Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Noel | U.S. Coast Guard East | 08.14.2024
The Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued a missing 54-year-old male diver Monday, 24 miles east of Bald Head Island, North Carolina....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Noel | U.S. Coast Guard East | 06.26.2024
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Rear Adm. John “Jay” Vann assumed the duties and responsibilities of the Fifth Coast Guard District from Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath, Wednesday at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth. Vice Admiral Nathan Moore, commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presided over the ceremony....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Noel | U.S. Coast Guard East | 08.17.2023
The American Bar Association and Judge Advocate Association recently awarded the 2023 American Bar Association Outstanding Military Lawyer of the Year to a Portsmouth-based lawyer. Cmdr. Karen Lee, the deputy staff judge advocate for the Coast Guard 5th District located in Portsmouth, Virginia, was recognized and honored at the yearly ABA Young Lawyers Division meeting....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann | U.S. Coast Guard East | 10.10.2020
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources rescued a pelican in distress near Kiptopeke State Park in Cape Charles, Virginia, Saturday....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann | U.S. Coast Guard East | 08.09.2019
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 65-year-old man with reported breathing difficulty from a tanker vessel 265 miles southeast of Wilmington, N.C., Friday....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard East | 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki | U.S. Coast Guard East | 07.19.2016
The waters of Bogue Inlet were choppy on the morning of July 16, 2016. With 10- to 15-knot winds whipping the waves into frothy disarray, the inlet posed a challenge for boaters attempting to safely navigate the moody waters. For Don Midgett and Timothy Rollins, two boaters who were trying to wrestle their way through the inlet that morning, the conditions proved too rough for their 22-foot......
