Story by Maj. Chelsea Aspelund, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard crews, from the 176th Wing, provided medevac Oct. 26 for a patient experiencing a medical emergency in Stony River, a village more than 200 nautical miles north of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River. A medical provider at a Bethel Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G medevac person Kuskokwim River[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew rescue (medevac) a fisherman from a fishing vessel, Jake M, 40 nautical miles off Baffin Bay, Texas. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a medical evacuation request via VHF-FM channel 16 at 5:23 a.m. from the fishing vessel The Jake M stating the Leer másCoast Guard rescue fisherman 40 nm off Baffin Bay[…]
NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew medevac a child, Thursday, that was experiencing an allergic reaction approximately 23 nautical miles south of Destin Pass, Florida. Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a report over VHF-FM 16 at approximately 11:15 a.m. of an 11-year-old boy experiencing an allergic reaction aboard a Leer másCoast Guard aircrew medevac child 23 nm of Destin Pass[…]
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin (SRR) rescue helicopter aircrew medevac a passenger from a cruise ship, Carnival Glory, Saturday approximately 87 nautical miles Southwest of New Orleans. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 9:30 p.m. from the cruise ship, Carnival Glory, stating a 45-year-old male passenger was reportedly Leer másCoast Guard medevac man from cruise ship, New Orleans[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevac a crew member Saturday from a fishing vessel, Thai Express, 9 nautical miles off San José Island, Texas. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a medevac request via VHF-FM channel 16 at 11:41 a.m. from the fishing vessel Thai Express stating a crew member Leer másCoast Guard medevac man from fishing vessel 9 nm off San José Island[…]
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew medevac a 35-year-old male from a crude oil tanker 22 nautical miles south of Sabine, Texas, Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Houston command center watchstanders received a call at 10:36 p.m. from the anchored tanker Pacific Ruby stating that a crewman was exhibiting abnormal lethargic behavior and Leer másCoast Guard rescue mariner from oil tanker 22 nm off Sabine, Texas[…]
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews successfully medevac a 47-year-old fisherman from the fishing vessel Andrea A and responded to a flooding fishing vessel Donny C off the eastern shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Thursday. At 10:30 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center were notified by the fishing vessel, Donny C, that Leer másCoast Guard responds a medevac and vessel flooding off of Nantucket[…]
NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard aircrew medevac an injured man from a fishing vessel after a shark attack, approximately 35 nautical miles southeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana, Friday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at 12:51 a.m. via VHF-FM channel 16 from personnel aboard the fishing vessel Moon Glow stating a 64-year-old Leer másCoast Guard medevac shark attack victim 35 nm off Grand Isle, Louisiana[…]
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, USAID, U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Haiti continue to have unity of effort and respond to critically injured Haitian citizens, Tuesday, by transporting them to a higher level of care in Port au Prince, Haiti. “The Coast Guard immediately responded to the government of Haiti’s request for assistance following Leer másCoast Guard, partner agencies continue to support Haiti[…]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano, Joint Task Force Bravo PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of JTF-Haiti, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), and U.S. Army Col. Steven Gventer, commander of JTF-Bravo, Soto Cano, Honduras, visited the Haiti 7.2 magnitude earthquake epicenter, Aug. 21, in Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, to assess damage and critical infrastructure. Leer másSOUTHCOM JTF-Haiti and JTF-Bravo commanders visits Haiti earthquake epicenter[…]