Coast Guard sent a C-130 plane to American Samoa to deliver aid and assess damage. The plane also transported American Samoa Gov. Togiola Tulafono, who was in Honolulu when disaster struck at home. Click here to watch a [...]