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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 dewatering pumps to an aground fishing vessel in Matagorda Bay February 27, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard Video
Courtesy Video | CGPADH | 02.27.2015
Recent Photos
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Coast Guard crew frees fishing vessel from iceA Coast Guard aids to navigation team from Woods Hole, Mass., assists the fishing boat Capt. RM Chase in Woods Hole on Feb. 28, 2015. The fishing boat became lodged...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class MyeongHi Clegg | USCGD1 | 02.28.2015
Coast Guard rescues fishermen in consecutive cases in...Sector Corpus Christi air and boatcrews rescue a boater in distress in Matagorda Bay February 27, 2015.
Courtesy Photo | CGPADH | 02.27.2015
Helicopter crews keep engines runningPetty Officer 2nd Class Val Belcher, an aviation maintenance technician, inspects and cleans off the main gearbox support bars of an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter at Air...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick | CGPADH | 02.27.2015
Snow buoyA Coast Guard Cutter Marcus Hanna buoy deck crew clears snow and ice from a buoy near Boston Feb. 17, 2015. The Marcus Hanna crew broke ice and worked aids to...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class MyeongHi Clegg | USCGD1 | 02.17.2015
Coast Guard assists vessel stuck in iceA Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Woods Hole crew assisted the fishing vessel Misty Blue in Quicks Hole Passage, Mass., on Feb. 27, 2015. The crew used a 49-foot...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class MyeongHi Clegg | USCGD1 | 02.27.2015
Coast Guard medevacs ailing motor vessel crewman off...A rescue swimmer from a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., prepares a man for a medevac from the motor vessel Houston...
Courtesy Photo | USCGD5 | 02.27.2015
Recent Video
(157 votes; 3.61)
Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen in Consecutive Cases in...A Sector Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew lowers a rescue swimmer and passes dewatering pumps to an aground fishing vessel in Matagorda Bay February...
Courtesy Video | CGPADH | 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 crewman from the motor vessel Houston Express about 25 miles east of...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn | USCGD5 | 02.27.2015
Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay Heads Home to Detroit...The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay heads home to Detroit from Cleveland following a previously-cut track through the ice, Feb. 21, 2015. The ability to...
Courtesy Video | USCGD9 | 02.21.2015
Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay Attempts to Clear a Path...The Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay conducts a backing and ramming evolution as it attempts to get into Ashtabula, Ohio, for fuel and other supplies, Feb. 18, 2015....
Courtesy Video | USCGD9 | 02.18.2015
West Virginia Train Derailment ResponseResponse crews working with the West Virginia Train Derailment Response Unified Command perform excavation operations to remove impacted soil around the derailment...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally | USCGD8 | 02.24.2015
Coast Guard Cutter Cleat Breaking Ice in MarylandIn this video Senior Chief Petty Officer A. J. Pulkkinen, officer-in-charge, and Petty Officer 1st Class Ben Heinze, executive petty officer of the Coast Guard Cutter...
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Marin | PADET-Baltimore | 02.20.2015
Recent News Stories
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Coast Guard interdicts another Mexican fishing crew...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.
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Williams | CGPADH | 02.27.2015
Coast Guard rescues fishermen in consecutive cases in...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...
Courtesy Story | CGPADH | 02.27.2015
Ombudsmen: Linking Coast Guard families togetherWhen 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...
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen | PADET-AC | 02.24.2015
Coast Guard crews work to break ice in Mid-Atlantic regionThe 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...
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Marin | PADET-Baltimore | 02.22.2015
Coast Guard medevacs tanker crew member off Galveston coast
A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 46-year-old crew member off a tanker in the Galveston Fairway Anchorage Thursday morning.
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Williams | CGPADH | 02.20.2015
A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 46-year-old crew member off a tanker in the Galveston Fairway Anchorage Thursday morning.
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Williams | CGPADH | 02.20.2015
Nucky's tailLearn about Nucky, Coast Guard Station Atlantic City's mascot
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef | PADET-AC | 02.06.2015
Recent Audio
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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. (U.S. Coast Guard...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD8 | 12.19.2014
Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Piasecki, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, offers lifesaving gift ideas for the holidays. (U.S. Coast Guard...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD8 | 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 aboard. After being...
Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann | PADET-Jacksonville | 12.14.2014
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 aboard. After being...
Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann | PADET-Jacksonville | 12.14.2014
Suspected hoax call made to Coast Guard in NC 090813
A suspected hoax distress caller contacts Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 8, 2013. The same caller is suspected to have made seven...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD5 | 09.08.2013
A suspected hoax distress caller contacts Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 8, 2013. The same caller is suspected to have made seven...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD5 | 09.08.2013
Suspected hoax distress call to Coast Guard in NC 122212
A suspected hoax distress caller contacts Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C., Dec. 12, 2012. The same caller is suspected to have made seven...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD5 | 12.12.2012
A suspected hoax distress caller contacts Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C., Dec. 12, 2012. The same caller is suspected to have made seven...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD5 | 12.12.2012
Fishing vessel Tiger Shark mayday
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, in South Portland, Maine, received a mayday call via VHF channel 16 at 8:47 a.m., Oct. 7, 2014. The operator...
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Simpson | USCGD1 | 10.07.2014
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, in South Portland, Maine, received a mayday call via VHF channel 16 at 8:47 a.m., Oct. 7, 2014. The operator...
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Simpson | USCGD1 | 10.07.2014
Inflatable Hydro Pod Bubble Audio
Capt. Todd M. Coggeshall, Coast Guard 7th District chief of response, warns a man aboard an inflatable hydro pod of the dangers of his voyage to Bermuda, Oct. 2,...
Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney | USCGD7 | 10.02.2014
Capt. Todd M. Coggeshall, Coast Guard 7th District chief of response, warns a man aboard an inflatable hydro pod of the dangers of his voyage to Bermuda, Oct. 2,...
Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney | USCGD7 | 10.02.2014
Recent Publications
Coast Guard Northeast is a photo history of the First Coast Guard District, photographed and compiled by the Public Affairs staff in Boston and New York City.
The Guardian is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 8th District. Summer 2012 issue.
The Guardian is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 8th District. Winter 2012 issue.
