The Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward returns to homeport after successful counter narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Aug. 29, 2019, at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach in San Pedro, California. The Ward was the first Fast Response Cutter to successfully interdict narcotics in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aidan Cooney)
Many children, and even some adults, don’t know what they want to do for living or even the type of person they want to become. Some are lucky enough to turn their passions into a career. While others are not. The ones who aren’t lucky have to try new experiences, hoping that one day, it hits them like a ton of bricks and suddenly everything seems so clear. A spark of inspiration manifests into a flame, fuels their drive and leads them...
On April 1, 2015, the Coast Guard stood up its 22nd rating, officially recognizing diving as a primary career path for Coast Guard men and women. Last week, Coast Guard Dive Locker West completed decompression dive training aboard Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb. While this wasn’t the service’s first decompression dive training, it was one of the first decompression dives made by rated Coast Guard divers.
Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor received two new small boats this month as part of the service's plan to standardize and revitalize its shore-based fleet.
San Francisco-based Coast Guard Cutter Aspen seized approximately 8,500 pounds of marijuana from a vessel Wednesday some 160 miles west of Los Angeles. The event marks a 50-ton milestone for waterborne marijuana seizures in southern California and the Pacific Southwest border region this fiscal year.
