Coast Guard

Coast Guard rescues 11 from sinking boat off Hawaii

Officials say 11 people are safe after being rescued from their sinking tow boat off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Eagle to be featured on stamp honoring the Coast Guard

Each year the U.S. Postal Service receives between 20,000 and 30,000 suggestions for stamp ideas. Many of those suggestions in recent years were for a stamp recognizing the achievements of the U.S. Coast Guard. And so, this August, the USPS will issue a "forever" stamp in honor of the multi-mission military service.
Obama gives New London, Coast Guard Academy grads a shoutout

Social media was aflutter with chatter about how President Obama came to refer to New London in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, with some scratching their heads about the veiled nod to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and others exulting in the idea that their “hip little city” had finally arrived.

Coast Guard cutter making its way to Honolulu
For 1st time, helicopter fires on suspected smuggling boat
Group hopes new law will allow federal funds to be used to help build Coast Guard museum

In its quest to raise $100 million for the museum that will house the 225-year-old history of the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Coast Guard Museum Association is hoping to secure $30 million in federal funding for construction purposes. The law that established New London as the site for the museum, however, prohibits federal funding for the project.

Coast Guard petty officer gets 5 months confinement for assault

A Coast Guard petty officer has been sentenced by a military judge to five months confinement and received a bad conduct discharge for an assault at a 2013 party in Wauwatosa.
Coast Guard increases patrols to stem Cuban rafter spike

President Barack Obama's recent relaxation of U.S.-Cuba relations has stirred an influx of Cuban rafters to Florida, fearful that immigration standards may also change. So Monday, the Coast Guard announced it's increasing patrols in the Florida Strait.
After search called off, USS Paul Hamilton picks up man lost at sea for 12 days

“I have been in 21 years, and I can only think of maybe a couple of times where we have suspended a search and then find somebody,” Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr said. “It is uncommon.”
Man charged with attempting to defraud Coast Guard assistance program

A 28-year-old Chesapeake, Va. man is being charged with defrauding the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Program of funds after posing as a soldier in need of assistance, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
Search continues for airman missing on Guam

The Air Force says an airman who went missing on Guam’s northern shore had deployed to Andersen Air Force Base from the 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.
Search underway for airman missing along Guam shore

Emergency personnel are searching for a missing airman last seen Monday along Guam’s northern coast.
Georgia Coast Guard station may close; channel markings being removed

Depending on the outcome of Congressional budget negotiations, the U.S. Coast Guard station in Eufaula could be closing, according to the officer in charge there.
Coast Guard flies 193 rare sea turtles from freezing Cape Cod to Florida

A Coast Guard plane touched down in Orlando at dusk Tuesday, hauling a cargo of the world's rarest sea turtles, rescued by volunteers from the lethally chilly waters and beaches of Cape Cod Bay.
Coast Guard looks for overdue Wash. crabber

Coast Guard crews are looking for a Bremerton, Washington, man reported overdue on a crab fishing voyage out of Anacortes.
Coast Guardsman convicted of lewd act with minor

A Coast Guard aviation mechanic in Hawaii was sentenced to five years in a military brig and given a dishonorable discharge Thursday for threatening and committing a lewd act on a minor in 2013.
Computer tech for U.S. Coast Guard guilty of stealing personal info

A computer technician working for the U.S. Coast Guard pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he stole personal information from hundreds of computers and personal electronic devices he was paid to repair.
Baltimore Coast Guardsman to be court-martialed on sex charges

The U.S. Coast Guard says a seaman will face a court-martial for an alleged sexual assault in Baltimore.
Civilian contractors on remote Aleutian island, Coast Guard brace for Nuri

About 120 civilian contractors are currently stationed on Shemya, in the western Aleutians, said Tommie Baker of the Alaskan Command Public Affairs Office. Friday afternoon, the contractors were in a lockdown ahead of the storm.
IG report criticizes former Wounded Warrior Care director

