CLEVELAND — Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary conduct free vessel safety checks at the Intercity Yacht Club boat ramp, here, April 30, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba)
DETROIT — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to posthumously present the Purple Heart Medal at 11 a.m. on Monday, during a ceremony at Fort Gratiot Lighthouse.
CHICAGO – The Coast Guard Auxiliary will host two safe boating events May 21, 2022 to kick off National Safe Boating Week. The events will be held at Lisle Community Park and at Belmont Harbor Yacht Club, and both events are free and open to the public.
DULUTH, Minn. – With the arrival of the Navy’s USS Minneapolis-St. Paul scheduled the week of May 16 in Duluth-Superior Harbor, it’s important for the public to understand what a naval vessel protection zone is, and how it affects them.
MANISTEE, Mich. – The Coast Guard is conducting an exercise with state, local and tribal government agencies this afternoon, May 10, in Manistee, Michigan to test pollution response capabilities in the area.
SAGINAW, Mich. — No one was injured in an overnight mishap involving a 45-foot Coast Guard response boat that struck a navigation buoy about 10 miles from shore in Saginaw Bay.
OSWEGO, N.Y. — U.S. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo will transfer authorities of the Oswego Harbor Power oil
spill incident to the Environmental Protection Agency, Thursday, May 5, 2022. This transfer takes place
following a shift in focus from a waterside operation to a landside operation.
PORT CLINTON, Ohio ⎯The U.S. Coast Guard, alongside partner federal, state, and local agencies will be
conducting a training operation in the Erie Islands as part of the Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise
Program on May 2, 2022. AMSTEP is designed to prepare emergency responders for potential security and mass
casualty scenarios by performing and evaluating response policies, tactics and procedures.
