itCG – T-34 wreckage recovered, search for missing clammer, Admiral Blore rolls up his sleeves
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Guardians have called off the recovery effort for the wreckage of a Navy T-34 training plane that crashed off the coast of Texas last month. The Coast Guard was able to retrieve approximately 85-percent of the plane and have delivered the parts to investigators at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi who will try and determine [...]
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itCG – Guardian becomes a citizen, capsized boaters rescued, cruise ship assists SAR, scholarship honors Rescue 1363
Monday, November 16, 2009
Guardians rescued two men from a capsized boat six miles off the shore of Fort Lauderdale Sunday afternoon. A small boat from Station Fort Lauderdale and a helicopter from Air Station Miami were deployed to locate the boat when it was reported sinking but no location was given. Friends and family were unable to help [...]
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itCG – National Security Cutter, fall boating, USS Eisenhower assists in SAR, veteran honored
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Coast Guard took delivery of its second National Security Cutter, CGC Waesche, on Friday. The National Security Cutter class is the flagship of the modern Coast Guard with multi-mission maritime security capabilities. In total, eight NSCs will be built for and deployed by the Coast Guard. Click here to learn more about the National [...]
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itCG – international drug bust, bird rescue, boaters rescued, oil spill mystery continues
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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 [...]
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itCG – Guardians in the community, collision and oil spill off Houston, Operation Fall Retrieve, rescue at sea, understanding Auxiliarists
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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 [...]
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itCG – major drug bust, missing boater search suspended, ADM Allen talks with gCaptain
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Post written by Christopher Lagan. Last week, Guardians from Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 (attached to the USS Anzio – flagship of Combined Task Force 151), assisted the Navy in the seizure of 4 tons of illegal drugs in the Gulf of Aden worth more than $28 million. According to Navy officials, the drugs [...]
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itCG-Secretary visit, F-16 crash, President’s award, crab preparations
Friday, October 16, 2009
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. [...]
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Small Craft Advisories and Boating Safety
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Recently, the Compass received a comment asking what a small craft advisory means and what size of boats are considered small crafts. This is an interesting question, but it doesn’t have a real straight forward answer. For one thing, there isn’t an exact definition for a Small Craft Advisory (SCA). The advisory is based on [...]
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itCG- Combating human trafficking, Navy mine float recovery, big drug busts, Columbus Day weekend safety
Friday, October 9, 2009
The Coast Guard honored Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, for developing and leading interagency efforts combating human smuggling and homeland security threats. Rear Admiral Steve Branham, Commander of the Coast Guard’s Seventh District, presented the Meritorious Service Award to Ms. Rodriguez-Velez during a ceremony yesterday. The Meritorious Public [...]
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itCG-Infant medevac, world record rescue, Santa Cruz Island grounding, promoting CG careers
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Post Written by Bob Hopkins Guardians transported a 54-day-old infant girl from American Samoa who required immediate medical attention. The child was flown on a Coast Guard C-130 based at Air Station Barber’s Point, which was assisted by a Disaster Medical Assist Team (DMAT). The infant was successfully transfered to hospital facilities in Oahu yesterday. [...]
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