In this documentary series, we spoke with retired Coast Guard Capt. Walter Reger, he was the third commanding officer of HITRON (Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron). Coast Guard HITRON operations started as an experiment in 1998 to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. Drug trafficking organizations primarily used “go-fast” boats, high-speed smuggling vessels Leer másCoast Guard HITRON History Series: Capt. Walter Reger[…]
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department and Molokai Fire Department rescue two pilots from a downed DA40 Diamond Star aircraft eight miles off Lanai, Saturday. An Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescued the pilots and brought them to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) at the air station. There were Leer másCoast Guard, partners rescue two pilots from downed aircraft off Lanai[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface units assisted a distressed sailing vessel Monday that was taking on water with eight people onboard in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 80 nautical miles south of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. The Zoma, a 46-foot Danish flagged sailing vessel, and all its passengers, five Danish and Leer másCoast Guard assists Danish sailing vessel taking on water 80 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico[…]
JAPAN — The USCG concluded a joint law-enforcement exercise Sunday with the Japan Coast Guard in the Philippine Sea, furthering interoperability in performing law-enforcement missions. This weekend, ships from the U.S. Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard conducted exercises near the Ogasawara Islands of Japan. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball and Japan Coast Guard Leer másUSCG and Japan Coast Guard strengthen capabilities with a joint exercise[…]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac a man from a fishing vessel Sunday approximately 30 miles northeast of Cold Bay, Alaska. The MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew hoisted the man at approximately 10:30 p.m. and transferred him to the local Cold Bay medical clinic to wait for further transport Leer másCoast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew medevac man 30 nm off Cold Bay, Alaska[…]
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescue (medevac) a 27-year-old man from a commercial cargo ship more than 46 nautical miles West of San Luis Obispo, Friday. The captain of the motor vessel Hyundai Jupiter, a 1060-foot bulk carrier, contacted 11th Coast Guard District command center watchstanders requesting assistance for a passenger who reportedly Leer másCoast Guard battles weather to rescue man 46 nm off San Luis Obispo[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane and HITRON returned to home after a 71-day counter-drug patrol with $40 million incauted, Feb. 12. In support of the Coast Guard’s 11th District and Joint Interagency Task Force South, the USCGC Harriet Lane crew worked throughout the duration of the patrol in conjunction with a deployed Leer másCoast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane and HITRON interdicts $40 million in drugs[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew medevac an injured man Thursday afternoon from the tug boat Commitment, 60 nautical miles off Grays Harbor. At approximately 2 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River were notified over VHF-FM channel 16 that a crew member aboard had sustained a laceration to the face and eye Leer másCoast Guard medevac man from tug boat 60 miles off Grays Harbor, WA[…]
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Crews aboard two Alameda-based Coast Guard cutters interdicted three suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1 and seized more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $156 million. Conducting the operations were the crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Munro (WMSL 755) and Leer másAlameda Coast Guard cutter crews seized $156M in drugs (cocaine) in Eastern Pacific[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew medevac a 70-year-old female patient from North Padre Island, Texas, Monday. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a request to transfer a patient who was unable to be transported by medical services across North Padre Island’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway Leer másCoast Guard medevac patient on North Padre Island, Texas[…]