U.S. Coast Guard conducts hoist during an emergency medevac of an adult male 185 miles offshore of San Francisco June 10, 2025. District 11 watchstanders received a call at about 10 a.m. Sunday, from the captain of the cargo ship Aetos that a 40-year-old crew member aboard was exhibiting symptoms of appendicitis approximately 820 miles offshore. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy video)
By Ian R. Lazarus, SO-PB, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
SAN DIEGO — More than 50 Coast Guard personnel participated in a two-day, full-scale exercise designed to test Sector San Diego’s readiness for complex threats to life and property in San Diego Bay, April 22-23, 2025.
The exercise, code-named “Wavefront,” marked the culmination of months of planning by the Emergency Management Force Readiness Office, led by Lt. j.g. Sheryl...
U.S. Coast Guard active duty and auxiliary personnel gathered at the Mission Bay Yacht Club on Jan. 19, 2025, to usher in a new chain-of-leadership for Division 1, District 11 South for the Auxiliary component.
Boatswain's Mate Third Class Kameron Moon, center, led fellow Coast Guard reservists Boatswain's Mate Third Class Brandon Gibbons, left, Seaman Gerson Ortega, second from right, and Boatswain's Mate Third Class Vincent Suder, right, through seamanship and boat handling training for Port Security Unit 311 in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.
Coast Guard Ensign Cody Brown helps dismantle a mobile communications tower used by Port Security Unit 311 on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 at Base Los Angeles / Long Beach. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Coast Guard and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) signed an updated memorandum of agreement (MOA) to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) scholarship program at CSLUB campus, Thursday.