ASTORIA, Ore. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Doniphan, a food service specialist aboard Cutter Alert in Astoria, Ore., swam to the aid of a young girl who was nearly swept underneath the buoy in September 2011. His actions most likely saved her life.
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One mild September morning, a convoy of dark-colored vehicles arrives at an otherwise vacant parking lot of a boat ramp ...
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The Coast Guard has a proud tradition of preserving life in even the most adverse conditions and stood ready to continue that tradition in the wake of Sandy.
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As Hurricane Sandy approached land, the HMS Bounty and 16 sailors aboard were in dire need of help. More than 90 miles off the coast of Hatteras, N.C., the three-masted sailing vessel had lost power and was taking...
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Originally born in Venezuela, she’s been calling the U.S. her home for many years – now it’s official. Fireman Maria Perez Bas, crewmember at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater's...
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We asked our Facebook fans if they could ask a buoy tender sailor anything, what would it be? And with more than 300 questions asked...
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A Coast Guard trainee and senior at Fayetteville State University studying chemistry, received the Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) in the Military Leadership category...
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These are the lives of recruits who answered the call of service as they get an early morning wake-up call from their company commanders. On any given day these recruits undergo intense physical exercise, visit the "Pain Pond," or pool, for swim assessments and conclude most training days by honoring the sacrifices of Coast Guardsmen past and present at a sunset ceremony.
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You may have heard of the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School, the center for excellence that trains the Coast Guard’s lifesavers near the notoriously perilous Columbia River bar. The school is the only one of its kind in the United States, but that didn’t keep the school’s instructors from training...
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With so many people, units and equipment at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, it takes a team effort to keep the shipyard safe. One of the most important teams is the Yard Fire Department and one of their biggest standouts is Chief Petty Officer Dennis Amerson ...
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Two Coast Guard aviators died in Greenland attempting to rescue a downed B-17 crew during World War II. Their bodies were never recovered but an exhaustive search has ensued in the decades since ...
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“As we have done for more than 220 years, the Coast Guard is dedicated to ensuring the safe and secure transfer of maritime commerce. The Healy, our nation’s only operating polar ice breaker, and its crew are committed to upholding our long history of service to the residents of Alaska,” said Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, 17th Coast Guard District commander.
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I was nervous when they told me I would be holding the November flag for the ceremony. I’ve only been in the Coast Guard eight weeks and couldn’t believe they would give me such a great responsibility. It’s his company flag...
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The morning of Feb. 11, began with the crew of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, N.J., huddled on the beach. The cold, howling wind and pouring rain set an appropriate tone for the journey into the local life-saving history surrounding Long Beach Island, perhaps one of the most treacherous of New Jersey’s barrier island inlets, where the station is located ...
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An armed criminal group has invaded the port. Their force, armed with conventional weapons as well chemical and radiological bombs, attacked the port facility in the middle of the night ...
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In honor of the many contributions women have made in the history of our service, leaders of today’s Coast Guard are gathering to celebrate Women’s History Month. From boat stations to aircraft hangars, servicemembers are recognizing barrier-breaking women...
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Coast Guard crews have been hard at work disrupting a rising threat as drug smugglers use increasingly sophisticated and evolving methods to evade authorities in the Caribbean.
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More than 300 of the military’s finest chefs gathered together in March, 2012 to slice, dice, bake, sear, sauté and serve their best in the 37th Annual Military Culinary Arts Competition.
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Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is no stranger to schooling men and women in seamanship, leadership and the nautical sciences. Since joining the Coast Guard fleet in 1946, thousands of aspiring mariners have set foot on her teak decks ...
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As the bitter winter temperatures come to an end and the ice that frosts the Hudson River begins to melt, preparations for the spring and summer months are in full effect as Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker makes its way north toward Albany, N.Y. ...
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A crew of aquanauts – yes aquanauts! – left surface life and submerged themselves in the world’s only undersea laboratory, Aquarius, for two weeks. They were participating in NEEMO 16, a mission designed to help mold future space missions.
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It began with a 911 call from someone stranded aboard a 17-foot recreation boat that was soft aground in the low tide waters near the San Mateo Bridge. A rescue boat crew from Station San Francisco was deployed to assist, but the stranded vessel was too far into the shallow water and the tide was going out. ...
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With air temperatures hovering around freezing every night, steaming hot showers were a welcomed luxury for more than 1,200 deployed Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force personnel at Camp Baldwin...
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