itCG-Migrants intercepted, Toledo thanks, fishermen rescue, performance award
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Guardians intercepted four Cuban migrants and a suspected smuggler yesterday. The migrants were traveling in a 19-foot boat 70 miles south of Key West when they were interdicted by the crew from the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne. The migrants were returned to Cuba and the smuggler was handed over to Customs and Border Patrol agents. Story here [...]
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itCG- Cadet makes history, Blue Angels overflight, missing boater, crash test dummies
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Post written by Bob Hopkins For Cadet 1st Class Jacqueline “Jackie” Fitch, being chosen the Corps of Cadets Regimental Commander has more significance than just leading the Coast Guard Academy’s 970-plus-member corps and being the top student voice in administrative affairs, but also trailblazing a new path as the first black female to hold the [...]
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itCG- “Deadliest Catch” training, aircraft pilot rescue, sea rescues
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Post Written by Bob Hopkins “Deadliest Catch” film-crewmembers received Coast Guard training in preparation for filming the popular Discovery Channel reality show that covers the dangerous king crab fishery in Alaska. The film-crewmembers received survival suit, life raft and flare training combined with drills in the pool. The crew will be embedded with the Coast [...]
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itCG-Guardians head to American Samoa, international training exercise, CGC Legare returns to homeport
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
In response to the powerful earthquake and tsunami that has already claimed about 34 lives, the Coast Guard sent a C-130 plane to American Samoa to deliver aid and assess damage. The plane also transported American Samoa Gov. Togiola Tulafono, who was in Honolulu when disaster struck at home. Click here to watch a video [...]
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itCG-tank ships keep Guardians busy, radiological detection exercise, CGC Tahoma returns to port
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Between the tank ship and barge collision in the Houston Ship Channel, a grounded tank ship at the mouth of the Lower Mississippi River and a tank ship that punctured one of its fuel tanks off the coast of Savannah, tank ships across the South have kept Guardians busy for the past few days. The [...]
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itCG-OCS on the Eagle, kayaker rescued, teacher returns from CGC Healy adventure
Monday, September 28, 2009
Recently, officer candidates from Officer Candidate School (OCS) spent some time underway on the Coast Guard Barque Eagle working side-by-side with the Eagle’s crew learning about the ship, maritime culture, teamwork, and leadership. The 43 candidates included 17 women and four international students. Story here A man who was all alone when he fell off [...]
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Meet Oscar
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Have you ever met one of our most important Guardians, Oscar? He is about 120-pounds, usually wears a mustang suit and works at Coast Guard small boat stations across the nation. Okay, so he may look eerily real but he’s not. He’s a dummy, used for training and simulating rescues of people in the water. [...]
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itCG-Panama Canal exercise, 42 rescued in three SAR cases, safety zone enforcement
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk and other U.S. Armed Forces along with some of its international counterparts gathered at Naval Station Mayport to hold Fuerza Aliadas Panamax, a multinational exercise focused on defending the Panama Canal. Although the exercise is annual, this is the first time the command and control efforts for the 30 ships, 12 [...]
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itCG-maritime security training, missing fisherman, tides generate electricity
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Vice Admiral John Currier provides remarks on the Coast Guard training conducted on the Potomac River yesterday. Watch the video on YouTube here or on CGVI here. Read Story and watch video here Yesterday afternoon, a 63-foot fishing boat was about 125 miles off the coast of Massachusetts when the crew noticed one of the [...]
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itCG-CG intercepts plane, PSU training, boat grounds on CG base, search and rescue
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Two Coast Guard helicopters scrambled to intercept a small plane when it breached restricted airspace. The helicopters escorted the plane to the nearest airport where it was greeted by U.S. Secret Service agents for investigation. Apparently, the pilot was a student who checked the plane out from a club in Pennsylvania. Story here Coast Guard [...]
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