Lt. Cmdr. Byron Rios talks about illegal charters and what to look for so you know how to avoid them May. 16, 2018, in Miami, Florida. A merchant mariner's license is one of the main things to look for to decide whether or not a charter voyage is safe. Coast Guard Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally.
Legacy's Shadow: Rising Hearts from a Sunken Ship, is a story of a Purple Heart Medal being posthumously award to a Coast Guardsman killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918 during World War I aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa that was torpedoed while conducting a convoy escort in Bristol Channel. More than 100 years later members of the Coast Guard still remember and hold a ceremony in honor of their fallen shipmates who made the ultimate...
Coast Guard and salvage crews extracted the remaining four Golden Ray crew members Sept. 9, 2019, in St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, Georgia. The crew members were transported by a Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to Glenn County EMS for further medical evaluation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Station Brunswick)
The Coast Guard is relying on its Spanish-speaking members to interface with the community and help identify the owners of boats displaced in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria.
