Coast Guard news stories

• Alaska: rescue copter blows deflating raft ashore

  The Air Force, Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers have worked together to rescue a man who found himself on a deflating raft in Cook Inlet near Anchorage.

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  Coast Guard gets new Pacific commander

  During the change-of-command ceremony, the flag of Rear Adm. Charles Ray was also raised on the cutter Waesche just after the flag of outgoing commander Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft was lowered.

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  Coast Guard convicts petty officer in sex assault case

  A jury of eight Coast Guard members, after a weeklong court-martial in federal court in New Orleans, has convicted one of their own in a sexual assault of a female Coast Guard member in late 2012.

• Judge rejects 5 witnesses in Kodiak murder trial
• Judge rejects witness in Kodiak Coast Guard trial
• Widow called to testify in Coast Guard murder case
• Coast Guard cutter heading to Va. waters after cocaine intercept
• Coast Guard calls BP's spill cleanup claim premature
• Suspect's interview played in Kodiak murder trial
• Military victims of sexual assault face agonizing choice: Speak up or stay silent
• 2,000 gallons of leaked diesel fuel cleaned from Government Cut
• Car expert testifies in Kodiak double homicide
• 2 ships collide, cargo vessel grounded in Virginia
• Coast Guard unloads 127 bales of cocaine with street value of $350M
• Five military teens honored for selfless service
• West Point wins academies' Cyber Defense Exercise
• Coast Guard ends search for 2 men in Miss. River
• Investigator in Alaska double murder case: Suspect had time to drive home
• Coast Guard schedules Alaska change of command
• USS Vandegrift's No. 2 officer comments on family's sailboat rescue
• Service-related injuries outside of combat take their toll on veterans
• Rescued baby 'stable' aboard USS Vandegrift; Coast Guard won't charge family
• Coast Guard debuts faster response boats
• Pathologist testifies at Coast Guard shootings trial
• Coast Guard reservist admits $100K travel fraud