Story by 2nd Lt. Nagraj Rao, 129th Rescue Wing MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. — The Cal Guard (California Air National Guard) 129th Rescue Wing successfully conducted critical medical airdrop to a woman aboard a sailboat 750 nautical miles off the United States coast in the Pacific Ocean, following a complex rescue mission on Leer másCal Guard 129th RQW conduct medical airdrop to a woman 750 nm[…]
ASTORIA, Oregon. — A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue two hikers and their dog after one of the hikers sustained a knee injury in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Sunday, June 16, 2024. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 13th District Command Center (Pacific Northwest) in Seattle received a report at 4:20 p.m. by Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 hikers and a dog in Deschutes Forest[…]
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and San Juan County officials rescued the survivors, a man and his dog, from a vessel that sank just west of Henry Island, Washington. Friday, May 3, 2024. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report at approximately 6 a.m. Friday that the 48-foot Leer másCoast Guard rescue fisherman and his dog near Henry Island[…]
JACKSONVILLE, Florida. — The Coast Guard celebrated the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) change of command. The Capt. Dan Broadhurst relieved Capt. Gregory A. Matyas as the 10th commanding officer of Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron during a change of command ceremony at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville. Friday, July 14, 2023. Rear Admiral Nathan Leer másCoast Guard HITRON holds change of command ceremony[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue 2 boaters (one person found stranded on a channel marker and the other an unresponsive) from the water after their vessel capsized on the Columbia River near Astoria. Sunday, June 11, 2023. At 2:25 p.m., a caller, who witnessed from shore, notified Coast Guard Sector Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 boaters near Astoria, Oregon[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard crews rescue two boaters from their boat after it capsized Wednesday night off the coast of Nesika Beach, Southwest Oregon. June 7, 2023. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received notification around 7:30 p.m. from the wife of the captain of a 26-foot commercial fishing vessel stating that her Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 boaters from off Nesika Beach, Oregon[…]
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero. U.S. Coast Guard District 13 PADET. Not everyone can say they got the chance to perform a daring rescue because they won a game of rock, paper, scissors. The USCG Rescue Swimmer John “Branch” Walton can because is the saver from the man of massive wave that Leer másThe big wave and the yacht: USCG Rescue Swimmer John «Branch»[…]
Astoria Ore. – A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue a man Wednesday, who was reportedly experiencing a medical emergency aboard a boat near Cloverdale. Watchstanders at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report at approximately 2 p.m. of a 56-year-old man who was fainting aboard a 16-foot aluminum boat adrift in the Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T crew rescue man near Cloverdale, OR[…]
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard, and other agencies, rescue three people and a dog Tuesday from a sinking vessel in Echo Bay on Sucia Island. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report at 2 p.m. Tuesday of a 57-foot vessel taking on water after it struck rocks Leer másUS and Canadian Coast Guard, rescue 3 people and 1 dog[…]
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard aerial and maritime crews responds to a report of an airplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Mutiny Bay west of Whidbey Island. Wacthstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Command Center received a report at 3:11 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) that an airplane (seaplane) crashed in Mutiny Bay with Leer másCoast Guard responds to crashed airplane in Mutiny Bay[…]
