Armed With Science: Aboard Polar Icebreaker USCGC Healy
Take a tour of the USCGC Healy with Capt. Greg B. Tlapa and experience the sights and sounds aboard a Polar Icebreaker.
Category Archives: US Coast Guard
LA Fleet Week lineup this year has 3 more ships than in 2016
Dewey is the third Navy ship named after Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. An amphibious transport dock ship will lead the lineup of active duty ships chugging into the Port of Los Angeles for the annual LA Fleet Week celebration over the Labor Day weekend.
Search for missing Army helicopter crew suspended in Hawaii
Officials announced Monday that they have suspended the search for five Army soldiers who were in a helicopter crash during offshore training in Hawaii last week. Families of the missing soldiers were notified about the search suspension, said Maj.
Secret Service says it will run out of money to protect Trump and his family Sept. 30
The Secret Service said Monday that it has enough money to cover the cost of protecting President Donald Trump and his family through the end of September, but after that the agency will hit a federally mandated cap on salaries and overtime unless Congress intervenes. If lawmakers don't lift the cap, about a third of the agency's agents would be working overtime without being paid, agency officials said.
Rescuers expand search for Army helicopter crew in Hawaii
In this Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, an MH-65 helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point passes Ka'ena Point in Hawaii. A joint response has been mounted to search for five missing Army aviators from a downed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter off Oahu.
Search for missing aviators extends to Kauai shoreline
An air crewmember aboard a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter scans the water off Oahu on Friday for any sign of five missing aviators from a downed Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. No signs were found this morning of the aviators who went missing Tuesday night during training.
Helicopter crew had life vests, air bottles during crash
Honolulu ocean safety lifeguards on jet skis hand over materials to military personnel stationed at a command center at a boat harbor, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. An Army helicopter with five on board crashed several miles off Oahu's North Shore late Tuesday.
Woman, 37, missing nearly four days is rescued in Oregon
The mother of two was rescused Wednesday by the U.S. Coast Guard along Highway 101 near Sea Lion Caves in Oregon A mother missing for nearly four days was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on a cliff along the Oregon coast Wednesday. Heather Mounce was reported missing after family members had not heard from her since Saturday in Dallas, which is roughly 15 miles west of Salem.
Alabama man reportedly on missing Army helicopter; search continues off coast of Hawaii
An Alabama man has been identified as one of five crew members reported missing after their Army helicopter went down off the coast of Hawaii. Brian Woeber, originally of Decatur, was on board the helicopter that was reported down late Tuesday night, according to social media postings from family and friends.
5 missing after Army helicopter goes down off Hawaii
U.S. Coast Guard and military crews are searching the ocean off Hawaii for five crewmembers of an Army helicopter that reportedly went down during a training exercise, authorities said Wednesday. Officials at Wheeler Army Airfield near Honolulu reported losing communications around 10 p.m. Tuesday with the crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
Coast Guard serches for missing boaters
The U.S. Coast Guard searches for two people who were last seen on an inflatable raft approximately 500 yards offshore of North Kingsville, Ohio, late Monday. The reporting source said that one individual on the raft jumped into the water and tried swimming the raft to shore; the reporting source lost sight of the reported people in distress shortly thereafter.
Portion of fuselage spotted during search for Army chopper off Oahu
A portion of fuselage was spotted by rescue crews as a massive search continued Wednesday morning for an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with five people aboard that crashed about two miles off Kaena Point late Tuesday. Coast Guard, Army, Marine and Honolulu Fire Department rescue crews were deployed, and a debris field was spotted by air about 11:28 p.m. Tuesday.
CG Day feels familiar no matter the place
Last week, Coast Guard units around the country celebrated the Coast Guard's 227th birthday. We enjoyed the celebration at my husband's new unit in Northern California, but missed the familiarity of the event in Elizabeth City.
More than 100 Haitian migrants rescued at sea
The United States Coast Guard says it has rescued 151 Haitian migrants and handed them over to the Royal Bahamian Defense Force on Friday. "The transfer is a combination of two separate interdiction cases in which Coast Guard aircrews and cutter crews located and rescued these migrants," the US Coast Guard said.
Freighter aground in river linking lakes Superior, Huron
In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the merchant vessel Calumet sits aground in shallow water outside of the channel on St. Marys River, which runs between the U.S. and Canada along Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula, southeast of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Thursday, Aug 10, 2017.
Navy pilot rescued after crashing fighter jet off Florida coast
A Navy pilot needed to be rescued after crashing his fighter jet of the coast of Key West A U.S Navy pilot crashed his fighter jet into the ocean off the coast of the Florida Keys on Wednesday. The U.S. Coast Guard were notified at 1:07 p.m. on Wednesday that a Navy F-5N jet pilot needed to be rescued after crashing 20 nautical miles off the coast of Key West, according to a U.S. Coast Guard news release .
Readout of Secretary Mattis Meeting with Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Lich
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis hosted Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Ngo Xuan Lich for an official counterpart visit on August 8 to discuss the growing U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship and regional security challenges. The Secretary and the Minister of Defense agreed to deepen defense cooperation, including by expanding maritime cooperation.
Coast Guard Awards Morphix as Sole Supplier of Chemical Detection Cassettes
Morphix Technologies A , an innovator in the science of detection devices for dangerous chemicals, announces its most recent contract award: to be the sole supplier for the U.S. Coast Guard's custom ChameleonA HAZMAT Refill Cassette Kits. Morphix is the current supplier of the U.S. Coast Guard's inventory of over 6,000 ChameleonA Chemical Detection Armbands .
Distressed boater call leads 1,200-pound marijuana seizure
If you've got drugs aboard and are having battery issues on your boat, maybe you shouldn't call the Coast Guard for help. That's what happened in San Diego on Sunday morning, leading to the seizure of 1,200 pounds of marijuana, the US Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Mass Vessel Safety Check Program
Civilian volunteers for the United States Coast Guard always help to increase public awareness and aquatic safety at this recreational destination for both tourists and residents. A Public Affairs Booth at the South Shore location will be staffed by members of the very same U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.