The universal mission to save lives: Training in Liberia
U.S. Coast Guard members of a mobile training team from the International Training Detachment at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Va. deployed to Liberia in February, 2013 to strengthen local forces and build partnerships for the future.
Adm. Papp visits international partners in Malta
Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Bob Papp visited Malta last week, kicking off an international trip to meet with partner organizations and visit Coast Guard personnel stationed or deployed overseas. This visit further strengthened ties between the Coast Guard and Malta and underscored many areas of mutual interest.
Mission to Africa: Strengthening global partnerships
As part of U.S. Africa Command’s mission, Coast Guardsmen from the Deployable Operations Group deployed to support the African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership program. The program, commonly referred to as AMLEP, enables African partner nations to build maritime security capacity and improve management of their maritime environment through combined law enforcement operations.
Forward deployed: Monrovia, Liberia
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie Elis, Coast Guard public affairs specialist aboard Coast Guard Cutter Forward. The Forward arrived in Monrovia, Liberia, June 17, marking their second African port call on the four-month journey. During the trip across [...]
Mission to Africa – Senegal
Post Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Bonk This week CGC Mohawk pulled into Dakar, Senegal, and wrapped our work with the Senegalese Navy. We spent five days along the coast of Senegal and their Exclusive Economic Zone assisting [...]
Mission to Africa – Line Crossing Ceremony
Post Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Bonk. This week we ended on a traditional note, we celebrated becoming Shellbacks. About 75 percent of the crew started this week as “slimy wogs” (those who had never crossed the equator [...]
Mission to Africa – Liberia
Post Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Bonk On Thursday we arrived in Monrovia, Liberia to begin our work with the Liberian Coast Guard (LCG). The work we are doing with the LCG is part of the African Partnership [...]
Mission to Africa – Sierra Leone
Post Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Bonk This week we arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for a port visit after finishing up our work with a Sierra Leone Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and vessels from the Republic of [...]
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 [...]
CGC Legare Blogger’s Roundtable
On Tuesday, October 13, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, the Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Cutter Legare, Commander D. Scott Bauby, will be discussing the Legare’s role in Africa Partnership Station. The cutter recently returned from a three-month deployment working with [...]
