Jan 27 Coast Guard to suspend search for migrants off Florida after finding only 5 bodies By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Authorities have now found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing five days after the vessel capsized on the way to Florida from Bimini, a chain of islands in the Bahamas about 55 miles east of Miami. Continue reading
Oct 05 The Coast Guard says it didn’t have enough evidence initially to act on oil spill off California By Brian Melley, Matthew Brown, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Rear Admiral Brian Penoyer told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Coast Guard was alerted Friday night by a “good Samaritan” that there was a sheen on the water. Continue reading
May 19 WATCH: Biden celebrates Coast Guard, stresses role on world stage By Alexandra Jaffe, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Biden, speaking at the Coast Guard's sun-soaked Connecticut campus, told the 240 graduates that “the world is changing” and told them that they are at “significant inflection point.”… Continue reading
May 03 3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego coast By Associated Press Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded around 10:30 a.m. following reports of an overturned vessel in the waves near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Photo by REUTERS/Mike Blake. Continue reading
Oct 28 Hurricane Zeta approaches Louisiana By Associated Press Life-threatening storm surge and strong winds were expected beginning around midday along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Continue reading
Jan 31 Coast Guard officer accused of domestic terrorism sentenced on gun, drug charges By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling guns and drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for firearms and drug offenses. Continue reading
Sep 08 Ship overturns near Georgia port; 4 crew members missing By Associated Press Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Continue reading
Feb 20 Prosecutors say Coast Guard lieutenant is domestic terrorist with hit list By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Christopher Paul Hasson wrote about biological attacks and had a hit list that included prominent congressional Democrats, activists, journalists and media commentators, prosecutors say. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 2:21 Coast Guard deploys around the world, as shutdown creates financial insecurity at home Funded by the Department of Homeland Security, which is affected by the government shutdown, the U.S. Coast Guard is the only branch of the U.S. military currently working without pay. But crews have still been deploying, and as Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jul 23 Coast Guard to raise duck boat that sank in storm, killing 17 By Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled Monday to begin the retrieval of a duck boat that sank while carrying tourists on a southern Missouri lake during powerful winds, killing 17 people. Continue reading