Shipmate of the Week: Community of Mobile, Ala.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Time and again we have seen tragedy bring communities together as families. Earlier this week, tragedy struck our service when Coast Guard helicopter 6535 went down in Mobile Bay. In keeping with what makes America the greatest country in the world and Mobile, Ala., a Coast Guard City, the community came together to support the [...]
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UPDATE 2: Search continues for 3 after Coast Guard helicopter crash in Mobile Bay
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
UPDATE: This post has been updated to include the names of the crew members of CG-6535. UPDATE 2: This post has been updated to include the recovery of two additional crew members of CG-6535 and the suspension of active search and rescue operations. The Coast Guard recovered two crewmembers, Thursday, as the salvage of the [...]
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Guardian of the Week – LT Wayne Miller
Friday, September 3, 2010
“Other Coasties would have done the same,” said LT Kenneth “Wayne” Miller as he reflected on his rescue of a man trapped in a vehicle fire. On July 16, Miller, one of the thousands of reservists who have been called to active duty for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response effort, was driving across the [...]
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itCG-Thanks, Pearl Harbor memories, search
Monday, December 7, 2009
Guardians from CGC Crocodile received an unexpected thanks from the 3-year-old boy rescued from a sailboat last week after being abducted by his estranged father. Luke Finch, his mom Christa and Grandmother Julie surprised the Coast Guard crew and other authorities who assisted in his rescue at a lunch held in St. Petersburg, Fla. Story [...]
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Coast Guard Angler of the Year – LCDR Bates
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
LCDR Richard Bates won the American Bass Anglers (ABA) Coast Guard Angler of the Year Award at the 2009 American Fishing Tour National Championship, held September 30 – October 2, 2009 at Pickwick Lake, Florence, AL. LCDR Bates also placed 50th out of 387 participants in the 2009 National Championship Tournament and 47th for the year [...]
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itCG-Hudson River boardings, vessel fires, fish barrier
Thursday, September 3, 2009
The Coast Guard is stepping up its boardings of boats heading south on the Hudson River. The random stops are part of the Department of Homeland Security’s “small vessel security strategy” aimed at increasing inspections of small vessels that travel from Canada to New York City harbor. Story here Late last night, Coast Guard Sector [...]
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