USCGC Escanaba Trains with Colombian and Honduran Navy
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Post Written by Ensign Ray T. Chaisson, USCGC Escanaba Public Affairs Officer USCGC Escanaba recently participated in a multilateral naval exercise with the Colombian and Honduran Navies. The goal of the multilateral exercise was to compare drug interdiction policy, practice pursuit tactics and techniques, and improve communication as a whole between our respective units. Over [...]
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Mission to Africa – Senegal
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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 local officials in enforcing national laws and regulations as well as obtaining information on vessels [...]
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Mission to Africa – Line Crossing Ceremony
Monday, August 23, 2010
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 on a ship at sea) and ended it as “Emerald Shellbacks.” The events started Thursday [...]
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Mission to Africa – Liberia
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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 Station (APS), which is an international security cooperation initiative, facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, [...]
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World’s largest international maritime exercise
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Coast Guardsmen from District 14, including CGC Rush and Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Honolulu, were among the 14 nations, 34 ships, five submarines, and more than 100 aircraft and 20,000 personnel to participate in the world’s largest international maritime exercises, the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). Military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, [...]
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Ensign Cook Reports – Station Seattle Part II
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Post Written by Ensign Lindsay Cook Hello Everyone, Just to re-cap, during this visit I’m learning about the Coast Guard’s ports, waterways and coastal security (PWCS) mission. In my first post I talked about getting underway with the Seattle/Bainbridge ferry and interacting with the crew and passengers to learn more about the importance of the [...]
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itCG – MSST team in the Gulf of Aden, disabled cargo ship, boat collision, red flare search, joint interagency training
Monday, December 21, 2009
Coast Guard watchstanders have been working to render assistance to a 740-foot Indian cargo ship that was adrift in 30 foot seas and 50 mph winds about 540 miles southwest of Alaska’s Adak Island. A Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Kodiak dropped a buoy in the vicinity of the ship to monitor the sea [...]
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itCG-emergency landing, cleaning up the bayou, boats taking on water, search for missing fisherman
Sunday, October 25, 2009
On Thursday, a Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Detroit had to make an emergency landing in Alpena, Michigan, while on its way to the hospital to transfer a fisherman who was suffering with heart attack symptoms. The helicopter experienced low oil pressure and the pilots had to land with only one working engine. Story [...]
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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-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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