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MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold trunk or treat and open house

Source: United States Coast Guard

10/21/2024 03:21 PM EDT

The crew at U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis and local, state, and federal partners are scheduled to host a free trunk or treat and open house on Saturday at the station in Annapolis, MD. 

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Coast Guard Station Annapolis to hold trunk or treat and open house

Source: United States Coast Guard

10/21/2024 03:10 PM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Annapolis and local, state, and federal partners invites the community to attend a free public trunk or treat and open house on Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coast Guard Station.

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Coast Guard medevacs two off Louisiana coast

Source: United States Coast Guard

News Release  

U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: 504-671-2020
After Hours: 618-225-9008
Eighth District online newsroom

 

Port conditions change based on weather forecasts, and current port conditions can be viewed on the following Coast Guard homeport webpages:

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MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to host buoy tender event at Base Portsmouth

Source: United States Coast Guard

10/21/2024 12:27 PM EDT

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The media is invited to attend the Fifth Coast Guard District’s “Buoy Tender Olympics” on Wednesday. The Buoy Tender Olympics is part of the Buoy Tender Round-up (BTR), a week-long event that offers participants an opportunity to receive specialized training, engage in discussions to enhance operations, test their seamanship skills and build camaraderie between crews.

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Coast Guard suspends search for missing man near South Padre Island, Texas

Source: United States Coast Guard

 News Release  

U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Office: 281-464-4810
After Hours: 832-293-1293
PA Detachment Texas online newsroom

 

10/21/2024 10:44 AM EDT

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday evening for a missing man near

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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE:Coast Guard medevacs man from Wassaw Sound, Georgia

Source: United States Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/20/2024 02:00 PM EDT

 

News Release  

U.S. Coast Guard 7th District PA Detachment Jacksonville
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Jacksonville
Office: 904-714-7606/7607
After Hours: 786-393-4138
PA Detachment Jacksonville online newsroom

 

10/20/2024 01:39 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah rescue crew medevaced a 33-year-old man from the recreation vessel, Lulu, in Wassaw Sound, Georgia, Saturday, after the man attempted to unground his vessel and made contact with the propeller.

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Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing man near South Padre Island, Texas

Source: United States Coast Guard

 News Release  

U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
Office: 281-464-4810
After Hours: 832-293-1293
PA Detachment Texas online newsroom

 

10/20/2024 12:49 PM EDT

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, is searching for a missing man

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Coast Guard members, good Samaritans receive international recognition for Maui wildfires response

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

10/20/2024 12:03 AM EDT

HONOLULU – Coast Guard members and good Samaritans who responded during the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires received international recognition and awards during a ceremony at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, Friday.

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Coast Guard repatriates 12 migrants to Dominican Republic following vessel interdiction off Puerto Rico

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

10/18/2024 07:23 PM EDT

The Coast Guard Cutter returned 12 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Thursday and Friday, following the interdiction of an irregular, unlawful migration voyage near Puerto Rico. The cutter Paul Clark crew returned 10 of the migrants to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel, Thursday, while the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crew repatriated the two remaining migrants from the group to Punta Juanillo, Dominican Republic, Friday afternoon. The interdiction occurred Wednesday night, after the crew of a Customs and Border Protection multi-role enforcement aircraft sighted a grossly overloaded makeshift vessel, approximately 62 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The cutter Paul Clark arrived on-scene and launched the cutter’s over-the-horizon small boat crew which successfully stopped the suspect vessel.  The cutter crew and embarked all 12 migrants consisting of eight men, two women and two unaccompanied minors, who claimed to be Dominican Republic nationals.

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NEWS FEATURE: Maritime navigation’s new look

Source: United States Coast Guard

10/18/2024 03:52 PM EDT

The safety of all mariners is a top priority for the Coast Guard. As technology continues to advance, the service strives to utilize these advancements to improve their aids to navigation data management and dissemination capabilities. One of the many ways the Coast Guard aspires to accomplish this is through the modernization of Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) and Light Lists.

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