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Oct. 22, 2024
Coast Guard Cutter Bear returns home after 58-day Operation Vigilant Sentry patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Oct. 7, following a 58-day homeland security and counter-drug patrol in the Windward Passage. Bear’s crew deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast (HSTF-SE) and Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) while underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility, where crew members conducted maritime safety and security missions.
Oct. 21, 2024
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold trunk or treat and open house
The crew at U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis and local, state, and federal partners are scheduled to host a free trunk or treat and open house on Saturday at the station in Annapolis, MD.
Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold trunk or treat and open house
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis and local, state, and federal partners invites the community to attend a free public trunk or treat and open house on Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coast Guard Station.
Coast Guard medevacs two off Louisiana coast
VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 66-year-old man Saturday and a 30-year-old woman Sunday from the Carnival Liberty cruise ship.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to host buoy tender event at Base Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The media is invited to attend the Fifth Coast Guard District’s “Buoy Tender Olympics” on Wednesday. The Buoy Tender Olympics is part of the Buoy Tender Round-up (BTR), a week-long event that offers participants an opportunity to receive specialized training, engage in discussions to enhance operations, test their seamanship skills and build camaraderie between crews.
Coast Guard suspends search for missing man near South Padre Island, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday evening for a missing man near
Oct. 20, 2024
MULTIMEDIA RELEASE:Coast Guard medevacs man from Wassaw Sound, Georgia
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah rescue crew medevaced a 33-year-old man from the recreation vessel, Lulu, in Wassaw Sound, Georgia, Saturday, after the man attempted to unground his vessel and made contact with the propeller.
Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing man near South Padre Island, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, is searching for a missing man
Coast Guard members, good Samaritans receive international recognition for Maui wildfires response
HONOLULU – Coast Guard members and good Samaritans who responded during the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires received international recognition and awards during a ceremony at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, Friday.
Oct. 19, 2024
Coast Guard rescues 5 from tug after loss of steering off the coast of Washington
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued five people from the 130-foot commercial tug Luther after it lost steering off the coast of La Push, Washington, Friday afternoon. At 4:10 p.m., the tug lost steering and was beset by weather while towing a concrete barge 10 miles off the coast of La Push and requested assistance from the Coast Guard. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew from Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, an MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, and the emergency tug Lauren Foss were launched to assist the distressed vessel.
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