The former director of the Pentagon’s Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy Office bullied and verbally abused employees, calling some stupid and referring to others as idiots, liars and criminals behind their backs, according to an inspector general’s investigation.
Closure of Charleston Coast Guard air station delayed

A plan to close one of the Coast Guard stations that provides helicopter search-and-rescue services in Beaufort County and surrounding areas has been delayed.
Hilton Head couple help boaters for half-century with Coast Guard Auxiliary

Henry and Mary Pratt have spent more time volunteering in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary than most people have spent in their paid careers.
Navy, Marines, Coast Guard to release revised maritime strategy

For the first time in seven years, the Navy and its sister services soon will release an updated version of their global maritime strategy, Adm. Jonathan Greenert said Tuesday.
Closure of Charleston Coast Guard facility concerns Beaufort County officials

Shawn Rhodes says a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter saved her life on a sunny July day two years ago.
Corpsmen train as 1st responders for possible San Francisco earthquake

San Francisco’s Fleet Week — more known for the aerobatics performed by the Blue Angels — is the only one in the U.S. that runs humanitarian assistance and disaster response training as part of the events, a city spokesman said.
Grit and granite: A monument to disabled veterans

A 2.4-acre triangular site across from the U.S. Botanic Garden and about 1,000 feet from the Capitol uses granite and glass to communicate the strength and vulnerability of servicemembers. The American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial will be dedicated Sunday.
Coast Guard boosts efforts to tackle sexual assault complaints

The U.S. Coast Guard Sexual Assault Prevention Council says in a recent report that it is taking steps to better respond to sexual assault complaints, the number of which more than doubled from 2010 to 2012.
Stosz is happy to continue her Coast Guard career

Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, says she is surprised but pleased the Coast Guard had selected her to continue as a rear admiral following her tour at the academy.
Search for wreckage of runaway plane continues off Jamaican coast

A small private aircraft flew past its destination of Naples Municipal Airport with an apparently unconscious pilot at the controls Friday, and it was tracked by U.S. fighter jets before it crashed off the coast of Jamaica six hours after take-off.
Coast Guard seizes $93M in cocaine in Caribbean

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized about $93 million worth of cocaine during two separate operations in the western Caribbean Sea.
Kadena P-3 Orion, Coast Guard C-130 join search for missing man

The Guam Coast Guard is coordinating the search for the man, thought to have fallen overboard from the Japanese fishing vessel Wakaba Maru 7.
Coast Guard assists Canadian fishing crew
Coast Guard team fires shot at Iranian dhow in Persian Gulf
At 50, Coast Guard's Diligence is getting a makeover
Coast Guard signs new agreement to service NOAA fleet at Curtis Bay yard
New US Arctic emissary gets plenty of ideas from Alaskans on priorities
3 rescued from sailboat battered by hurricane off Hawaii
Military coordinating effort to help sailboat battered by hurricanes off Hawaii
Nations unite to fight weapons proliferation
Guam Coast Guardsmen rescue fishermen near Cocos Island
Divers stop oil leaking from sunken WWII ship, but threat still looms
After nearly 70 years of waiting, Robert Potter receives medals for service in World War II
US taps former Coast Guard chief for new Arctic post
High schoolers immerse in engineering at Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard searches for boater after collision off Fla. coast
Family sends 3 daughters to Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard petty officer acquitted of sexual assault
Court martial focuses on what happened after night of drinking
First-year cadets at Coast Guard Academy begin learning lingo and teamwork
Huntington Ingalls' protest over lost cutter contract bid is rejected
Jury chosen in rape trial of Coast Guard petty officer
Coast Guard museum on Cape Cod weaves storytelling, displays
Coast Guard finds ill-fated Bounty avoided tighter safety standards, repair warnings
Costa Rica approves joint US patrols and docking permits to fight drug war
Fears in wake of Coast Guard sex assaults
Coast Guardsman comes down from tower at NJ base