itCG – 3 saved from sinking ship, major drug bust, 1st female rescue swimmer retires, home for the holidays
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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 the men were waving from 15-miles out and hoisted them to safety. Story here Coast [...]
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Voting continues for Coast Guard Video of the Year
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
We’re now into day two 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 and help us select your top three videos. Our second video features the capture [...]
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itCG – Guardian rescued, VADM Crea honored, holiday gift guide
Friday, December 11, 2009
Earlier this week, we highlighted Guardians training to rescue one of their own off the coast of Savannah. On Wednesday, Air Station Sitka hoisted a petty officer who was separated from his hunting party in the Alaskan wilderness. Senior officers credit the petty officer for having the training and the sense to call for help [...]
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itCG – watch 1705 memorial, school ferry BUI, tactical training, hazardous duty
Friday, November 6, 2009
YouTube DoDLive Video of CGC Valiant offloading five tons of cocaine seized during a 30-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. (Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.) Click here to read more. Later today, Air Station Sacramento will host a memorial service to honor the Guardians of Rescue 1705 who went missing [...]
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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-Cleveland rescue, piracy training, oil spill, survival at sea
Monday, October 26, 2009
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 Harbor launched a rescue boat to retrieve the people from the frigid waters. Guardians urge [...]
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Station Washington – Guarding the National Capital Region
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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 [...]
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itCG-search continues for F-16 pilot, fuel tanks jettisoned, three rescued, migrant smuggler convicted
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Coast Guard is continuing to search the waters off the coast of North Carolina for the missing U.S. Air Force Captain Nicholas Giglio whose F-16 aircraft crashed Thursday evening. Making the search more difficult is the fact that none of the three locator beacons attached to the seat, the plane or the pilot were [...]
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Guardians of the Week – Crew of the CGC Dolphin
Friday, October 16, 2009
Since June, the CGC Dolphin has made two drug seizures totaling over 2,300 pounds of marijuana valued at over $2 million. The cutter Dolphin, an 87-foot Marine Protector-class Coastal Patrol Boat (CPB) based in Miami, is quickly making a name for itself as one of the fleet’s most successful drug interdiction units. Dolphin’s busts would [...]
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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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