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Fast Response Cutter sets sail
The U.S. Coast Guard’s second 154-foot fast response cutter, the Richard Etheridge, was launched at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., yesterday. This marks a significant milestone in the Coast Guard’s acquisition of the Sentinel-class patrol boats, which will replace the service’s legacy 110-foot patrol boats. You can see the launch play out in the photos below. While in the water, the vessel will undergo a series of tests and evaluations prior to its planned delivery early … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard Investigative Service
Thanks to hit television shows like NCIS, military investigative services have gained fame and public recognition in recent years. But, investigations aren’t new for the Coast Guard. Originating in 1915 under the Chief Intelligence Officer, Coast Guard Investigations remained relatively unknown to the general public until the enactment of prohibition. From then on it grew in personnel and responsibility becoming Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) in 1996. Under the authority of Title 14 of the United States … Read entire article »
Filed under: Crime and Punishment, Military
Coast Guard active in drilling rig fire
Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters are responding to an explosion and fire aboard a mobile offshore drilling unit approximately 52 miles Southeast of Venice. Watchstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard District Eight command center here received a report at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday of an explosion and fire aboard the MODU Deepwater Horizon. Updated reports are that the estimated 126 people on board have gotten off the rig. Seven critical injuries were reported. Three were … Read entire article »
Filed under: Firefighting, Military
U.S. Coast Guard on location in Haiti right now
Coast Guard Compass Haiti Relief Around 5 p.m. EST yesterday, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake centered 10 nautical miles south of Port Au Prince, Haiti. CGC Forward arrived off Port Au Prince this morning, equipped with a helicopter flight deck, satellite communications equipment, and the ability to provide coordination to military aircraft in the area. The CGC Mohawk, is scheduled to arrive this afternoon. Two Coast Guard C-130 airplanes from Air Station Clearwater are flying the coast of Western … Read entire article »
Coast Guard in the Far South
I just thought this was a neat pic. No terrorists here, just Coasties and Mr. Happy Feet. A curious penguin comes by to investigate the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea as the ship takes a break from its ice-breaking duties. The Polar Sea is in Antarctica as part of the Air Force-led Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze 2007, clearing a navigable channel for supply ships to get needed equipment and goods to … Read entire article »
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Icebreakers broken – the U.S. neglects the needs of the North
February 18th, 2010 | Comments Off
The United States Coast Guard is the smallest of the military services and the least resourced. In the last decade, it has been called upon repeatedly to do more with less and the budget submitted for Congressional approval for 2011 is no exception. Here’s what the Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen, told us at a recent Bloggers’ Roundtable: So it’s really a matter of portfolio management and resource allocation. And again, that gets back … Read entire article »
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