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Coast Guard Ends Dangerous Dip (military.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

"It's not an ideal place for a morning swim," said Petty Officer First Class Jason Thorne, a watchstander at Sector Boston. "Considering the high amount of large vessel traffic in the area, and the close proximity to the federal courthouse, it was important for us to get him out and back to the dock."

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Coast Guard Medevacs 3-Year-Old (military.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A rescue team from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon, N.C., and a good Samaritan medevaced a 3-year-old child who was suffering from seizures from a 16-foot skiff near the Atlantic Beach Bridge today. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call at 6:31 p.m. stating that there was a child aboard the skiff who was in need of medical attention. Station Fort Macon...

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CG Conducts Back-to-Back Rescues (military.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

With the help of the Narragansett fire and police departments, the executive petty officer, Chief Petty Officer Patrick Foley, and the engineering petty officer, Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Glod, carried the man off the jetty to a nearby ambulance.

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CGC Eagle to Visit Seattle (military.com)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The nineteen senior cadets aboard, or first class cadets, are responsible for direct organization, oversight and direction of third class cadets as well as working hand-in-hand with the senior enlisted members onboard as a Junior Officer. Eagle provides an excellent leadership opportunity, as the cadre manage their own cadet divisions, direct shipboard operations and juggle numerous collateral duties....

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CG Assists Boat Taking on Water (military.com)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A C-130 and a rescue helicopter were launched from Air Station Kodiak after receiving a distress call from the Final Four, a 30-foot recreational boat with six people aboard. The Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island, a 110-foot patrol boat from Homer also responded to the distress call.

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Coast Guard Rescues Two From Boat Fire (military.com)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

At approximately 11:25 a.m., the Coast Guard saw a small boat on fire from Station Milwaukee. There was no distress call made from the boat at anytime. The two men aged 57 and 62-years-old on board, were able to jump overboard. A Coast Guard Station Milwaukee 41-foot motor life boat went out and rescued the two individuals. Another 41-foot Coast Guard life boat out of Station Milwaukee was on a training...

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Coast Guard Guarding GITMO (military.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The deployment to Guantanamo Bay is the unit's third since being commissioned in 1998. In Feb 2003, PSU 313 was deployed to support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, where they provided security for an Iraqi oil platform in Northern Iraq. PSU 313 has been previously called to service in Operation Desert Storm and in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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CG, Good Samaritans Assist Vessel (military.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Coast Guard launched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat and a 25-foot Response Boat from Station Juneau and diverted an HH-60 ‘Jayhawk' rescue helicopter from Air Station Sitka. Sector Juneau also issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast.

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CG Rescues Man Stranded on Rocks (military.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The man was located stranded on some rocks near the beach and was rescued by three Newport Fire Department rescue swimmers and the Coast Guard boat crew, which transported him back to Station Castle Hill. Officers from the Newport Police Department and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management were waiting for the man at the Coast Guard Station, where he was questioned and taken into...

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UAE lauded for crackdown on drug-trafficking (UAEinteract.com - News)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:14 GMT

The cooperation of the UAE Navy and Coast Guards, alongside other Gulf maritime coalition forces, had helped a recent crackdown on trafficking of drugs, worth "millions and millions of dollars" in the high seas, a top American Navy official said yest

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General Named CENTCOM Chief of Staff (military.com)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The New York Times reported that during Hood's command at the prison in Cuba, American guards used forceful methods in dealing with detainees who engaged in hunger strikes. They strapped them into "restraint chairs," sometimes for more than two hours at a time, to feed them through tubes and prevent them from deliberately vomiting afterward, the newspaper reported.

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CG Leads Counterterrorism Exercise (military.com)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The exercise will take place in both the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and include simulated bombings that law enforcement and fire agencies will respond to in real-time. The U.S. Coast Guard, FBI, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments, Long Beach Police and Fire Departments, Los Angeles...

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Coast Guard Rescues 3 From Burning Boat (military.com)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

At about 5:40 p.m. a rescue crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Md., deployed a 25-foot response boat after receiving a call over channel 16 reporting grey smoke coming from the Loan Wolf, a 40-foot cabin cruiser. At about 6:10 p.m., the rescue crew from Station Annapolis arrived on scene and took McQuade and the Fountains off of the vessel. A Anne Arundel fire and rescue boat arrived on scene...

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CG's Newest Cutter To Visit Miami (military.com)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Bertholf is the lead ship in the new Legend class of cutters designed to be the flagship of the modern Coast Guard fleet. Bertholf will improve operational readiness and enable the Coast Guard to fulfill its multi-mission roles more effectively through better sea keeping, higher sustained transit speeds, greater endurance and range, and a greater ability to launch and recover improved small boats,...

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CGC Sea Devil to be Commissioned (military.com)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

SEATTLE - The newest addition to the Coast Guard fleet will be commissioned during a ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap-Keyport, Wash., Friday, June 20, at 10 a.m. The crew of the Sea Devil will be assigned to the Coast Guard's Marine Force Protection Unit (MFPU) in Bangor, Wash. The Sea Devil will be commanded by Lt j.g. Alanna G. Kaltsas of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Rear Admiral John P. Currier, Commander,...

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CG Continues Searching for Cessna (military.com)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rescue crews reported ideal search conditions along and near the coast, with winds out of the east at 10 to 15 knots, a ceiling of 8,000 feet and unrestricted visibility. Search conditions were reported to be more challenging, however, near Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, with pockets of limited visibility.

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Station Juneau Patrols the Icy Strait (military.com)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The most common safety infraction's the small boat crew came across were violations of throwable type 4 portable floatation devices (PFD) and expired flares. A throwable type 4 PFD is a Coast Guard approved device such as a buoyant cushion, ring buoy or horseshoe buoy designed to be thrown onto water.

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CG Finds Missing Airplane, Crew (military.com)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Falcon jet crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., located a fuel sheen and debris in the area and a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station South Portland deployed to the scene and confirmed the wreckage.

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CG Investigates Capsizing of Vessel (military.com)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Coast Guard began an investigation of the Cynthia Woods June 8. The investigation will be comprehensive and will look at all possible contributing factors including mechanical and material conditions of the Cynthia Woods, as well as human factors including training.

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U.S. COAST GUARDS DEPLOYED TO SAVE THE IOWA ELECTRONIC MARKETS (Midas Oracle .ORG)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:55:11 GMT

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