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In this March 2, 2017 photo, an unidentified U.S. Coast Guardsman communicates with the pilot of a helicopter during take-off and landing exercises on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard is teaming up with the Mexican and Colombian navies off South America's Pacific coast to go after seafaring smugglers, opening a new front in the drug war.
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the commercial longline fishing vessel Princess Hawaii sinks about 400 miles north of the Big Island on Sunday, March 25, 2018. Eight people, including the crew, captain and a federal fishery observer abandoned the ship and escaped in a life raft.
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the commercial longline fishing vessel Princess Hawaii sinks about 400 miles north of the Big Island on Sunday, March 25, 2018. Eight people, including the crew, captain and a federal fishery observer abandoned the ship and escaped in a life raft.
The search for an Illinois man two days late returning from an Everglades kayaking trip ended Tuesday morning when a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter found him safe. The National Park Service and U.S. Coast Guard had been searching for Lockport, Illinois resident James Soltis, who embarked on a Everglades Wilderness Waterway kayaking trip to the Everglades National Park Rangers March 15. Soltis was supposed to be back Sunday.
A commercial fishing crew and a federal observer were rescued after their vessel sank and they spent hours in a life raft hundreds of miles off the coast of Hawaii, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. The agency said it received an emergency distress alert from the Princess Hawaii late Sunday morning about 400 miles north of the Big Island.
The Gazette is Colorado Springs's most trusted source for breaking news, sports, weather, obituaries, politics, business, art, entertainment, blogs, video, photos. Things to do this weekend in and around Colorado Springs: Drowning Pool, Arc films, Mad Hatter, Vietnam POW/MIAs, log cabins LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is throwing his support behind a water attorney who is running for Congress in a closely watched race in southern New Mexico.
US soldiers of the 502nd Infantry regiment 2nd Batallion 3rd Platoon of the Charger Company, stand at a checkpoint around Lakokhel camp in the Zari district of Kandahar city on December 02, 2010. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU - See this story on www.politico.com President Donald Trump on Friday issued orders to ban transgender troops who require surgery or significant medical treatment from serving in the military except in select cases - following through on a controversial pledge last year that has been under review by the Pentagon and is being fought out in the courts.
JAMAICA is to assign a senior officer of the Jamaica Defence Force to the Key West, Florida, home base of the Joint Interagency Task Force South, in order to improve communications between the US-led coast guard unit and the JDF. Chief of defence staff of the JDF, Major General Rocky Meade, told the Jamaica Observer that the event is significant, as it is symbolic of the relationship between the United States and its Caribbean partners in creating a network to fight the criminal networks in the region.
Students tour a U.S. Coast Guard boat, taking the opportunity to ask members of the Coast Guard about the vessel. OHIO VALLEY - Living along the river offers careers to residents of those river communities of which the youth may be unaware.
The Seattle-homeported U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star is one of a kind, and it's coming home tomorrow after more than three months at sea. You'll see it off north West Seattle before its scheduled arrival on the downtown waterfront at 4 pm.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three boaters and is now searching for a fourth man after a boat sank off Florida's Gulf Coast. Coast Guard officials said in a news release they received a call from the crew early Thursday that a 37-foot commercial fishing boat was taking on water and required rescue.
On a Tuesday night Facebook post, Marc-Andre Leclerc's father Serge wrote, "Sadly we have lost 2 really great climbers and I lost a son I am very proud of. My heart is so broken...Part of me is gone with him..." "I gotta say, I loved that young guy, almost like my kids," says one of Leclerc's mentors in a GoFundMe campaign that has been set up to help his family.
Jonathan Brussow, 19, and his girlfriend, Athena Williams, 20, were vacationing in the Bahamas last Monday when a huge wave swept him away. The night before the 19-year-old's tragic death, he sat down with Williams' family to ask them a question that would change their lives forever.
The Los Angeles Times reports San Diego lifeguards intercepted the boat Saturday in the surf and towed it a little farther out to sea for the safety of those onboard. San Diego lifeguard Lt.
The U.S. Coast Guard says its mission to inspect a tugboat that sunk off the coast of Maine last week is set to begin. Spokeswoman Chellsey Phillips says crews will use cameras to survey the vessel Tuesday morning, adding that underwater footage will give the Coast Guard a better idea of if it makes sense to salvage the Capt.
Last summer, President Trump announced out of the blue on Twitter that he would be implementing a ban on transgender soldiers from serving in the military. The announcement, which reversed a policy change that the Obama Administration had announced in 2016, came as a surprise to pretty much everyone since there had been no indication that the issue was under consideration by the White House and the Defense Department was continuing to work on implementing the Obama Administration's plan.
The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea, senior U.S. officials said. Officials said this plan could include deploying U.S. Coast Guard forces to stop and search vessels in Asia-Pacific waters.
The American Maritime Partnership today announced the launch of the Military to Maritime digital career platform , which is dedicated to helping veterans find meaningful, family-wage jobs in the maritime industry while supporting America's national and economic security. Building on the numerous Military to Maritime career fairs across the country, the enhanced digital platform connects veterans with career opportunities in the U.S. shipbuilding and maritime industry and provides training and credentialing information to help in their transition from military service to the maritime sector.
The head of the U.S. Coast Guard's internal investigations in the Northwest was arrested Sunday in Vancouver on suspicion of climbing into his co-worker's bed and sexually assaulting the colleague's girlfriend. Jonathan Sall, 56, of Poulsbo, Washington is accused in Clark County of second-degree rape for the alleged abuse that occurred at the co-worker's home the same day Sall was arrested.