Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 07.28.2021
NOVATO, California — Cmdr. Stacey Crecy relieved Capt. Lushan Hannah as the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team during a change of command ceremony at the unit, July 28. The ceremony’s presiding official was Rear Adm. Keith Smith, deputy commander Atlantic Area....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Dean | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 08.09.2018
Oil spills in the lower 48 are no walk in the park. The amount of resources, people and hours spent planning, coordinating, and responding to the incident are exponential, let alone the natural elements of Alaska that make dealing with a spill on the last frontier a treacherous endeavor. Imagine a spill along the eastern coastline being hundreds of miles out into the freezing ocean, making......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 02.07.2018
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The Coast Guard, port partners and local authorities are responding the grounding of the 88-foot commercial fishing vessel Chui Zai Fa No. 1 about 300-yards off Leone Bay, Wednesday....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Thomas McKenzie | U.S. Coast Guard PIAT | 07.16.2016
Roughly 70 percent of the world is water. Eighty percent of the world’s population lives on or near a coast, and 90 percent of international commerce moves by sea. Capable maritime forces help ensure stability and prosperity around the world, and this year’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise helped participating nations improve those capabilities....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski | U.S. Coast Guard PIAT | 08.17.2012
Response crews began cutting and removing sections of the 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh, Aug. 17, Friday to prepare the vessel for final removal and disposal from Mona Island, Puerto Rico....
