Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 07.14.2017
A loud pop startled two scuba divers exploring a wreck 50 feet below the ocean's surface eight miles off Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, July 6. Divers Michael Sparks and Samuel Ragsdale heard it, but neither man recognized its significance. It wasn't until later that the friends and fellow Coast Guardsmen realized they were in trouble....
Story by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Sosner | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 10.18.2016
Two engines roared to life as water and a cool ocean breeze sprayed the Marines aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel. Packed in tight on the vessel, a handful of Marines and Coast Guardsmen conducted surveying operations off the North Carolina coast....
Story by Lance Cpl. J. R. Heins | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.29.2014
Friends and families from across Eastern North Carolina came together at Atlantic Beach May 24 for bright lights and the crackling pops of a free fireworks show given in tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation’s wars....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ali Blackburn | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 01.16.2014
The 125-foot deck barge known as WEEKS BARGE 236 was refloated Thursday evening at approximately 6:15 p.m. after having been grounded and stuck on shore near Atlantic Beach, N.Y....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 04.03.2013
The Coast Guard assisted five people aboard a 54-foot fishing boat Wednesday after the fishing boat became disabled and adrift approximately 12 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C....
Story by Cpl. Tyler J. Bolken | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.11.2012
Rugby isn’t for the faint of heart and whipping winds and drenching rain wasn’t about to prevent the 2nd annual Blackbeard 7s Beach U.S. Open Rugby Championship Tournament at Atlantic Beach, Aug. 11....
