Search Coast Guard Content
Recent News Stories
Impossible is nothing
“It felt like I was sitting in the doorway just like when I was a rescue swimmer. I just wanted to get into the water and do the thing.” As the seconds count down, his fingers tighten on the lip of the pool. His eyes, locked on the wall at the opposite end of the lane. It’s not a race. Not even close. The clock makes it official. 2:28 p.m. He kicks off and is away to the cheers of onlookers, fans and family. On Feb. 28, 2012, four Coast Guard members lost their lives in a helicopter crash that was felt by every one of the service’s approximate 42,000 men and women. A memorial ceremony held at their assigned unit of Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama saw Lt. j.g. Thomas Cameron, Chief Petty Officer Fernando Jorge, Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Knight, and Lt. Cmdr. Dale Taylor mourned and honored by their command as well as the Commandant of the Coast Guard. Many tears were shed as shipmates shared their stories of each man’s courage and friendship. Lt. Shannon Scaff, an instructor with the Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in Charleston, South Carolina and long time friend of Taylor decided to invest his grief into something positive: a test of his mind, body and will.
02.28.2015 Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann
“It felt like I was sitting in the doorway just like when I was a rescue swimmer. I just wanted to get into the water and do the thing.” As the seconds count down, his fingers tighten on the lip of the pool. His eyes, locked on the wall at the opposite end of the lane. It’s not a race. Not even close. The clock makes it official. 2:28 p.m. He kicks off and is away to the cheers of onlookers, fans and family. On Feb. 28, 2012, four Coast Guard members lost their lives in a helicopter crash that was felt by every one of the service’s approximate 42,000 men and women. A memorial ceremony held at their assigned unit of Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama saw Lt. j.g. Thomas Cameron, Chief Petty Officer Fernando Jorge, Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Knight, and Lt. Cmdr. Dale Taylor mourned and honored by their command as well as the Commandant of the Coast Guard. Many tears were shed as shipmates shared their stories of each man’s courage and friendship. Lt. Shannon Scaff, an instructor with the Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in Charleston, South Carolina and long time friend of Taylor decided to invest his grief into something positive: a test of his mind, body and will.
02.28.2015 Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann
Coast Guard rescues fishermen in consecutive cases in Matagorda Bay, Texas
Coast Guard boat and air crews rescued a 64-year-old man after his oyster boat went aground and began taking on water in Matagorda Bay early this morning and rescued another man after his oyster boat went aground in the same area this afternoon.
02.27.2015 Courtesy Story
Coast Guard boat and air crews rescued a 64-year-old man after his oyster boat went aground and began taking on water in Matagorda Bay early this morning and rescued another man after his oyster boat went aground in the same area this afternoon.02.27.2015 Courtesy Story
Coast Guard interdicts another Mexican fishing crew poaching in the Gulf of Mexico with 133 red snapper
The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican fishing crew in the waters off South Texas early Thursday morning with 445 pounds of illegally caught red snapper.
02.27.2015 Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Williams
The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican fishing crew in the waters off South Texas early Thursday morning with 445 pounds of illegally caught red snapper.02.27.2015 Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Williams
Ombudsmen: Linking Coast Guard families together
When people enlist in the Coast Guard, they must complete eight weeks of basic training. It is during this initial phase of service where they learn the ropes — and knots — of being a member. However, there is no basic training course for their spouses or children. That’s where the ombudsmen come in.
02.24.2015 Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen
When people enlist in the Coast Guard, they must complete eight weeks of basic training. It is during this initial phase of service where they learn the ropes — and knots — of being a member. However, there is no basic training course for their spouses or children. That’s where the ombudsmen come in.02.24.2015 Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen
Coast Guard crews work to break ice in Mid-Atlantic region
The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Capstan, Cleat and Chock are working this winter to break ice and maintain navigable waterways from the Delaware River, through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, down to Tangier Island, Virginia.
