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Jul 17, 2023 · Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast offloads $158 million of drugs. Jul 17th, 2023 · Comments Off on Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast offloads $158 million of drugs. Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) stack interdicted, illegal drugs on the flight deck of the cutter as they prepare to...
MSRT: Coast Guard’s specialized force to be reckoned with
Apr 21, 2014 · The MSRT, appropriately called a “ready assault force”, conducts maritime threat response unilaterally or as part of an interagency adaptive force package. The teams are capable of interdicting, boarding, and verifying threats, and when required, engaging in offensive operations against a hostile threat. “This is a very good type of ...
i911, helping the Coast Guard save lives - Coast Guard News
The i911 program allows watchstanders to use a mariner’s cellphone number to assist in finding their location for Coast Guard rescue crews to locate them faster. Once the number is entered, the mariner receives a text message authorizing them to share their location with the U.S. Coast Guard. Once shared, the internal cell phone’s GPS ...
Coast Guard deployable specialized force unit holds change-of …
Jun 27, 2019 · SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team West hosted a change-of-command ceremony June 20 at Naval Air Station Island in San Diego. Coast Guard Capt. Eric M. Cooper relieved Capt. Dwight E. Collins as the commanding officer during the ceremony. Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, commander, U.S. …
LORAN Station Attu: The Last Place on Earth - Coast Guard News
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - The final 20 man crew of Loran Station Attu stand with veterans Ron Caswell (left) and Don Funk (right) atop the steps of the desommissioned Loran C station at Massacre Bay Aug. 27, 2010. The Loran signal operated for 66 years on Attu Island. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.
Coast Guard intelligence, 1st decade in national intelligence …
Dec 29, 2011 · Washington – December marked the 10th anniversary of the Coast Guard’s formal entry into the national intelligence community, although many had long perceived the Coast Guard as a de facto member. The Coast Guard began its long involvement with the work of intelligence in 1790. Tariffs imposed on goods imported to the United States, in […]
Search and Rescue Archives - Coast Guard News
Jul 31, 2023 · Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet and Dare County responded to a capsized 20-foot airboat West of Oregon Inlet on July 26, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet/Released) PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard rescued 11 people from the water Wednesday after an airboat capsized near Oregon Inlet, in North ...
Cruise Ship Spirit of Nantucket Re-floated - Coast Guard News
Nov 10, 2007 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The 207-foot cruise ship Spirit of Nantucket which went aground in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) in Virginia Beach, Va., has been re-floated.. The vessel was re-floated this morning and is being escorted by the Coast Guard and the Virginia Beach Police Department to the Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk, Va.
Coast Guard transitions IT support to St. Louis
Jan 6, 2012 · ST. LOUIS — The Coast Guard will be holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Tuesday, to officially open its new Centralized Service Desk in St. Louis. Over the past year, information technology support functions from around the United States have been transitioned to a single location to better serve the Coast Guard’s IT mission. The new ...
Featured Archives - Coast Guard News
Jul 17, 2023 · Dec 8th, 2022 ·. (Dec. 7, 2022) An Aerovel Flexrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) takes off from U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) transiting the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 7. U.S. 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59 launched the UAV during Digital Horizon, a three-week event focused on integrating new unmanned and ...