Ensign Cook Reports – Station Seattle Part II

Post Written by Ensign Lindsay Cook
Hello Everyone,
Just to re-cap, during this visit I’m learning about the Coast Guard’s ports, waterways and coastal security (PWCS) mission. In my first post I talked about getting underway with the Seattle/Bainbridge ferry and interacting with the crew and passengers to learn more about the importance of the ferry [...]

itCG – MSST team in the Gulf of Aden, disabled cargo ship, boat collision, red flare search, joint interagency training

Coast Guard watchstanders have been working to render assistance to a 740-foot Indian cargo ship that was adrift in 30 foot seas and 50 mph winds about 540 miles southwest of Alaska’s Adak Island. A Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Kodiak dropped a buoy in the vicinity of the ship to monitor the [...]

itCG-emergency landing, cleaning up the bayou, boats taking on water, search for missing fisherman

On Thursday, a Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Detroit had to make an emergency landing in Alpena, Michigan, while on its way to the hospital to transfer a fisherman who was suffering with heart attack symptoms. The helicopter experienced low oil pressure and the pilots had to land with only one working engine.
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Station Washington – Guarding the National Capital Region

The Coast Guard didn’t have a significant presence in the nation’s capital until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Today, it’s typical to see a Coast Guard helicopter or boat enforcing a security zone, patrolling the Potomac River or guarding the National Capital Region.
Post 9/11, what began as a Boat Forces unit in the [...]

itCG-Secretary visit, F-16 crash, President’s award, crab preparations

The Coast Guard earned kudos from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano during a visit to the Vessel Traffic Center in New Orleans. Secretary Napolitano noted the Coast Guard’s diverse and often unpublicized port safety and security missions during a meeting with public and private sector stakeholders to discuss inter-agency coordination and port resurgence after Hurricane Katrina. [...]

itCG-Migrants intercepted, Toledo thanks, fishermen rescue, performance award

Guardians intercepted four Cuban migrants and a suspected smuggler yesterday. The migrants were traveling in a 19-foot boat 70 miles south of Key West when they were interdicted by the crew from the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne. The migrants were returned to Cuba and the smuggler was handed over to Customs and Border Patrol agents.
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Guardians on [...]

itCG- Cadet makes history, Blue Angels overflight, missing boater, crash test dummies

Post written by Bob Hopkins

For Cadet 1st Class Jacqueline “Jackie” Fitch, being chosen the Corps of Cadets Regimental Commander has more significance than just leading the Coast Guard Academy’s 970-plus-member corps and being the top student voice in administrative affairs, but also trailblazing a new path as the first black female to hold the position.
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itCG- “Deadliest Catch” training, aircraft pilot rescue, sea rescues

Post Written by Bob Hopkins

“Deadliest Catch” film-crewmembers received Coast Guard training in preparation for filming the popular Discovery Channel reality show that covers the dangerous king crab fishery in Alaska. The film-crewmembers received survival suit, life raft and flare training combined with drills in the pool. The crew will be embedded with the Coast Guard [...]

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 [...]

itCG-tank ships keep Guardians busy, radiological detection exercise, CGC Tahoma returns to port

Between the tank ship and barge collision in the Houston Ship Channel, a grounded tank ship at the mouth of the Lower Mississippi River and a tank ship that punctured one of its fuel tanks off the coast of Savannah, tank ships across the South have kept Guardians busy for the past few days. The [...]