02.22.2015 Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Marin
The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Capstan, Cleat and Chock are working this winter to break ice and maintain navigable waterways from the Delaware River, through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, down to Tangier Island, Virginia.02.22.2015 Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Marin
More News
Miyama Repair Effort Near Welch Island
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, out of Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, flies over the 738-foot cargo vessel Miyama near Welch Island, Ore., Mar. 4, 2015.
The Jayhawk crew was conducting a visual assessment of the re-floated vessel, and the...
Taken: 03.04.2015
» view video page
» request this video
Taken: 03.04.2015
» view video page
» request this video
More Video
Impossible is Nothing
Lt. Shannon Scaff, an instructor with the Coast Guard Maritime Law Enforcement Academy swam for...
Taken: 02.28.2015
Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen in Consecutive Cases in Matagorda Bay, Texas
A Sector Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew lowers a rescue swimmer and passes...
Taken: 02.27.2015
Coast Guard Medevacs Ailing Motor Vessel Crewman off Va.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevacs a...
Taken: 02.27.2015
Coast Guard Facility Inspection
Facility inspectors from Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Houma conduct a facility inspection at...
Taken: 02.26.2015
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Remarks at State of the Coast Guard Address
Master Chief Steven W. Cantrell, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard gives remarks at...
Taken: 02.24.2015
Coast Guard 2015 State of the Coast Guard Address
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft delivers his first State of the Coast Guard Address and...
Taken: 02.24.2015
West Virginia Train Derailment Response
Response crews working with the West Virginia Train Derailment Response Unified Command perform...
Taken: 02.24.2015
Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay Heads Home to Detroit Across Frozen Lake Erie
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay heads home to Detroit from Cleveland following a...
Taken: 02.21.2015
Coast Guard Cutter Cleat Breaking Ice in Maryland
In this video Senior Chief Petty Officer A. J. Pulkkinen, officer-in-charge, and Petty Officer...
Taken: 02.20.2015
B-roll Coast Guard Cutter Cleat Breaking Ice
This video is a compilation of b-roll footage filmed Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 of the Coast Guard...
Taken: 02.20.2015
Recent Images
Impossible is nothingMadison Scaff hugs her father, Lt. Shannon Scaff, after he finished his goal of swimming 24 hours in a pool to memorialize the fallen aircrew of...
Taken: 02.28.2015
Miyama repair effort near Welch IslandCoast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, out of Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, surveys the refloat and repair efforts of the cargo vessel...
Taken: 03.4.2015
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Paul CurtisChief Warrant Officer 4 Paul Curtis, who has on the officer in charge boards for more than 50 members, poses for a photo in Baltimore March 2,...
Taken: 03.2.2015
Coast Guard and local agencies conduct ice rescue trainingIce rescue team members from various agencies in the Michigan City, Ind., area conducted a joint nighttime ice rescue training at the Washington...
Taken: 02.26.2015
Station Manasquan InletCoast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet, N.J., is pictured Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Station Manasquan Inlet is part of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay,...
Taken: 03.3.2015
Recent Audio
Mayday call - Tug Nalani
HONOLULU — Eleven people are safe after a 95-foot towing vessel sank approximately two and half miles west of Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu,...
Taken: 01.22.2015
Lifesaving gift ideas for the holidays
Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Piasecki, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, offers lifesaving gift ideas for the holidays....
Taken: 12.19.2014
Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 4 from boat fire
The audio is of the initial distress call from one of four people rescued by a good Samaritan and the Coast Guard after a boat fire threatened all...
Taken: 12.14.2014
Mayday Call Dec. 9, 2014
HONOLULU - This audio file was taken from a mayday call received by watchstanders at Sector Honolulu Command Center Dec. 9, 2014. The mayday call...
Taken: 12.9.2014
Fishing vessel Blazer mayday call west of Siletz Bay
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Ore., respond to a mayday call from the crew of the 75-foot fishing vessel Blazer taking on water...
Taken: 11.29.2014
