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Local free diver receives his dive float from Coast Guard crew February 5, 2020 in Honolulu. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo) HONOLULU – The Coast Guard returned a dive float to its owner, Thursday,...
View ArticleLegacy of Light: New Dungeness Light guides northwest mariners
The New Dungeness Lighthouse has guided mariners the longest natural sand spit in the United States since 1857. U.S. Coast Guard photo. SEQUIM, Washington – The New Dungeness Lighthouse has guided...
View ArticleCoast Guard cutter corrals wayward buoy in Long Island Sound
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB-211) sits at anchor. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Emily E. Torsney. NEWPORT, Rhode Island – Built to guide mariners through safe waters, the Valiant Rock Lighted...
View ArticleMore than a Pin
Petty Officers 2nd Class Enrique Lemos and Aaron Hadden receive their surfman pins during a small ceremony at Coast Guard Station Umpqua River April 1, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of...
View Articlei911, helping the Coast Guard save lives
A demonstration of how the Coast Guard uses the i911 system in Boston, Massachusetts, May 4, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole J. Groll) by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole...
View ArticleThe Creed
Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Preiser (surfman #535) operates a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat in the surf near Brookings, Oregon. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Bruce Beck Photography. Public Domain use...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman recognized as Aerospace Control Alert Maintainer of the Year
Adm. Charles Ray, the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard and Deputy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Rob Bushey recognized Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Anton, an avionics electrical...
View ArticleNew Flood Response Training Finishes Its Inaugural Course
Butlerville, IN – A glimpse of the flooded town that Coast Guard members walked into early this August. Pictured is the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC)’s flooded village, which includes...
View ArticleBreaking waves: Coast Guard surfmen drive to close gender gap
Petty Officer 1st Class Victoria Hansen (right), Surfman #484 and an instructor at the National Motor Life Boat School in Ilwaco, Washington, operates a 47-foot Motor Life Boat in 2019 while training...
View ArticleA Call to Service
Fireman Lonnie Taber with an Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) off Hawaii, March 12, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by...
View ArticleCoast Guard chief to address harassment, bullying and retaliation after...
Sarah Cammarata Stars and Stripes The commandant of the Coast Guard is set to testify Wednesday for the first time about how the service is addressing harassment, bullying and retaliation after a...
View ArticleCoast Guard commandant skirts accountability questions from lawmakers as...
Sarah Cammarata Stars and Stripes Adm. Karl Schultz, the commandant of the Coast Guard, dodged questions Wednesday from lawmakers on harassment, bullying and retaliation in the service as a new report...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends active search for Kauai freediver
Author : Feefiona123 U.S. Coast Guard 14th District Hawaii and the Pacific Contact: 14th District Public Affairs HONOLULU — The Coast Guard suspended the active search for Nelson Kupenes off Kauai,...
View ArticleFor greater generations
Michael Brewer, a U.S. Coast Guard World War II veteran, poses for photo. Brewer was a radiomen on the USCGC Atalanta from 1945 to 1946, where he worked on several forms of telecommunication during the...
View ArticleMore than a Pin
Petty Officers 2nd Class Enrique Lemos and Aaron Hadden receive their surfman pins during a small ceremony at Coast Guard Station Umpqua River April 1, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of...
View ArticleRevenue Cutter Bear located, ending decades-long mystery
U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear in the Arctic. (USCG photo) For nearly two decades, a team of researchers from NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard and partnering academic institutions had been on a complex quest to solve...
View ArticleCoast Guard holds Arctic discussions in Boston aboard Cutter Healy
The U.S. Coast Guard held an Arctic discussion roundtable aboard the USCGC Healy (WAGB 20) in Boston on Oct. 15, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Steven Poulin, Atlantic Area commander, Rear Adm....
View ArticleCoast Guard wraps up 2021 task force initiative in Arctic, Western Alaska
Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig Bennett, a marine science technician with the Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF), inspects a fuel oil storage facility in Teller, Alaska, July 20, 2021. U.S....
View ArticleHelping Hands: Coast Guard Auxiliarists assist Polar Star’s galley
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Samantha Logue (left), Miranda Henry (middle) and Lisa Hickman (right) stand in front of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10)’s galley emblem while underway in...
View ArticleInternational Ice Patrol – Remembering the Titanic 110 years later
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Tchorz, an aviation maintenance technician stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, lays a wreath at the site of the Titanic resting place, April 21, 2022....
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