Guardian of the Week – LT James O’Mara
Whether in corporate culture or the military, buzzwords are often used to describe the success of an organization. One of these buzzwords is “teamwork,” but for Coast Guard Cutter Farallon, and LT James O’Mara, teamwork isn’t just another word. It’s [...]
Day 4: Coast Guard Video of the Year
It is day four of voting for Coast Guard Video of the Year! Last week we offered you a sampling of the top 11 Coast Guard videos of 2009. Now, it is time for you to vote on your favorites [...]
itCG – 3 saved from sinking ship, major drug bust, 1st female rescue swimmer retires, home for the holidays
Guardians rescued three men from their sinking fishing vessel approximately 60 miles into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. A helicopter out of Air Station Clearwater, Fla. responding to the vessel’s EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) spotted the handheld flare [...]
itCG – C-130 collision, border security, survival at sea, manatee goes home, haunted Eagle
Tragedy struck the Coast Guard last night. Guardians are actively searching for the nine missing people involved in a collision between a Coast Guard C-130 plane out of Air Station Sacramento and a Navy Super Cobra helicopter. The C-130, carrying [...]
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 [...]
itCG – major drug bust, missing boater search suspended, ADM Allen talks with gCaptain
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 [...]
itCG-men found alive, drug bust pictures, proposed ballast water rule, CG fire dept awarded
Last week, the Compass talked about an extensive search for three missing fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico. Fortunately, a Good Samaritan found and rescued the three men about 180 miles off the coast of Port Aransas, Texas, yesterday. The [...]
itCG-Ecstasy seized, young boy swept under water, 25 people rescued, parasail tragedy
Coast Guard Station Neah Bay, in cooperation with Makah Tribal Enforcement, interdicted an 18-foot vessel Thursday and seized a duffle bag full of what field-tested positive as Ecstasy. The 60,000 tablets are worth approximately $720,000. The Coast Guard boarding team [...]
The Coast Guard During Prohibition
For a great historical account of the Coast Guard’s role during the Prohibition Era, read this blog post over at EagleSpeak. Our duties then were not much different than our duties now protecting our borders from the smuggling of illegal [...]
itCG-Arctic expedition, Teacher at Sea, drug smugglers caught, a recovery and a rescue
Canadian and U.S. cutters are headed as far north as they can go next week to work together on surveying the ocean floor and trying to determine where the edge of the continental shelf is. The Canadian Coast Guard Cutter [...]
