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In this photo taken late Wednesday night, Aug. 1, 2018, Riccardo Gatti, rescue missions coordinator of the Open Arms boat, talks on the phone with the Libyan coast guard to coordinate a nighttime rescue operation off the coast of Libya. Rescuers from the Spanish non-profit Open Arms saved 87 migrants off the coast of Libya […]
A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer walks toward an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Air Station Houston. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki
A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sector Columbia River rescues a man stranded 100 feet up a cliffside at Hug Point, Ore., July 2, 2018. The man became stranded because of an incoming high tide and then tried to climb to safety. U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Sector Columbia River […]
Members of the Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team fast rope onto the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge from an MH-60 Jayhawk heilcopter delployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, during a joint exercise on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 near Miami. The training a threee-day exercise held between the Coast Guard units […]
A Marine with Hotel Company, 2nd Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, gazes down at a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, while flying in a UH-1Y Venom helicopter over Onslow Beach on base, March 28, 2017. Station Wrightsville Beach and […]
A Marine UH-1Y Venom helicopter crew hovers after deploying members from Hotel Company, 2nd Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a joint training exercise with a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on base, March 28, 2017. The Coast Guard […]
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane receives a wash down at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Jan. 24, 2018. Crew members maintain operational readiness by rinsing the plane after every flight to protect it and remove any salt. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Brandon Kelly
An MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew medevacs an ill fisherman from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Willow about 60 miles east of Atlantic City, N.J., Jan. 11, 2018. The helicopter transported the man, who had been working on the fishing vessel Illusion, to a regional medical center. – US Department of Defense Coast […]
While much of the nation is focusing on the opioid crisis in the U.S., cocaine smuggling is making a big comeback and that means the Coast Guard must be alert for small boat and even homemade submarines. Often times the crews of the boats carrying the contraband will jettison their illegal cargo overboard if they […]
While much of the nation is focusing on the opioid crisis in the U.S., cocaine smuggling is making a big comeback and that means the Coast Guard must be alert for small boat and even homemade submarines. Often times the crews of the boats carrying the contraband will jettison their illegal cargo overboard if they […]
South Korean officials have reported a confrontation between their national coast guard and a flotilla of “reinforced” Chinese fishing vessels believed to be poaching fish from South Korea’s exclusive economic zone. The incident only ended after the South Korean boats fired 249 rounds of automatic and small arms fire in the vicinity of the Chinese […]
Ocean-going countries are showing new interest in operating in the Arctic and Antarctic, as receding ice makes waters there more accessible. Icebreaking ships are vital for operations in those regions, but the US has fewer such ships than its neighbors in the area, including Russia. The US is pushing to build more icebreakers, but the […]
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