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PHOTOs: Coast Guard Station Port Huron begins training on new response boat 27 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
The crew of Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., test out their new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in Lake Huron, Aug. 26, 2013. The crew officially accepted the RB-M, a more capable platform for...
Coast Guard to host final Sunset Parade of 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard will dedicate its final Sunset Parade of 2013 to the City of Cape May and its citizens Sunday at 8 p.m. The Coast Guard and the City of Cape May have a long and benef...
Coast Guard to establish safety zone, regulated area for Battle of Lake Erie Bicentennial tall ships festival 27 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Coast Guard is alerting boaters of a temporary safety zone and a special local regulated area scheduled to be established for the upcoming Battle of Lake Erie Bicentennial tall ship...
San Diego-based Coast Guard cutter returns home from counter-drug patrol 27 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am
Click the images below to download and view caption information SAN DIEGO — The officers and crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman returned home to San Diego, Monday, after a successful three-month...
Coast Guard medevacs mariner near Sitka, Alaska 27 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 44-year-old woman from the 109-foot fishing vessel Tuxedni near Sitka, Monday. The Jayhawk crew rendezvoused...
Boaters survive 21 hours treading water in Lake Erie 27 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
CLEVELAND — Three boaters were rescued by a good Samaritan Sunday morning after spending 21 hours treading water in Lake Erie after their fishing vessel capsized near Conneaut, Ohio. This case demons...
Coast Guard medevacs man from boat in Great Egg Harbor Bay, NJ 27 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 33-year-old man from a boat in Patcong Creek, in Great Egg Harbor Bay, Monday. The man’s wife called watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Atlantic Ci...
Coast Guard to begin construction of new Menemsha boathouse (illustration available) 26 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm
BOSTON — The Coast Guard has received all necessary regulatory permits to commence construction of a new boathouse at Station Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard in early September, 2013. The original 6,00...
*Feature Story* Living the American Dream 26 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse, 7th District Public Affairs Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Laberdesque, District Seven Public Affairs MIAMI — She leaned her head out the...
PHOTOs: Wisconsin man named Coast Guard Auxiliarist of the Year 26 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, presents Chris W. Bandy, an auxiliarist with Flotilla 28-1 in the Coast Guard 9th District, Central Auxiliary Region, with the Coast Guard ...
